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anarchistfish
September 1st 2013


30368 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I'm actually starting to like Belong To The World

DropdeadWHA
September 1st 2013


1396 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, Belong To The World sits comfortably within the album rather than as a single. Only track I'm really not sure of is Wanderlust.

anarchistfish
September 1st 2013


30368 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

damn his voice on Professional fuck me

ShitsofRain
September 1st 2013


8257 Comments


the weeknd on weekend hell yeah

anarchistfish
September 1st 2013


30368 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The Town is eh on first listen

DropdeadWHA
September 1st 2013


1396 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

To me it feels like Kiss Land is his attempt of being more commercial/accessible?

anarchistfish
September 1st 2013


30368 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

We saw this coming from a distance.





Sounds like a poppier EoS

DropdeadWHA
September 1st 2013


1396 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

That's exactly how I feel.

ShitsofRain
September 1st 2013


8257 Comments


going for a review fish?

fuckthatnoise
September 1st 2013


1479 Comments


KL is in no way his poppiest work. His most polished for sure, and Live For/Wanderlust are two of the poppiest things he's done to date, but it's just as atmospheric and dense as Thursday. Way less druggy than that album though.

sniper
September 1st 2013


19075 Comments


it is definitely his most poppy what are you talking about

anarchistfish
September 1st 2013


30368 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

are you that guy who said the exact same thing on /mu/





you're wrong

fuckthatnoise
September 1st 2013


1479 Comments


Echoes was more accessible/poppy than KL.

KL isn't even all that catchy.

anarchistfish
September 1st 2013


30368 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The production was so much deeper on EoS though.

sniper
September 1st 2013


19075 Comments


and echoes still had druggy jams on it.

DropdeadWHA
September 1st 2013


1396 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Echoes is the most accessible out the mixtapes but compared to KL? Nah, wrong. Listen again. Kiss Land's entire sound is more accessible, the production, and even the subject matter of the songs. The album has dark undertones but the whole thing is more geared towards a market that can relate to heartbreak, losing someone, the repercussions of his fame rather than doing lots of drugs, eating girls out and being a general sleaze.

fuckthatnoise
September 1st 2013


1479 Comments


Not really. Maybe on XO/The Host and Initiation. It was actually pretty minimal and straight-forward in a lot of spots. (see: Montreal, Outside, Next, the title track). The Trilogy bonus tracks all seemed like logical extensions of that tape.

EyesWideShut
September 1st 2013


5915 Comments


new one leaked

anarchistfish
September 1st 2013


30368 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The Trilogy tracks were much more watered down than anything else he's done, even KL.



I'll be honest, it's not as commercial as I was expecting/dreading but it's blatantly an attempt at a more accessible sound which focuses much less on that dank dark production.



and echoes still had druggy jams on it.


This is the thing I'm missing most. End of Professional is the only thing that comes close.





The songwriting isn't anywhere near as good either.

anarchistfish
September 1st 2013


30368 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

new one leaked


no shit



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