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Inveigh
March 25th 2011


26879 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

We've pared it down to nothing but a bunch of superficial signifiers, if you will. That's not sexuality. That's manufactured sleaze.


yeah that's essentially what I was trying to say -- so then yes, I agree with you 100%.



and again, sexy review

alachlahol
March 25th 2011


7593 Comments


you saying people are desensitized is wrong. sex is still overtly taboo in this country (the US bro) and its pop culture

conradtao
Emeritus
March 25th 2011


2090 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Desensitized to certain elements of sexuality. Real, uninhibited sex and sexuality is indeed still taboo in the U.S. for sure.

Inveigh
March 25th 2011


26879 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah I guess I was referring more to the infatuation with all things "stick" (i.e. disco stick, magic stick) and stupid sexual metaphors such as that.



I mean, nonetheless, sex is still more prevalent in mainstream media than it ever was before (in the U.S. at least -- I mean at one point a man and women weren't allowed to be seen in the same bed on television, by fucking law lol)

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
March 25th 2011


32289 Comments


and part of it sounds like if the hipsters who made witch house were really into r kelly instead of dj screw


Yeah, because you know witch house and stuff....


conradtao
Emeritus
March 25th 2011


2090 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I mean, nonetheless, sex is still more prevalent in mainstream media than it ever was before (in the U.S. at least -- I mean at one point a man and women weren't allowed to be seen in the same bed on television, by fucking law lol)



I guess it really just depends on what kind of sexuality we're talking about. Today's sexuality is no less rigid than any other generation's - it's chauvinistic and objectifying. I don't want to oversell this record's innovation, because in all honesty, it's not a particularly forward-thinking mixtape, but there seems to be a highly charged eroticism in this stuff that feels at once unrepressed and - this is even more unusual - realistic.

AggravatedYeti
March 25th 2011


7683 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

great great stuff conradz

kitsch
March 25th 2011


5117 Comments


"never knew hipster r&b existed."

are there black people where you live



conradtao
Emeritus
March 25th 2011


2090 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

soon there will be hipster everything, even hipster metal



assuming, of course, that that doesn't already exist

AggravatedYeti
March 25th 2011


7683 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

pretty sure it does...

kitsch
March 25th 2011


5117 Comments


its called metalcore

illmitch
March 25th 2011


5511 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

its called sputnik metal

BigHans
March 25th 2011


30959 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I like this, not as good as Frank Ocean though.

gaslightanthem
March 25th 2011


5208 Comments


better [i think]

illmitch
March 25th 2011


5511 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

ya im with you on that bighans



frank oceans lyrics just seem waaaaaaaay more genuine, first time i listened to american wedding i was close to crying

kingsoby1
Emeritus
March 25th 2011


4970 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

posting to let conrad know i read his review too. incredible stuff. both this and frank ocean are now top 5 for me this year.



RE: the hipster discussion. if you didn't know, we are all hipsters at sputnik, except the kids that only listen to metal

illmitch
March 25th 2011


5511 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

if you didn't know, we are all hipsters at sputnik, except the kids that only listen to

metal




^^^

conradtao
Emeritus
March 25th 2011


2090 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I much prefer this over Frank Ocean, honestly, although I enjoyed Nostalgia, Ultra. I think the less confessional lyrics on this connect with me more, whereas Ocean's stuff is a bit too heart-on-its-sleeve.. if that makes any sense.

AggravatedYeti
March 25th 2011


7683 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

basically you admit to having no heart : )

conradtao
Emeritus
March 25th 2011


2090 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

how did you know...



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