Horrible title aside, what do you hip hop heads think of it?
So I just listened to this for the first time. I like it. My biggest problem with Gambino is his shock-value lyrics and the scream-rap thing he gets off on way too much sometimes. None of that here. So BtI is like phasing him into maturity or something, which I didn't see coming thanks to the title. Much easier to listen to than his other albums, his rapping has improved. On the downside, nothing stands out too much -- I'd take tracks off of Camp and Culdesac over this anytime, but as an album experience BtI's probably superior. He's definitely learning.
So, I gave myself a couple days to listen to it a few times. And I have to say I'm disappointed. Disappointed in the lyrics and the production quality. It's just not my style, and not what I was hoping from Gambino who I love. I love is I Am Just a Rapper tapes, ROYALTY, Camp, etc. This just isn't what I was expecting. It's slow and mellow. Kept waiting for him to go hard and was let down. It's not bad, I'd just put it below a lot of his other stuff. I liked Shadows, Zealots of Stockholm, Pink Toes, but that's about it. Rest was hip-hop elevator music. Even saying that I feel kind of bad, but that's all I could come up with. I just feel like studio albums and releases shouldn't be eclipsed by your mixtapes. For reference a few of my fav tracks from past stuff are Fire Fly, Heartbeat, R.I.P, New Prince, Bonfire, Hold You Down, Bitch Look At Me Now, etc. Again, just my opinion, don't hate me. :) I mean what happened to shit like this? "Release a new track, All blogs go to heaven."
So you'd agree with this review? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jD5_3MZlqM
Hah, yeah. Hadn't seen that yet, but I kind of agree with him. I don't agree with his "lack of talent" comments though. I think Gambino is talented, I just didn't care for this particular album. He made a good point at the end that he felt like he was surrounded by "yes men" well making this album, and no one stopped to tell him some of this stuff was whack.
I don't think he really says Gambino lacks talent: http://youtu.be/7jD5_3MZlqM?t=1m43s I'm not really knowledgable on music so I can't justify my point of view much, but I don't think i'll be listening to this album again.
Wow. That was really good. And it fills in the biggest con I had for the album - the fact that it's so disjointed. It fits the concept of the screenplay perfectly. nowaypablo check this out if you haven't already.
damn, this is very impressive. Took me a moment to understand what I was looking at haha; added a whole new dimension to the screenplay.
About to listen, will report back. Edit. First Impressions of "Because The Internet" Some skippable tracks. But the Macklemore feature at the end slaps really hard, others do too, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow to actually give you names. Lots of pretty creative beat production in my mind, might sound overproduced to some. First rating, 7.5/10
Thanks. Heartbeat's his best song probably, but I like Culdesac much better than Camp -- it's got songs like Got This Money, So Fly and These Girls that are way mellower -- that doesn't show up much on Camp. Hopefully I'll listen to BtI tonight.
I think it's a horrible title. Download link here for the Google lazy. I'll be honest man, I think he's trying too hard. He's funny, awesome to listen to, got an anger and vibe to pump you up, but I feel stressed listening to him trying to spit.. idk :/