hayabusa

1w

ive had more than enough interactions with that user in the past to know im not wasting my time engaging in that s*** at all lmfao

and no not in a “wow you cant even read a few paragraphs, media literacy is in the dumps” way hes literally the equivalent of condoms eyes but for ug music

the dude i initially quoted gave the most vague explanation about the album and when asked what the themes were he compared it to a movie

what kind of f***ing breakdown is that

fakerickhoodie

1w

whats the theme of the album

Andre Jaquet

1w

tbh i feel like mans are just not really paying attention to what hes tryna do and i get that cuz because of the scene hes from and the surface level its easy to miss i get that but

The reason hes flexing is because A. hes literally in hell an indulging in sin on the album, it's about his progression from Hell (LA, the music industry, losing himself in sin) through purgatory to heaven (his home in essex, his morals etc) B. hes gonna do that soemtimes he is a swag rapper at his core aside from the fact hes very genuine and earnest and all that doesnt mean to just ignore all the other substance he clearly has its a very intimate portrait concerning his morals, his habits, his relationship to his career, his love for music, his grappling with persona, his flaws, where he comes from etc

ppl are recognizing that even if its flawed because hes a new artists and its ambitious and s*** its still something special and his previous work all cosigns all that and he shows incredible talent esp with how if not anything else its undeniably incredibly unique to make an album with no actual rage beats or many actual cloud rap beats or drill but takes influence from all of these things thats mixing, lyrics, beats, structure, wording, etc all serve in purpose for the narrative and self expression that comes off very earnest and honest. Let alone framing his struggles and journey with fame and his position in such a colourful grandiose way especially.

the one thing i dont get at all tho is it being normal and predictable, rewind sounds like a sgp blvcklvnd radio 66.6 pt.2 beat almost and hes talking about gouging a serpent out of the ribs of his chest and being crushed by the weight of the lies he had to roll with for sucess i could go beat by beat flow for flow and it all is very novel and like not rly in line with anything else i can think of right now. Especilaly with the fact its all produced by himself.

Notmyfirst

1w

man ive been listening to a lot of blr2 last 2 months and I dont see it respectfully

Andre Jaquet

1w

blr2?

Andre Jaquet

1w

ok so i spent like an hour or two figuring this out while listening this morning by reading the tales and rly listening to the lyrics and taking in mind what hes said in the interviews

Basically, its based on his time blowing up and a 3 month time in LA right, and the narrative is inspired by dante's inferno structure of moving through hell into the pit of purgatory to meet the devil and find heaven. In this instance LA is hell and his father's home in essex is heaven. The tales are an accompanying like emotional re interpretation of the events and the idea and they serve as cryptic lynchian-like story that can give context. He's muslim, and hes tocuhed on this a bit before on music and me and such.

He explicitly in the tales says he views fame as a descent rather than a rise, and dante enters hell in dante's inferno by taking a staircase down.

All eyes on me is him basically arriving in hell and the industry at the same time its all a double entendre. Playlist is him entrenched in the sin of treachery, the "bae innocent angel a w**** now" is about him. thats why he talks about virginity so much, its this diea of him being corrupted.
Creep and like a virgin are him straying further into this distortion of his morals and character until jungle affair.

51 ttashpel pony ave is clearly LUST similar to how kendrick talked ab it, Hard candy is gluttony and pure manic spending, Rewind and essex girls are the flipside of that. thats why it keeps switching between lighter and darker songs and the lyrics get more and more full of biblical references and depravity

night blooming jasmine is him in love with it and wrong relief is liek the absolute pits in complete paranoia and self destruction. Fire & Ice is that long because its the turning point of the story of breaking out of purgatory as in the loop of mania and depression caused by his indulgence in the spoils of his work. Kiss of death - angel is him connecting back with his roots, coming home, as the sound gets lighter way more melodic and thats why the last track angel is a breakup song right its not a literal breakup with a girl. Etna is him in haven. The short film and some o the tales are like a end credits/prologue thing much like a mulholland drive esque thing and everything pre ch5 in the tales is like the opening credits. theres also a lot of lyrical callbacks that hold significance esp for the specific biblical references

aaron xx

1w

i am ngl the concept album approach reminds me a lot of RODEO

Notmyfirst

1w

blackland radio pt2

eye contact

1w

I was thinking about rodeo just a bit ago

I just don’t think rodeo was a concept album

aaron xx

1w

i remember someone on ktt1 made this elaborate thread about how it was

can't remember the specifics but i do remember he said something about how travis was referencing rodeo drive in la and the rodeo in houston on songs like oh my dis side, 90210

ever since i read that, i can't help but think about rodeo as a concept album

eye contact

1w

That was me at 16 and I was totally reaching

aaron xx

1w

it was a good interpretation. i still do think it's a concept album tbh

also crazy how a lot of were around the same age when rodeo dropped

sfsorrow

1w

ngl I was talking about fakerickhoodie since he was instigating to dunk on him without actually wanting to know the themes or whatever