>you want old shit, buy the old albums.
>
own them all.

>if you don't like it, to each is own, but why do they have to
>held to any sort of standard?
uh.......artists are often held to the standards their art created.

why can't it be experimental &
>different, if nothing else?
it is neither experimental, nor different, this is a worse version of the record they've now been making for 8-10 years.

>isn't labeling them as being in
>some sort of a "stage" putting them into a box?
>
it's an analogy

>them niggas is gettin old yo. if you been a diehard for a
>while, you old too.
>
>aren't you supposed to grow w/ age?
>
I'm 37, my tastes transform over time but I didn't become a soccer mom, I'm still an active participant in this music shit.

Might be part of the reason I still have all my hair and in its original color.

>if you don't like anymore, perhaps you've grown apart?
>
>i just don't get why mofos keep waiting a certain sound, when
>the roots do nothing but push envelopes & do new shit.
>
they really don't tho, that's my main issue, it's mostly aural window dressing.

>(no snark-i think your comparison is introspective as fck. i
>simply beg to differ w/ the expectations (maybe the wrong
>word, but bleh))