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Originally Posted by louder
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I still haven't read a bad review. After a week with the "finished" album (at least, the most finished one we have), I am still playing it daily. I stopped following Ye on Twitter, so I don't know the current status of things, but I still feel like this is a dope ass album.
Of course, I'm having little revelations about it all the time. For instance, I don't think the album or Kanye in general can be discussed within the confines of the hip-hop or rap genres anymore. There's not enough rapping on TLOP for it to be compared to more straightforward shit. As such, I don't fault Kanye for not rapping more on the record.
Also, I wonder what the he'll possessed him to plug Thugger in instead of Madonna. That's just goddamn insane.
Also, Chris Brown is a terrible human being and I can't believe he's been able to win over the public again and get so many rappers to embrace him. I don't like the fact that he's on "Waves" and I don't like the fact that Kanye is ok with working with his bitchass.
Also, another solid verse on 30 hours before riding into "last call" territory would have been nice.
So I can see how some folks would be disappointed with it. I really can. I'm just glad I like it so damn much. Wonder what's going to become of that "OG" material. And this whole "will he/won't he" release it thing has got me kinda wound up. Like, I'm in a constant state of low level anxiety. It's like a New Year's ball stopped dropping and just hovered above the pavement in Times Square... makes me feel oddly ungrounded.