superblytrife
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Tape is dope. Sonically, this is on a different level from his other projects and yes, the sound is different. But do you really want the same thing over and over again? I don't. I welcome experimentation and artists branching out from their "comfort zone". Jewels & Hero did that here and it works for the most part.
I'm not 100% in love w/ the autotune on LeGone James and Dubai. Scratch that----on Dubai it works GREAT on the second half of the track. But I still don't love the first half of the song. Just not my steez, but it doesn't mean that its awful.
As far as bars, they're there---not sure what you dudes who are asking for spittin' are listening to. Yeah, they're presented to you surrounded by production that you're not used to. But the lyrics are there.
Honestly, doing a project like this makes perfect sense to me. Jewels' prior projects have without a doubt been good, IMO. And they've also been highly slept on. This tape kind of stands out from everyone else out there--it'll garner more attention because it IS different. From the packaging to the production, this is a little different from what most other up-and-coming rap dudes are doing right now. It feels polished because from what I can see, it looks like this was well thought out from the standpoint of presenting a total package.
I can see why people wouldn't like this if they're fans of dude's other work. I can see how this would feel like a more commercial sounding album, but I think that was kinda the point? Jewels could've kept doing the same thing and kept flying just under the radar, or he could branch out and make bigger waves than he did with All Things 'Go. Personally, I think this will do that. And I don't feel like he sacrificed artistic integrity (a.k.a. sold out) because this project doesn't feel forced. It just has a different, more current vibe than his other stuff.
I'm not 100% in love w/ the autotune on LeGone James and Dubai. Scratch that----on Dubai it works GREAT on the second half of the track. But I still don't love the first half of the song. Just not my steez, but it doesn't mean that its awful.
As far as bars, they're there---not sure what you dudes who are asking for spittin' are listening to. Yeah, they're presented to you surrounded by production that you're not used to. But the lyrics are there.
Honestly, doing a project like this makes perfect sense to me. Jewels' prior projects have without a doubt been good, IMO. And they've also been highly slept on. This tape kind of stands out from everyone else out there--it'll garner more attention because it IS different. From the packaging to the production, this is a little different from what most other up-and-coming rap dudes are doing right now. It feels polished because from what I can see, it looks like this was well thought out from the standpoint of presenting a total package.
I can see why people wouldn't like this if they're fans of dude's other work. I can see how this would feel like a more commercial sounding album, but I think that was kinda the point? Jewels could've kept doing the same thing and kept flying just under the radar, or he could branch out and make bigger waves than he did with All Things 'Go. Personally, I think this will do that. And I don't feel like he sacrificed artistic integrity (a.k.a. sold out) because this project doesn't feel forced. It just has a different, more current vibe than his other stuff.
