no unless I buy a physical

Yeah and that’s cool for personal listening. But for reviewing the album as it is, we can’t just make our own personal edits and then score that, I mean you can, but I prefer to deal in reality

Like if I make my own edit of Donda with the right tracks cut I can’t score Ye on that, I have to score the actual album

Same way I can’t make my own art and then give the album credit for having great art. That takes away from albums that got it right like Grad and MBDTF, which was part of their greatness. Art and presentation still matters, no matter how badly you guys want it not to, sorry

great album cover but it truly mattered because I own the physical

2words is Ye

cover hard

i do agree that font/stylization of the titles is important too, idrc about it being all caps but if it was lower case i'd think it was cringe my brain weird like that

oh 100%. im cool with Good becoming one of those “You don’t know that one?!” songs like Bittersweet Poetry & Good Night before they hit streaming. See Me Now too. Kanye needed to give us that again ahaha

IM TRYNNA FUK SUMN RIGHT. NOW

still is cause we bought the album

Bro got with Ty $ & made a fun collab.

You think if (hypothetically speaking) if he re-connected with Jay he'd be saying weird s***? Or do the Elmo flow/Big titty b**** lines?

Just like the album for what it is.

These joints are meant for the clubs & for events.

At least his flow & cadence is finally coming back.

downloaded that s***e for free

whole album could be taken off streaming right now and y'all telling me thats the official version more official than the one I have legally downloaded that I purchased

if they dropped bundles with Vultures 2 for $20 he probably could compete with Ariana’s first week numbers for Eternal Sunshine

new mixes yet?

some of the lyrics on this are straight ass but the production is so good and the vibes are immaculate

listening to this album last night made me really appreciate the chemistry ye & ty$ have on songs

ye & jay never felt like they had this type of chemistry to me, hell even KSG didn't have this type of chemistry

The song was a very important piece on the album. If it was a track earlier in the list it might not have been the end of the world. But it’s basically a key piece to the great outro section of the album. Without it, the sequence is much less satisfying.

And even ignoring that, usually losing one of your best songs is going to make the album “worse”, yes. I’m kind of confused at why you even had to frame the question like that and ask me, as if it isn’t somewhat obvious. Y’all just hate me so much you make the coldest take seem crazy

Divine said
Ye will always sell cuz he's Kanye
But I disagree

1. If the music isn't good, I'm not given it multiple listens. Rip Cudi

2. His fan base his keeping him alive
But casuals keep everyone even more alive
If ye was as popular or as loved as a regular artist
He'd prob double it based on sheep and casuals listening to his music

3. Moral police, media, dsp's, obvious blackball, being independent, no one with actual high ranking status wanting to be associated with him

All those things in #3 apply heavy
In game terms
And yes Ye did it himself, he's obviously at fault
Gave himself a mega Debuff
He's over encumbered
Mans is playing in the hardest difficulty right now

If individually scoring parts of the rollout
Album cover art
Aesthetic
Impact
Music

Etc

These should all be individual things

I don't think (not saying u r)
That if the cover is bad it makes the music go from a 9 to a 6

I think Kanye just channels the energy of whomever he collabs with. That being said, I think him and Ty went into these projects with the intention to make h**** bangers and they succeed on all fronts with that.

Listened to the album in flac yesterday

And omg

It sounds so Fukin good

i really dont like ye as a person atp, so im not really still listening cus im a fan im listening cus i enjoy the music there's a lot of people like me in the world that people dont really want to acknowledge

when it comes to ye it's always all or nothing for some people, if you listen to the music = nazi, if you don't then you're superior

his fanbase is pure cancer but the casuals are what gave him those sales, not the actual nazis that love him for what he stands for

aight everyone got to just stop responding to 2words so we can discuss the actual album

Facts