i disagree, dawn is way riskier and unusual for him, this album is a back to basics retread with some innovation.

What basics are you thinking of when u say that ?

bruh what happened to him in boston, he can't sing lol. bro is out of breath on the 2nd song

03. i_cant_fucking_sing.mp3

asthma maybe?

Dawn is riskier and unusual for him? It’s basically all the 80s stuff he’s dabbled in his whole career on one album. Also, don’t get me wrong, it’s my second favorite album of his after HUT but I don’t see how that album is out of his modus operandi

my favorite genre of music - 80s stuff he dabbled in

lol. niggas think putting an umbrella term for s*** is a cheatcode.

that's like putting depeche mode music and mj s*** on one album and saying oh yeah it's just 80s music man!!!!

Any time there’s synths in a pop song it automatically just gets classified as “80’s music” now lol. Hate how that’s become a new thing the past few years.

oh brother

the glaze sesh has started. he is for sure getting 5 nominations+ next year

Target Exclusive was better

tonight

I mean… are they wrong to call that an iconic album cover of the 2020s?

Same way any 16th hi hat pattern has been getting called “trap” since the mid-2010s

Most people have no idea how to categorize music outside of a surface level

The album is a surefire lock to win “Urban Progressive R&B Album” or whatever the thinly veiled racist category is called. That’ll be their AH makeup. It might get an AOTY nomination (mostly because this year has been painfully barren for mainstream albums and the eligibility period ends in two months), but it’s not winning anything other than that one category

Oh wow

they aren't. it's the best cover of 2020s

I was at both Boston shows and he was amazing