>>you want old shit, buy the old albums.

>own them all.

-rock them shits, reminisce & be fulfilled!

>>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.

-never to be allowed to expand? ppbbtt. you know that's silly.

>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.

-says you. where's your lead single homie? i'll cop if it's dope! no d/l!

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

>it's an analogy

-indeed. an anology that lends labels most artists don't care for.

>>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.

-that sir, is your opinion. & you don't have the answers!

if they remade illadeph over & over, niggas would have some shade to throw abt that too.

so, those of us who think the recent albums are dope are.....

because.....