2. "was it the same crew behind " In response to Reply # 0
"Pig feet" that dropped a week or two ago? Had Kamasi and Terrace on it at least with a Denzel Curry feature. I liked it the first round but need to give it more attention.
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11. "Kamasi is punching below his weight class if you ask me " In response to Reply # 6
He's the transcendent talent here, I just hope the project makes people check for his music. It would be worth it if that were the case
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22. "geez I expected a tiny bit better" In response to Reply # 19
but not much, most of it was Kamasi though, and Terrace
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12. "LOL I can't find a single thing wrong with this analysis" In response to Reply # 7
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Dj Joey Joe Member since Sep 01st 2007 13770 posts
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10. "Between The 4 Of Them, They Couldn't Have Come Up With A Better Name?" In response to Reply # 0
Dinner Party, really, I get it, but c'mon that's the name they choose, not something clever, something that would be easier to search, plus there is already one or two indie artists with that name (and I only know that when I saw this post and tried to search on bandcamp & discogs to see if there was any info yet), oh well.
I'll wait till the album drops to see if this was worth the effort since they didn't put much into naming the project/supergroup.
--------- "We in here talking about later career Prince records & your fool ass is cruising around in a time machine trying to collect props for a couple of sociopathic degenerates" - s.blak
16. "I dig it. Only 7 tracks and the weakest was the single" In response to Reply # 0
I like MOST of Terrace Martin's work though, and if his name wasn't attached I may not have listened....9th and Glasper would probably have been insufferable lmao
21. "this was perfectly fine..." In response to Reply # 0
but also perfectly unmemorable.
I admittedly have a bordering-on-irrational dislike of Glasper at this point and Terrace generally bores me. But even with that in mind I'm surprised at how tepid this is.
A couple of the more beat-oriented instrumentals might make it on a playlist but I'll likely never play the album as a whole again...
23. "The first song "Sleepless Nights" is nice..." In response to Reply # 0
Kinda goes downhill from there imo. I figured "Freeze Tag" would be the only song that repeptitive, but it turned out to be a very accurate advertisement for the project. I hoped that was just a head knodder to get people interested. I'd say most of these "songs" sound like reprised versions of more fleshed out songs... which I just find kinda weird from a roster this stacked. I almost think it would've made more sense if they just left the vocals out and went all the way AWF with the instrumentals.
25. "Damn, the hate is strong and I love it. A few things:" In response to Reply # 0
Glasper is great as a live act, utterly forgettable in a studio setting. I guess you could call him the Black Thought of the modern jazz world.
This man is behind some of the worst names/album titles I’ve ever heard. What was that one recent thing I never listened to? R + R = Now or whatever? Black Radio Vol. 6? A non-literal mixtape called “FUCK YO FEELINGS?” Just terrible marketing and vision.
98% of the JAZZ BUT HIP-HOP JAZZ projects are non-starters for me. A studio setting with Glasper and 9th Wonder sounds like another banana peel on the trash heap. Ever heard of Jazzy Jeff’s Playlist Retreat? Where he gets 100+ DJs, producers, musicians, and vocalists together for a weekend? He loves to lock random combinations in studios and let them “create.” The funny thing is that literally every room produces the same shit - a basic drum track with “swing” and some fucking guy playing chords on a Fender Rhodes while everybody nods their heads like it’s the most amazing shit ever recorded.
I get those vibes looking at the “Dinner Party” collective. And no, I haven’t listened to a second of it.
27. "I enjoy a lot of his studio work" In response to Reply # 25
Granted this project hasn't aged well, and the dessert drop is a hell no for me - but I definitely listen to songs from Canvas and Black Radio 1 & 2 multiple times a year. Enjoyed the Covered project too. And a couple songs from the last mixtape (agree the title sucked)
Have seen him twice live now. First time was a dumpster fire but the last time was very dope.
I can mess with Glasper + Terrace or Terrace + Salaam or Glasper/Terrace/Kamasi...I think 9th might be the outlier here
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