Yeah, Danny is my most anticipated atm. Q-Tip exec production with Paul White (his frequent collaborator), Flying Lotus, JPEGMAFIA and Standing on the Corner (the dudes from Earl's Some Rap Songs album) beats, goddamn.

Atrocity Exhibition is a masterpiece. Took me a while to warm up to it. Belongs in the top 10 rap albums of the decade.

I'm sure that I'll like whatever Kanye puts out though.

Lol, yeah man I know all of this. Parantheticals not needed.

Believe it or not, I’ve managed to pay attention in your absence. Hah.

Hey, what do you think of Slauson Malone’s “A Quiet Farwell”?
Goddamn great is what it is.

New Kanye has me fucking NERVOUS. Feel like I’m pretty goddamn close to no longer being an active fan, and only paying attention to the back catalogue.

Didn't hear it yet, been planning to.. I know he's a member of SLUMS. Another one of their guys, who goes by the name "Maxo", put out a really solid album earlier this year.

I kind of suspect that this Jesus shit will just be studio renditions of his Sunday Service performances, so I don't expect it to be a "rapping" album.. hopefully he follows up with whatever Yandhi/"Yeezus 2" was supposed to be shortly after. I really wanna hear Timbaland's involvement on that type of album.

Team Kanye Daily insists it’s not a SS album, but what do they know.
Also hearing another album is out November something, but that always happens, right?

Honestly, I’m not even sold on the album being real yet. Kanye hasn’t said shit, which is out of character.

I’ll believe it when I hear it and I’ll stop worrying when it doesn’t suck. No sooner.

Play Ball

I was across 59 last night for the Legendary Pink Dot show. People everywhere, big street watching party’s with taco grills fired up, giant size screens set up for street viewing......it was a crazy scene and last nights game was in New York. I know it’s crazier down there tonight!!!!

So....

Kanye never dropped and I’m tired of hearing from him/about him.

New Frank Ocean track is AMAZING

New Danny Brown album is AMAZING

Weird year.

Isn't that the same as usual? Kanye late, Frank and Danny releasing solid gold?

Yeah but lemme ask you this:

Is it “usual” for me, Severian, to be properly sick of hearing and thinking about Kanye right as he’s *allegedly* preparing to release an album?

I mean the man’s catalogue from 2004-2016 is near perfect, but he has utterly lost me with all this pro-Trump, evangelical born-again Christian, album delayin’ ass motherfucking SHIT.


And TLOP technically arrived on time, even though it went through three names and several *expected* release dates for like a year before that. Once he said “It’s dropping in February,” it did, even if it was just in Tidal for a while. And it was great.

Then Trump happened, and we’re lucky we got five decent songs out of him since.

Motherfucker needs to retire. Sick of his shit.


Danny did drop gold though, and Frank’s single is RIDICULOUSLY good.

Swear Kanye says shit that just makes him come across as incredibly thick.

I'm inclined to agree. Then again, it's probably like a lot band/artists who ha e suddenly discovered god. They usually quietly drop it after a year. Bob Dylan being the best example.

I was thinking of Dylan.

But... much as I love Kanye’s music, he’s no Dylan.

Oh well.

I pre-ordered the goddamn album.


HONESTLY, I’d basically be cool with whatever and chalk every future crazy decision up to being a master craftsman resting on his laurels after leaving no world unconquered IF NOT FOR THE TRUMP STUFF, JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.

Kanye interview.

he used to tell you what hennesy did for him and now he is telling us what jesus did.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...232837944.html

Kanye is such a dumb-ass. High caliber dumb ass. always has been.

Yeaahhhhh....

He's getting worse isn't he?

I was hating on my first few listens, but then I started loving it.

The new album?


It’s some great beats over some Christian nonsense with terrible lyrics


WHAT IF EVE MADE APPLE JUICE


important questions bro.


What the godforsaken fuck Kanye.

Retire.

Uhm yes, so so so much worse

I don’t even know what’s happening

I still have some emotional gut reactions to his production even on this new album, but the guy is either batshit nuts or he’s just a con artist, because this is fake Christianity at best and supporting Donald Trump is the least Christian thing anyone could possibly do.


That line about “not leading you to Visas” but “leading y’all to Jesus” is fucking MINDBLOWINGLY insensitive and stupid.

What a fucking moron.

I just ignore the lyrics and focus on the production and vocals. From that standpoint, the album is better than most new shit out there.

is the production even good though....? this is mixed like utter shit, like I was shocked by how appalling it sounds, thin and everything is totally separate from one another/playing at different distances, and not in an auteurist/interesting way, just amateurish. and the beats sound like boring, hollow facsimiles of shit he was doing 3 albums back without any changes or energy OR they're just crap floating sub-alt r&b pisstakes.


at least ye was interesting in that it was crap, sure, but there was a candour to it that was really enlightening as to how much of a contradictory nightmare he is and there at least seemed to be a narrative (intentional or otherwise) that put emphasis on different parts of his persona. this meanwhile is the most disingenuous, sodden fucking wet towel of a record I've ever heard, and how anyone could see any religious profundity in it must surely be in a cult.

Man, I’m sorry but there are certain buttons you can’t unpush.
Kanye — on live television — said democrats want to separate black fathers from families and put people on welfare. Now he’s praising the lord with lyrics about his own dumb ass and how he HAS to charge a fortune for SHOES because he CAN’T LET HIS FAMILY STARVE!
And he’s not gonna help anyone get a Visa, but if you get mad at him for preaching about Jesus, that’s ON GOD or whatever the fuck.
And “what if eve made apple juice?”
And yeah, there are some truly uplifting moments on the thing, but here’s the reality of the situation:
THE MAN IS A DANGEROUS, DELUDED, MALIGNANT NARCISSIST.

This isn’t even proper praise music. It’s still Kanye talking about fuckin’ Kanye and why people are wrong for not approving everything he does.

And people are still smiling and telling him it’s all brilliant, and he’s just getting worse.

I’m at the point where I can’t even Fucking deal anymore man. I really cannot, in good conscience, support this moron anymore.

He seems determined to make everyone whose ever been a fan THOROUGHLY regret that decision, no matter who you are or where you stand on whatever he’s going on about, he’s an embarrassment to all of us.

It’s mind blowing how TEENAGERS on twitter are actually using Kanye’s backwards ass reasoning to defend Trump.

This is not what I signed up for. I want to punch the smile off his face sometimes. Fucking idiot.

then you are missing 90% of the point in rap music! If you want beats and dumb words, go check out MC hammer! I guess Kanye has now backslid into Hammer Time......

Kanye is re-doing his back catalogue and "removing" the curse words. he will still leave in the bleached anus stuff

I don’t think he’s really doing that but I don’t care.

I’m boycotting Kanye.

No more streams or purchases.

Not after that anti-choice tirade of idiocy.

I want the last, like, 8 years of my music life back.

Kids today have this thing where “Issa vibe” if it’s dumber than shit but is stupidly entertaining and they’re fine with that.

I’ve always prioritized music over lyrics in every genre, but dumb as fuck and not fun is just dumb as fuck and not fun.

The thing is, when artists are dumb as shit, it's usually with a knowing wink. From what I've gathered about this, Kanye is genuinely sliding down the shitter, so 'dumb as shit' won't fly here.

Yeah there’s no knowing wink behind
“Democrats want to separate families and make us have abortions...” (not a lyric, just a dumb-as-shit thing he said that made my soul ache)

Or ... “What are you hearing from the Christians... they’ll be the first ones to judge me. Make me feel like noooobody love me.” (Lyric, and not even one of the worst ones, just — great example of him sounding like an actual child)

Or “praise God you are my chic-fil-a” (or whatever)

Ultimately this is not something I can knowingly support any longer.
I’ll listen to my CDs and LPs when I want to hear the stuff that used to make me happy. This dude isn’t getting another dollar or another stream from my ass.

Last straw.

Donald Trump Jr.
✔
@DonaldJTrumpJr
Kanye West is cracking the culture code.@kanyewest’s new album #JesusIsKing is the epitome of fearless creativity and “dangerous, unapproved” ideas.

Leftists always try to silence those who are speaking truth. They’re waging a war on our family and culture.

Kanye is a pioneer

View image on Twitter

BRO I KNOW JESUS FUCKING CHRIST KILL ME AND FEED ME TO MAGGOTS

Sev, I think you are overreacting.

This is a good album. "God Is" is one of Kanye's most beautiful songs ever.. this album sounds very peaceful for the most part and encourages mindfulness even more than ye.

Man, I’m not sure you’re getting it.

It’s not the album I’m mad at. It’s Kanye. (Though let’s be real, this is easily his weakest release because it’s just pretty sounds with absolutely no novel ideas or lyrical weight).

Anyway, what I’m “overreacting” to is that the man is on TV saying democrats “brainwash” people, “make us have abortions,” force people onto welfare and remove fathers from homes.
It’s dangerous, brazenly ignorant horseshit and it’s gone too far for me. I cannot support someone who says shit like that. Cannot and will not.

It’s like the SNL performance only worse and 1 year later. We were told he had reconsidered some of his lies in that year, and that he’d spout no more dumbass “political” rhetoric. But nope! He’s doubling down on it in the name of Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.

He’s basically a far-right evangelist at this point, and a moron to boot Fuck that.

Thought you said he's autistic a couple years back, and now you're upset with his childlike mentality..

I do think he’s autistic. Maybe. I mean, he certainly seems to have some ASD characteristics. But that’s not a pass for anyone. That’s not an automatic pass for kids struggling in classes and it’s certainly not and automatic pass for grown men making patently false and potentially dangerous statements about abortion.

I’m not trying to beef with you, man. You don’t live in the U.S., so I don’t know how much you can be expected to understand just how fragile the discourse about Roe V. Wade already is, but you know I’m firmly against spreading false information, and that’s what our boy is doing here.

It’s totally overshadowed his music for me at this point. I’m just glad Kanye 2004-2016 is a thing.

I accept it bro, definitely not interested in arguing either. Just wanted to understand you point of view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivCY3Ec4iaU

Perfect.

Marilyn Manson Arrives At Astroworld

Kanye will be taking his religious grift to the highest grifter in the land, Joel Osteen, of Houston's megachurch Lakewood. PATHETIC.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/lo...MiQ5oh_eBltVds

Yeah we know you sound like Trump stop bitching finish BOTNS

hahaha. I finished that shit months ago!!! https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/searc...l/Gene%20Wolfe

:eek:

Oh snap sorry ... how did I miss it?

Did you read the coda book also? Urth of the New Sun?

Damn man. Only took you ... 4 years? LMAO.
Sweet though. Sweet.