Apr 28, 2015 Maybe, although for the points Pitchfork makes about Love Story (watered down, artist excels at mixtapes/bad at albums), I think actually applies more for Slaughterhouse. most of their album material is serviceable, but is rly rly mediocre. i wouldnt be embarrassed to jam hammer dance cruising around, but i'd more likely be bored. Frankly, I think Love Story just barely succeeds as a pop album, or maybe a hip hop flavored rock country album... so I wouldn't be sad if American You gets some summer airplay. The b-boy wigger Outer Space s--- can go. Same with tracks like disappear.
Apr 29, 2015 As a hip hop album, these reviews are on point but this is not a hip hop album! It crosses so many genres
Apr 29, 2015 IMO, the last good record they put out was Cheers in 2003, which I can still listen (nearly) all the way through to this day. Recovery wasn't nearly as bad as some people make it out to be (IIRC Pitchfork gave it ~2), but it's also far from a good record. As an aside, I really enjoy the hook of Empty Bottles on the Yelawolf record.
Apr 29, 2015 Yep. Welcome to our house was trash. So was radioactive. Every d--- song on Yela's new album is enjoyable.
Apr 29, 2015 i love reading your posts because every one of them is so on-brand for the kind of rap fan you are
Apr 30, 2015 Why though? Clearly i'm not a biased fan. I hate radioactive but love "love story". I hate welcome to our house but I love slaughterhouse's earlier work. I was actually a huge follower of their early movements.
Apr 30, 2015 looks about right my favorite rap fans are the ones who dismiss the guccis/boosies/waynes/juves of the world yet cape for inferior rappers who built their styles off the greats
Apr 30, 2015 sure, but his taste in post-2008 rap is pretty hilariously predictable for an internet-bound white rapper--largely guys who are ostensibly "lyrical" but lack any real color or innovation. allan kingdom is great. but goldlink, logic, vic mensa, mac miller--these are guys who are pale imitations of superior artists. like, you refuse to listen to future but youv'e got the slaughterhouse album there?
