Anyone still listening? I'm assuming Nasir & Pusha are still getting play. Just listened to "ye" again and it's trash (to me). How do they rank for you? Did the concept of the rollout/reveal a week apart each actually pay off? Does anyone still care?
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5. "I genuinely enjoy Pusha, TT, and Nas." In response to Reply # 0
I can't fucking stand Kid Cudi, so I haven't heard any of the joint album.
Ye is...ugh. I think the annoying bullshit before the album was a turnoff. It wasn't really that bad, but it makes me think of all the dumb shit and I end up not wanting to hear it.
7. "i never heard Daytona. Nas was meh, and Ye was bad" In response to Reply # 0
there's two tracks on Nas' album that are okay, and will get play occasionally in the future, but i could also live without hearing them again. Eventually, i need to give Daytona a chance and see, but from the other releases, i'm not too hyped.
8. "Daytona and Kids See Ghosts = in steady rotation" In response to Reply # 0
Daytona: no complaints whatsoever. Pusha still rappin' the same way about the same stuff. Don't care. Beats were good to great.
Kids See Ghost: LOVE the production, front to back. I'm a sucker for Cudi's "singing", yodeling, humming, rapping. Again, no complaints on this one.
ye: letdown. "Yikes" is my jam but the rest is just ok. Don't hate it, just feels like all the other albums from this 5-pack got better beatz.
Nasir: Nas sounds clumsy; beats are kinda lazy and don't really fit him. They're not mixed well, either. I do mess with "Bonjour" and "White Label". "Cops Shot the Kid" really needs either a complete remix or a "revisit" where they tone down the Slick Rick loop (drop it out during the verses, for example).
KTSE: honestly only listened once. Don't have a strong opinion.
Overall the way these were released was wack. I know on paper it must have sounded cool (5 straight!) but from technical issues to jacked up tracked lists to songs that should have had more time spent on them I wouldn't say this was a success and this is coming from a long-time, enthusiastic fan of mostly everyone involved (yes, even dumb Kanye haha).
__ I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!
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13. "Daytona and KSG still hold up." In response to Reply # 0 Fri Aug-24-18 03:48 AM by rorschach
Daytona's like a 9.5/10 for me. It's a solid record front to back and probably the best mainstream rap album of the year. I keep wanting to say that something could be added but I honestly don't see how or where. None of the beats are wasted and the lyrics hit their target.
Kids See Ghosts was better than I anticipated and really had a lot of what I like from past Ye/Cudi collaborations present. 8/10
Ye grew on me slightly...I still consider it Kanye's worst album because it's lyrically sloppy in a lot of spots but I got what he was trying to do and can at least appreciate that a little bit (similar to Yeezus). 6.5/10
The Nas album got worse to me primarily because his flow was all over the place and some of the lyrics were meh. Ultimately, Kanye and Nas were mismatched here. 6/10
My feelings on Teyana's record haven't changed. I enjoyed the record enough but I think her album could have been so much better if it weren't a part of Kanye's seven-track album gimmick (even though the album actually had eight songs). 6 or 7/10
Long story short, it would be nice Kanye shared that Executive Producer role more because the albums that aren't as successful couldve been so much better. ---------------------------------------
16. "Daytona only." In response to Reply # 0 Mon Aug-27-18 06:24 AM by bwood
Daytona could be a classic, in my opinion strictly, if the beat for "Games We Play" was much better (Pusha is rapping his ass off) and no fucking Kanye verse on "What Would Meek Do" about MAGA hats. In fact get Meek on the remix.
Kids See Ghosts would be dope if it was a Kudi solo project.
Ye I listened to illegally once. I'm good on Kanye as a rapper. Yeezus is the last album that I fuck with from him.
As a Nas stan, he sounded bored on Nasir. A one and done listen.
Never gave Teyana's album a listen and probably won't in the future.
The Pitchfork review for Ye sums up my feelings for the whole process " It's an chaotic album created in chaos". It feels like sometime in April, Kanye got the idea to do this, and had everyone come to Wyoming last minute to put out projects.
Seriously, still hope Pusha puts out King Push which is done. Kind of asinine to drop a whole album over someone who changes his whole percerption from one moment to the next.
18. "RE: So have those 5 Ye albums settled in?" In response to Reply # 0
>Anyone still listening? >I'm assuming Nasir & Pusha are still getting play. >Just listened to "ye" again and it's trash (to me). >How do they rank for you? >Did the concept of the rollout/reveal a week apart each >actually pay off? >Does anyone still care? >
There's good songs. I made a compilation of the songs I like the most and that works out better than listening to any one of the albums. Much better. It's like 25 songs.
And yeah, Daytona is the best release of all of them in a walk.
I'm pretty ticked that Ye got changed so dramatically. I have a feeling there was good songs on the original album that got scrapped cuz Kanye got a wild hair up his ass mid-stride. That sucks.
I think the 5-album thing screwed all 5 releases. It was made worst by the weird (by 2018 standards) timing and Kanye openly working on shits at the last minute. It hurt everyone except Push. And it all but killed Taylor's album before it even hit. And she didn't make it better by complaining publicly to try to cover herself.
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