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user-inactivated  ·  4024 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: English Has a New Preposition, Because Internet

You know what, I really want to hate Childish Gambino, I hate a lot of the awkwardly, stupidly dirty lyrics he comes up with. But half of his songs are really, really good. Culdesac was like 85 percent album of the year material. So this new album is gonna be the bellwether for me.





user-inactivated  ·  4024 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah the singles I've heard are alright, but I am really, REALLY withholding judgement till I hear the whole thing. I've been burned before...

user-inactivated  ·  4024 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I liked Camp! Not nearly as good as Culdesac, but Heartbeat was one of the tracks of the year.

user-inactivated  ·  4024 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dammit Muffin, we can't be friends anymore!

I kid, but Camp was one of those albums that I thought I really liked, but kept re-listening to, and it just got worse and worse...I guess the whole "I'm a Black dude that acts like a White dude and I rap, even though I'm an actor! I like Asians, Asians, Asians!" thing just didn't vibe with me.

user-inactivated  ·  4024 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's tiring. He's tiring. His nerdy minority rapper deal has been done better by other people, like Sol, and he needs to drop it. If every one of his songs was like Heartbeat or These Girls, or So Fly or even Got This Money, he would be an absolute phenom. I don't understand why he hasn't figured that out ... we'll see when the new one drops I guess.

user-inactivated  ·  4024 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dunno, man, it seems like Jhené Aiko has been messin with his head. Dunno if you frequent /r/hiphopheads very often, but the conversations about it are simultaneously hilarious and enlightening. Even if you don't check the sub out, I'd recommend it by the way, haha.

user-inactivated  ·  4024 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't much, I use r/listentothis more.