oh i know

Album Rating: 4.0

it leaked that quickly? i swear they just announced actual details on it a few weeks ago.

yeah but its been known about for a long time

inside job

starting it now

Album Rating: 2.5

Looks like Devonte knew it leaked, because now it's officially released

https://twitter.com/devhynes/status/747642162356031488

Album Rating: 3.5

Sick. Checking it.



Not loving the feminist slam poetry intro.

Album Rating: 3.5

Okay, but aside from a few "flow breaking" spoken word intermissions I didn't dig, new album is super sick.

Album Rating: 2.5

At Hand Up right now and I'm liking it more than this so far, but yeah the spoken word bits could've been done without.

Album Rating: 3.5

Has this spoken word intermission thing worked in any album ever? (Not talking about albums that focus on that style, but "regular" albums who mix it in)

Album Rating: 2.5

can't think of any atm

Album Rating: 3.5

Getting hard Prince vibes from this new thing tho. Love it aside from the spoken word.

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm listening to the new album now - first "song" with the slam poetry was incredibly annoying, I guess I'll just have to skip over that if there's a lot of it on the album. Expecting that there will still be plenty to love

Will have to check the new album but the spoken word stuff, despite being pretty expected, sounds pretty annoying. As stated that stuff never really comes off well.

Sorry but the "feminist slam poetry intro" (wtf) about Missy elliot being badass is awesome

All the spoken word shit on the album works fine we just live in an Era of embittered twats who reject anything mildly empowering to any minority as "third wave bullshit"

Noted, gonna be open minded about it, but regardless of the content I tend to agree that spoken word stuff usually doesn't work so well in an album. Happy to be proven wrong.

Album Rating: 4.0

@pots, it's not something I find enjoyable to listen to (especially not repeatedly, as I generally would listen to songs multiple times). There's nothing inherently wrong with the spoken word itself, and its subject matter is important, but I don't find it interesting musically

Album Rating: 2.5

I didn't really mind the poem by itself; the person delivering seemed to be really passionate with what she was saying, and I can appreciate the message she was conveying. The only issue I have with it is that this message of female empowerment doesn't seem to pop up in the record except for this moment (and even if these themes appear again, they aren't prevalent enough to be a major part of the listening experience), making for a misleading introduction.

"@pots, it's not something I find enjoyable to listen to (especially not repeatedly, as I generally would listen to songs multiple times). There's nothing inherently wrong with the spoken word itself, and its subject matter is important, but I don't find it interesting musically "

fair, i accept.

also missy elliot rules

also blood orange has always been all about individuality so i dont think it was supposed to be thematic at all. i didnt find it misleading personally.