There is some music where you will never forget your first listen, story time!

One that sticks out in my head is the following

So me and my ex were arguing all night in the most toxic psycho way possible. Long story short it was very dramatic. Anyways, I woke up, and had to drive 1.5 hrs back home. At this point in time, we were very on & off and we basically just broke up again.

So i get in my car, and it is Friday morning. Drake just dropped HER LOSS. A perfect introduction to Drake's best album since More Life. It was amazing. I felt empowered as f***. It was truly HER LOSS.

What about y'all? Memorable first listens of songs/albums. Go!

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Speak for Yourself imogen heaps album.
I was in a bad state and lost interest in everything but this album spark something in me!

ARTPOP
first album I had on rotation for years man it was special it might just be nostalgia because I was 13 but at that time it was pop music and dance music perfected no one album around that time was topping it

BLONDE
first serious relationship just ended and I was 16 I was very sad but this got me feel less crazy and it is just an amazing album

Steppers by Kenny

Will never forget

Whole Lotta Red
Listening to Endless and then Blonde surprise drop the next day
TPAB
TLOP listening party
DAMN
Welcome to fazoland

Me and your Mama off of Awaken my love when it dropped as a single

Most recently it was Dawn FM for me

Watching the Twitch stream at the midnight release and just vibing to the music with the scenery for the first time>>>

Blonde

More Life

Anyone who was on the Drake discord that day in 2017 when we listened to the OVO radio live will remember that day forever. more chunes.

Dude posters that were arguing for days after Duppy dropped didn’t even wanna pull up to the thread. This s*** had people shook

Revival

Nightcrawler and Piss On Your Grave, first listen was ear candy revealing, hype was unreal

Astroworld

TLOP

Just off top

TLOP cause i was the only in my school that had it cause of that mess of a release

Won’t forget hearing Ultralight Beam for the first time. Was at my best friends house and we’re watching and listening with our headphones on at the same time and would look at each other and react whenever something cool happened lmao

When that enormous chilling choir came in and they pulled the cover from over the models and revealed the stage, I felt goosebumps everywhere bro. Like mannnn what an experience that was.

Nothing better than music that makes you feel things physically

Then that s*** just didn’t drop for like a month after hearing that masterpiece of a intro

man the first time i heard 7.62 god by pooh shiesty

TLOP and WLR

mbdtf had the worse first listen tbh and i love that album, man

edging on ktt when utopia dropped

20/20 Experience and WTT

What happen?

MBDTF, stayed up "late" in elementary school and was blown away

Blonde, listening to it on the way back from the BDC magazine pop ups

NWTS walking home in the fall from school

Channel Orange downloading the leak before riding bikes to a friends

Making the sandwich to get the Faces download from Mac's website

list goes on forever

well the album was all previously released material.
The runaway movie, the good fridays, the leaks.
nothing new for the first listen for the hardcore ye fans

TPAB - Remember the album leaking, going home from school and downloading it immediately. Now I didn't have high hopes because to me, i was a disappointment. Put the album on, heard that static on Wesley's Theory, the sample came in and then that "Hit me!" followed by the drums Felt foolish for ever doubting Kendrick. Had to go to some extra classes after school, me and my homies were talking about the album. Didn't finish listening that night, played the rest of the album as I was getting ready for school. Mortal Man gave me goosebumps, like I actually had to stop getting dressed and sit down for a moment Kendrick was on top of the world after GKMC. For him to make an album inspired by my country and mention going to Robben Island, probably the same time he came over here and I saw him perform live a year prior, filled me with so much pride. Probably will always be my favorite album of all time because of that

Still got all the OG versions on a google drive lol

The After Hours drop thread was crazy on here the night it came out

S even made the thread a live event for the site don’t think that’s happened for an album since