Love or Hate?

DeadChannel · 05-21-2015, 08:23 PM

There is very little rapping on you're dead, other than a few tracks. Just a lot of really pretty instrumentation. More or less hip hop by association for many of the tracks.

You might dig it, but I dunno.

Machine · 05-21-2015, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

OK well if it's not hip-hop I'll crowbar it in somewhere.

Edit: There: it's in after Plankton's next choice.

There are guest rappers on it, but no I wouldn't call it a hip-hop project and FlyLo is def one of my favorite producers and I'd like to see what you think of him, so I'll look forward to this.

YorkeDaddy · 05-21-2015, 08:37 PM

If he hated Nujabes to the extent of stopping at track 2...

He's not gonna like FlyLo

Machine · 05-21-2015, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

If he hated Nujabes to the extent of stopping at track 2...

He's not gonna like FlyLo

He hated Nujabes?! But... some of his stuff is barely hip-hop as it is.

**Goofle** · 05-21-2015, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

If he hated Nujabes to the extent of stopping at track 2...

He's not gonna like FlyLo

I don't agree with that. The two sound nothing alike. And from what I understand, TH doesn't completely hate everything related to Jazz.

Of course he could still end up hating it, but I doubt it would be for the same reasons.

Trollheart · 05-22-2015, 11:15 AM

Title: James Blake
Artiste: James Blake
Genre: Electronic

Track 1 (Hate) Is this meant to happen? It's like short samples over a piano and it's very annoying as it's like an old album being stuck or skipping over tracks. If this is intentional then it's not starting off on a good foot with me.
Track 2 (Hate) Ok, apparently that was an extra track added on the special CD, and the album proper begins on this one, but there's ****ing autotune which I absolutely abhor, and the percussion is putting me off. Not mad about his voice, and I don't like the disjointed nature of the music.
Track 3 (Love) Singing is a bit more settled here, nice slow organ and soft percussion. Much better. Yeah but now it's getting disjointed again. Still, it's better than the first two.
Track 4 (Love) The double vocal is great, acapella then the organ coming in. Percussion (not phased or whatever it is he's doing on the other tracks) comes in, but the lyric is repetitive and boring and quite annoying.
Track 5 (Love) Kind of reminds me of Laurie Anderson with the vocoder work. Not mad about it but it's not too bad.
Track 6 (Love) Yeah, decent enough; quite minimalist
Track 7 (Love) First time I've heard him sing clearly; piano is nice
Track 8 (Love) A decent piano track
Track 9 (Hate) More poxy autotune and more sampling
Track 10 (Hate) And more of the same
Track 11 (Hate) And more
Track 12 (Love) Decent gospel style to this

End result: Far too annoying with all the blips and bleeps and samples coming and going, and autotune sets my teeth on edge whenever I hear it. Might seem odd that there are actually more Loves than Hates, and yet I Hate it, but the Loves aren't actually that I love these tracks, it's just that they don't annoy me enough to rate them as Hates. In truth, I like very little on this album and would not be predisposed towards listening to any more of Blake's material.

So, Love or Hate? This goes down as a Hate

Chances of a full review: 0/10

Trollheart · 05-22-2015, 01:34 PM

Title: Machine gun etiquette
Artiste: The Damned
Genre: Punk

Track 1 (Love) Fast, loud and aggressive but with real melody
Track 2 (Hate) Bit too confused; very short. Not crazy about this one.
Track 3 (Love) Much better; I can make this one out and there's a good catchy melody plus a great organ solo!
Track 4 (Love) Soft piano intro then it just goes wild!
Track 5 (Love) There's a great sense of fun about this album so far. Some great guitar work here too.
Track 6 (Love) Great carnival atmosphere to this; the laughter starts off ironic, gets manic.
Track 7 (Love) Incredible guitar solo, really catchy tune
Track 8 (Love) Another great track
Track 9 (Love) Wonderful bassline in this, and almost Santana-grade guitar
Track 10 (Love) This one is just hilarious!
Track 11 (Love) Just brilliant. Wonderful guitar work on part one, then it goes into a sort of wild Country/Dire Straits feel for the second part. Excellent stuff.

End result: If this is considered a punk album then it's the first one I've enjoyed almost end to end.

So, Love or Hate? Love, for shoo-war!

Chances of a full review: 8/10

The Batlord · 05-22-2015, 02:02 PM

Begin the deluge of punk recommendations!

Justthefacts · 05-22-2015, 02:10 PM

Josef K · 05-22-2015, 02:13 PM

That's got like three good songs on it. Why not Father, Son, Holy Ghost?

05-22-2015, 11:15 AM	#356 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Title: James Blake Artiste: James Blake Genre: Electronic Track 1 (Hate) Is this meant to happen? It's like short samples over a piano and it's very annoying as it's like an old album being stuck or skipping over tracks. If this is intentional then it's not starting off on a good foot with me. Track 2 (Hate) Ok, apparently that was an extra track added on the special CD, and the album proper begins on this one, but there's **ing autotune which I absolutely abhor, and the percussion is putting me off. Not mad about his voice, and I don't like the disjointed nature of the music. Track 3 (Love) Singing is a bit more settled here, nice slow organ and soft percussion. Much better. Yeah but now it's getting disjointed again. Still, it's better than the first two. Track 4 (Love)** The double vocal is great, acapella then the organ coming in. Percussion (not phased or whatever it is he's doing on the other tracks) comes in, but the lyric is repetitive and boring and quite annoying. Track 5 (Love) Kind of reminds me of Laurie Anderson with the vocoder work. Not mad about it but it's not too bad. Track 6 (Love) Yeah, decent enough; quite minimalist Track 7 (Love) First time I've heard him sing clearly; piano is nice Track 8 (Love) A decent piano track Track 9 (Hate) More poxy autotune and more sampling Track 10 (Hate) And more of the same Track 11 (Hate) And more Track 12 (Love) Decent gospel style to this End result: Far too annoying with all the blips and bleeps and samples coming and going, and autotune sets my teeth on edge whenever I hear it. Might seem odd that there are actually more Loves than Hates, and yet I Hate it, but the Loves aren't actually that I love these tracks, it's just that they don't annoy me enough to rate them as Hates. In truth, I like very little on this album and would not be predisposed towards listening to any more of Blake's material. So, Love or Hate? This goes down as a Hate Chances of a full review: 0/10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 05-22-2015 at 01:34 PM.

05-22-2015, 01:34 PM	#357 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Title: Machine gun etiquette Artiste: The Damned Genre: Punk Track 1 (Love) Fast, loud and aggressive but with real melody Track 2 (Hate) Bit too confused; very short. Not crazy about this one. Track 3 (Love) Much better; I can make this one out and there's a good catchy melody plus a great organ solo! Track 4 (Love) Soft piano intro then it just goes wild! Track 5 (Love) There's a great sense of fun about this album so far. Some great guitar work here too. Track 6 (Love) Great carnival atmosphere to this; the laughter starts off ironic, gets manic. Track 7 (Love) Incredible guitar solo, really catchy tune Track 8 (Love) Another great track Track 9 (Love) Wonderful bassline in this, and almost Santana-grade guitar Track 10 (Love) This one is just hilarious! Track 11 (Love) Just brilliant. Wonderful guitar work on part one, then it goes into a sort of wild Country/Dire Straits feel for the second part. Excellent stuff. End result: If this is considered a punk album then it's the first one I've enjoyed almost end to end. So, Love or Hate? Love, for shoo-war! Chances of a full review: 8/10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-21-2015, 08:23 PM	#351 (permalink)
DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	There is very little rapping on you're dead, other than a few tracks. Just a lot of really pretty instrumentation. More or less hip hop by association for many of the tracks. You might dig it, but I dunno.

05-22-2015, 02:13 PM	#360 (permalink)
Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	That's got like three good songs on it. Why not Father, Son, Holy Ghost?