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Originally Posted by rebeccagotcursedout
im enjoying this guy right now. he's funny and has a great flow. Ghostface came to mind before i read the complete post.
love the one with Chance the Rapper.
speaking of Ghostface??...no mention of 36 Seasons here?
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First off, sweet. Glad some people are paying attention to this incredibly solid album. Sometimes I feel like my outspoken praise of an album that's already getting hype outside the café could mean Death By Inattention
in the café.
Like poor Doley Bernays and his boss mix EP Just In Case.
Or Kool AD's Word OK.
Or Underachievers' Tweminus...
Or Black Milk, y'know, just in general.
Open Mike Eagle.
You get the idea.
But I suppose Bronson's too big to be missed by now. His album fucking follows through, for sure. Switching back and forth between Mr. Wonderful & Blue Chips and I feel like he's every bit as on-point as he was when he dropped that insane EP.
Second, look in the Louder's hip-hop café III thread. I made a number of grand, possibly exaggerated statements about the album's quality, using LOTS of caps. I think I even said it was "better than 12 Reasons to Die," and "one of the 10 best albums of 2014 irrespective of genre"....
Haha. Wheew!
Turns out it was my #3 hip-hop album of the year after Underachievers' Terminus... and Freddie Gibbs & Madlib's Pińata.
Something like #22 of the year overall.
It's still an incredible album. It's best moments are better than the best on 12 Reasons... But it had a couple flaws. The storyline worked, contrary to the critics, but I agree that it was too soon to hit us with the exact same fucking premise... he should have put out Sour Soul with BBNG first (it is a great fucking album), and maybe one more classic Tony album too, before bringing out something as conceptually redundant as 36 Seasons.
Still, it amazes me every time I hear it. Another great GFK record, and yet another reason why he's the king of the Clan formerly known as Wu-Tang.