The Official Opinion on Music

[Yablonowitz]

Question #1 - Is the new Kanye West album the markings of a great artist following his muse and creating a unique soundscape for rap utilizing autotune and abandoning samples almost entirely or is it just a self-indulgent masturbatory piece of shit?

[SoulDischarge]

Stop reading Spin.

[wmgaretjax]

It's neither.

[TommyboyUNM]

I agree. It's neither. It's an enjoyable album and the lack of samples is kind of refreshing. The voice effects can get a little tiring, though.

[Mr. Dylanja]

Listening now for the first time and while I hate the autotone as much as anyone, I'm enjoying it. It's clear poor lil Kanyeezy is depressed, probably because Daft Punk stopped touring...

[kitt kat]

AutoTune can suck my nonexistent dick.

[TommyboyUNM]

AutoTune can suck my nonexistent dick.

I'm sure the AutoTune will gladly take you up on that. What do you think of the album in general?

[menikmati]

I go with choice 2.

[Yablonowitz]

It's neither.

Damn you, Jared, stop complicating things. Expand.

[wmgaretjax]

Damn you, Jared, stop complicating things. Expand.

The more I listen to the album the less I like it... But that said, I think it's his most interesting work yet (as a whole album that is).

The autotune gets ridiculous after a while, but songs like "Paranoid" strike a perfect balance with it. Just subtle enough to punch through from time to time and keep his voice (which isn't very good) slightly off balance in an interesting way.

I think "Tell Everybody What You Know" highlights the problem with the album... Lil Wayne puts him to shame... And it makes Kanye sound silly and it's clear that he's not terribly interesting as a performer.

I think "Coldest Winter" is great, and the primary reason for that is that it doesn't overstay it's welcome.

As a whole I really enjoyed the throwback nature of the album, and I loved that he is switching things up... Even if the album doesn't really have any staying power. "Paranoid" is easily one of my favorite songs this year.

[woogie846]

I haven't listened to it yet.

[Backwater]

The autotuning is cool at first but it gets really tiresome halfway through the album and just annoying by the end.

[Yablonowitz]

The more I listen to the album the less I like it... But that said, I think it's his most interesting work yet (as a whole album that is).

The autotune gets ridiculous after a while, but songs like "Paranoid" strike a perfect balance with it. Just subtle enough to punch through from time to time and keep his voice (which isn't very good) slightly off balance in an interesting way.

I think "Tell Everybody What You Know" highlights the problem with the album... Lil Wayne puts him to shame... And it makes Kanye sound silly and it's clear that he's not terribly interesting as a performer.

I think "Coldest Winter" is great, and the primary reason for that is that it doesn't overstay it's welcome.

As a whole I really enjoyed the throwback nature of the album, and I loved that he is switching things up... Even if the album doesn't really have any staying power. "Paranoid" is easily one of my favorite songs this year.

More like it.

[Yablonowitz]

How does one "really get into" Deerhunter?

[bmack86]

Tell me what you've heard so far, what your reaction was, and I'll walk with you hand in hand into the wonderful land of Deerhunter.

We'll do this together.

[wmgaretjax]

Listen to some Atlas Sound while you are at it... A lot of people I know have gotten into Deerhunter that way.

[luckyface]

I didn't think I really liked Deerhunter, but then I heard the last 2 1/2 minutes of "Nothing Ever Happened" and changed my mind.

[real talk]

I only want to listen to Paranoid anymore from the whole of it. It makes me want to run in place like Flashdance.

edit* guess we're on to Deerhunter my bad

[wmgaretjax]

I didn't think I really liked Deerhunter, but then I heard the last 2 1/2 minutes of "Nothing Ever Happened" and changed my mind.

I just finished listening to Johann Johannsson's "Fordlandia" and I think you might like it... Just as a side note...

[wmgaretjax]

I only want to listen to Paranoid anymore from the whole of it. It makes me want to run in place like Flashdance.

edit* guess we're on to Deerhunter my bad

That is the only song I listen to anymore as well... In the car my fiance will put in that CD and I'll just skip to Paranoid and then take it out... She gets mad.

[luckyface]

I just finished listening to Johann Johannsson's "Fordlandia" and I think you might like it... Just as a side note...

I shall check it out. Thanks for the tip!

[real talk]

I like Robocop too.

[Sonicifyouwantit]

AutoTune can suck my nonexistent dick.

that just might deserve a qoute in my sig.

[wmgaretjax]

I like Robocop too.

That song coulda been really good if he had shown a little restraint... Too too much... It feels silly.

[real talk]

Oh, well. The whole thing album is silly. Plus I like things that are over the top.

[orbit]

I just finished listening to Johann Johannsson's "Fordlandia" and I think you might like it... Just as a side note...

i think that's his best album so far. not much better than ibm 1401, but i like fordlandia more. i forgot to put it in my top 30; it's a strong candidate. really beautiful album.

[Yablonowitz]

I tried listening to "Microcastle" while exercising and I had to change it because my heart rate fell to 40.

I do like it...but I'm not feeling any like yearning to listen to it again and again.

[bmack86]

When you have time to just sit down and listen to an album, do that with Microcastle. If it doesn't catch you, and especially Nothing Ever Happened, I'd be willing to concede that they're not for you.

Still, even if you don't get drawn in, make sure to see them when they're inevitably at Coachella this year, because their recent live shows have been boss.

[nationocean]

i hate deerhunter and i dislike that wmga guy. FDAIMF!!!!!

[real talk]

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