let's talk about it.

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I know I had higher expectations, but this is really still a solid effort. I was hoping for a departure from the Indigo sound with the signing to Brainfeeder but it seems like they ain't with them no more and so stuck to the bread and butter, which was still good.

Pleased they toned down on the pill popping, and just generally love the energy of the spit. Still think they can do more but not sure where they go from here.

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yea on twitter issa gold was saying how at one point in his life he was dropping acid a lot (btw 15 up until they recorded indigoism, but not even as much as their music let on. they don't do it as much if at all according to him.
as young as they were when doing it i think they were just really fascinated with the effects of
dmt but are 'over it' now. he was saying weed and astral projection is where it's at lol
the other dude don't talk too much on twitter but issa gold be tripping me out sometimes

anyway as for the album i think they kept to a similar sound bc this is their first official album
and didn't want to disappoint the fans they picked up with that sound. i give them a couple
of years before they give us their 'aquemini' (start experimenting with diff music more).

i still gotta listen to the album more but upon first listen i am not disappointed at all.
i just wanted to go ahead and get the convo started to see what ppl think about it.

have you heard the mix tapes they released a week before the album dropped?
ak - blessings in the grey
issa gold - conversations with a butterfly

both are really dope.

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i dont think its quite like indigoism - they seem to have let up a bit on the verbal assault. i mean, theyre still rapping like they usually do, but it feels less intense/samey this time. i love how they flow but i think it got a bit tiring before. i get a kind of dead prez vibe from them, but with more emphasis on the spiritual aspects rather than militancy. which is what makes me like them - i get a good energy from listening to them.

i mad damn near the same exact observation when i first heard them re: dead prez
i was saying to my brother the whole indigo movement is this generations 5% movement
i think its pretty dope. i gotta listen to the album more but so far i agree
they do seem toned down but not in a bad way.

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Is it for sure that they aren't Brainfeeder anymore? I had really high hopes for this album but I feel like they kind of missed the mark. I feel like they need a solid producer behind them (ie the EP with Lex Luger) to really make the listening experience worthwhile. I'm really feeling AK regardless though. "Radiance" is dope, but I think it's because of Statik Selektah's beat. I'd really like to hear them rock out to an entire album of Erick Arc Elliot's production....or even a collab with him and Meechy Darky and AK.

>Is it for sure that they aren't Brainfeeder anymore?

i have no idea! i never even knew who they were signed to lol

I had
>really high hopes for this album but I feel like they kind of
>missed the mark. I feel like they need a solid producer
>behind them (ie the EP with Lex Luger) to really make the
>listening experience worthwhile. I'm really feeling AK
>regardless though. "Radiance" is dope, but I think it's
>because of Statik Selektah's beat. I'd really like to hear
>them rock out to an entire album of Erick Arc Elliot's
>production....or even a collab with him and Meechy Darky and
>AK.

i was listening to it again today and while i don't think they quite missed the mark (i really like it) sonically it definitely feels like a singular theme/mood throughout. while i liked playing it beginning to end and enjoyed every minute nothing blows me away. indigoism is the
superior project to me after hearing cellar door a few more times.

the underachievers are really easy for me to enjoy though because (in my humble opinion)
their shit ranges from good to great. i've yet to hear a song from them and be like
this is plain wack. they have set the bar high for themselves though.

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I definitely agree that they are consistent and always good to great with everything that they drop. I feel like, as you said, the mood and musical theme of the album is very singular...Issa leads off almost every song...it just feels like they need a muse or some guidance or something to make a truly great album. And I say all of this as a huge Underacheivers fan.

so theoretically they have time altho issa gold has hinted at retiring from rap sooner than later (boo! hope he's selling wolf tickets).
flatbush zombies is their people too i def would love to hear them over dude's beats for a whole project and just expand. a diff vibe will help expand their already incredible flows
as well

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Blessings in the grey - ak
Conversations with a butterfly - issa gold

Both are better than the album
IMO
they gotta find a way to blend their creativity more
its almost like they hold back when theyre together
and get a lil more creative when theyre on a track alone

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shocked at how few ppl around here fk with them.

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Off the first mixtape and whatever videos they have on youtube - nothing's really done it for me so far. Beats & rhyme-wise, nothing has really been memorable

Can you give me a few songs to mess with?

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won't like anything i suggest.

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when UA dropped indigoism they seemed to be doing a very modern and classy take on ny boom bap by slowing it down a bit and spitting southern style double time lyrics over the beats. it was still sample based, jazzy, hard, and aggressive (not necessarily simultaneously) but it felt fresh and unique. in my mind this is what separated them from the less sutble outright regurgitation of 90s rap beats by acts like pro era and to a lesser extent asap, raider klan, and flatbush zombies. i'm not getting the feeling that i got listening to indigoism from cellar door, although ak and issa seem to be rapping better than they were on indiogism