- Mar 21, 2010
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OFFICIAL Ye fka "kanYe West" x G.O.O.D. Music Thread - ¥$ (AKA YE X TY DOLLA SIGN) - VULTURES 2 (NOW AVAILABLE sorta)
- Nov 27, 2012
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Already knew we would have people saying this was great just because it's Pusha and YE, but damn this was awful. Lyrically Pusha is always solid, but the beats on this I could not get down with. One of my favorite tracks of all time is "Drugs" by Lil Kim and "Santeria" was such a terrible use of the same sample.
My two big takeaways.
1) Album screams trying way to hard all around. Beats sounded sloppy and overdone (as expected)
2) Pusha + Pharell > Pusha and anyone else and it's not even close.
My two big takeaways.
1) Album screams trying way to hard all around. Beats sounded sloppy and overdone (as expected)
2) Pusha + Pharell > Pusha and anyone else and it's not even close.
- Jul 11, 2006
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It's interesting to call this "trying too hard" because if anything this album is Pusha at the most stripped down he's ever been. The beats are just soul samples and loops... Over done? Havwe you ever HEARD a pharrell beat without Chad? He throws dogwhistles and hi hats on them just for fun.
The criticisms are weird. There's something else there.
The criticisms are weird. There's something else there.
- Feb 2, 2008
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XXplosive ripped that other portion of Bumpy's Lament right?
My only gripe with this is that i want MORE man. Dassit
I wonder if at the end of June, the goal of 5 7 track projects was for it to be some sort of playlist that exercises all of these artist's strengths
- Nov 15, 2001
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But a Chad beat without Pharrell?? Nothing short of amazing.
- Nov 27, 2012
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I don't think you comprehend what over done means when it comes to production. While I somewhat agree with the soul samples and loops I don't think the samples they choose or how they were used was done very well. This plays into my feeling that they tried to hard. Beats sound forced together with way more production then needed (90% of Hip Hop producers are guilty of this now so no Ye diss).
Soul samples and loops = Pete Rock
You are also way off thinking Pharrell uses those types of sounds "for fun". The difference is when Pharrell uses a dog whistle it actually works with the track. IMO Pharrell would use a dog whistle to make a better sounding track, Ye would use a dog whistle to say look I used a dog whistle on this track.
This is not some ground breaking production here. While I don't really like or dislike Kanye I just do not understand where all these people are coming up with the praise for what I consider production that's really average at best.
- May 11, 2008
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Just heard it once so I need to sit on it for a few days before I start analyzing 
I like what I’ve heard so far tho
I like what I’ve heard so far tho
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Oh.. NOW it’s okay to kill Baby?
nikkas looked at me crazy, like I really killed a baby
Salute Ross, 'cause the message was pure
He see what I see when you see Wayne on tour
Flash without the fire
Another multi-platinum rapper trapped and can’t retire
nikkas get exposed, I see the cracks.. and I'm the liar?
****, I've been exposed.. I took the crack and built the wire
Now who do you admire?
- Pusha T (Infrared)
Lil Wayne’s soul somewhere burning slow listening to this ****
nikkas looked at me crazy, like I really killed a baby
Salute Ross, 'cause the message was pure
He see what I see when you see Wayne on tour
Flash without the fire
Another multi-platinum rapper trapped and can’t retire
nikkas get exposed, I see the cracks.. and I'm the liar?
****, I've been exposed.. I took the crack and built the wire
Now who do you admire?
Lil Wayne’s soul somewhere burning slow listening to this ****
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- Feb 2, 2008
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The Wire though.
Good grief
Good grief
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Man....if this is any indication of what the Nas album is about to sound like...
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21 minutes of ear candy. Fire is fire.
- Aug 6, 2012
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Man....if this is any indication of what the Nas album is about to sound like...
Nas may **** around and drip a classic if he bringing it and with dope beats backing him
- Jul 26, 2014
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JD approves!
- Mar 21, 2010
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- Nov 26, 2005
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my fav track on the album after running it back 6 times
- Aug 22, 2012
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Pusha's pen must weigh 6000 LBS, makes no sense for him to be THIS lyrical talking about the same **** without getting old
- May 11, 2008
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I really can’t find 1 bad thing to say about this album.
- Aug 22, 2012
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Could use a verse from his brother
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I dead *** have ran this back without skipping about 50 times already.
There's SO much nuance in his writing, I'm catching new **** with every listen.
- Sep 23, 2012
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The more I’m listening to it the more amazed I’m becoming.
When the 808 drops on “Hard Piano” during Ross’ verse and the “Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma” before the “Maybach Music” blends in with it
When the 808 drops on “Hard Piano” during Ross’ verse and the “Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma” before the “Maybach Music” blends in with it
- Nov 26, 2015
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This **** is NICE.
- May 2, 2010
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This better than Cole and Rocky **** and it's only 7 tracks... push 
- Aug 6, 2012
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Push spazzed on the game we play
- Oct 8, 2005
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Add Chad to that. Pharrell needs Chad IMO. It's just not the same without him.
Listening to malice, it seems more like Chad was the backbone of the neptunes sound.
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- Nov 15, 2001
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Push vs Drake is about to go down
