This album is easily a strong 8, I thought the entire project was very solid. His bars and pen game are on point as always

@EvWuzhere

8 ай бұрын

Idk though, its also so homogenous in a lot of ways. I loved some rap songs and i love earl, i love the alchemist, but this album was kinda mid to me. I think it has the same issues w a lot of mike's work where the energy brought to each song feels to similar

@EvWuzhere

8 ай бұрын

his last album sick felt pretty much the same way and i thought it was pretty disappointing and also didnt get a good review, so we'll see..

@shrubs5098

8 ай бұрын

Agreed. Not Earls best but definitely a great project. I’m happy Earl seems to be in a good mental space.

@shrubs5098

8 ай бұрын

Facts

@shrubs5098

8 ай бұрын

@@EvWuzherebad take, Earls music just isn’t for you. I personally enjoy the soulful minimalism and themes of black empowerment

On constant repeat every day! Especially the second track Vin Skully! OMFG! So glad this came to Spotify

This album is fantastic. Most definitely top ten this year

@jonn8911

8 ай бұрын

@spacediinono it isn’t. R u 15 years old?

@islixxn

8 ай бұрын

robot@spacediino

@jonn8911

8 ай бұрын

@spacediino yea we know buddy

I described this album to a friend as a Grand Prix professional drifting without breaking a sweat, in every way that earls pen is masterfully written when you read into it and his delivery is always chilled just because it is much like a boldly James it becomes a signature sell to the calm venom. I’d say my only gripe with this though is alchemists contributions once you compare this to production from earl himself, Dj black power (Mike) or black noise the lack of weight to the beats makes Earl sound sleepy to someone who’s not already used to the way he writes on top of other styles of production. With that being said tho the album itself has some of earls best writing to date

half of this is a stunlock 😭

99.9% ratio on 27 braids is crazy

@ShoeTrees223

8 ай бұрын

Isn't even the best track 😭

@zacharywoloszynski4258

8 ай бұрын

Reminds me of another album reaction fantano did where every single track had a 99.7 ratio, I think it might have been mr morale? Not sure though. Or maybe the Forever Story

@canopaint2743

8 ай бұрын

​@@zacharywoloszynski4258I think that was Bruuuh Remix by JID featuring Denzel Curry.

@zacharywoloszynski4258

8 ай бұрын

@@canopaint2743 nah it was an album where it was like that for every track

@canopaint2743

8 ай бұрын

@@zacharywoloszynski4258 Oh. I have no clue then lol. That's crazy though.

That paragraph was so dumb. Haven't listened to Voir Dire enough yet to comment on that, but Earl has so many songs/albums about exactly how he himself is feeling in a given moment (Chum, Sunday, Knight, I Dont like Shit, Solace, SRS, etc) , the guy who typed that must not have listened to much cuz I don't get how you can listen to a song where he talks about how his father's death makes him feel and go "this guy is so disingenuous, he only WANTS us to think he's sad about it"

@royalwarlord2342

8 ай бұрын

Pretty sure its a troll lol

@SaintPuppetS

8 ай бұрын

Also what doesn't make sense is, how would that even benefit Earl? When he was young and when he was making a different type of music, he was much more popular no? He just decided that this is what he wants to do, for himself and i love it, i never expect a bad song/project from Earl because he is first and foremost honest. Such an L take lol

@xavisonline

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I suspect he wasn't familiar with more cryptic/literary rap styles and just assumed the SRS-era happened in a vaccuum

@camdatboi

8 ай бұрын

Bruh just wanted to get his 500 words off cuz wtf😂

@somekid7

8 ай бұрын

Even though I always fucked with Earl the most, I meet a lot of people turned off by his music for similar reasons. But I see the same type of sentiment in other genres too. I see it as listeners being stuck on their preconceptions of a person like Earl and usually the listener is very unfamiliar with the vibe, the style, the cadence - and they tend to be very much a normie who rarely interacts with people who didn't live the straight life (going to university and getting an office job). Like personally my whole life I've been surrounded by weirdos, dropouts, burnouts, druggies, etc., so it wasn't hard to get it. At the same time, I think the way that art, especially popular art, is allowed to exist under capitalism is the marketing of a persona - and it often isn't even the artist themselves but the other people and groups in the industry that create and maintain personas for artists as a way of maximizing profit. It seems most of those industry people don't give it much thought either because it's a job where the work is so specific and quick that the big picture is basically hidden (aka the alienation of laborer from the labor through job specialization). I know I said a lot but last thing I'll say is that for the longest time I had this weird preconception of Earl's more recent stuff as some type of cryptic psychedelic ineffable shit when he made the SRS album, when really now that I got to know it, I see how it was him trying to be less filtered and organic. I figure it's also not just marketing but my own misconceptions based on common ideas fed to most of us our whole lives that makes us look at weird art and deem it otherworldly, frightening, weird, etc. - when it's usually just something personal to the artist and unfamiliar to the audience.

I like more old school Earl like Doris so this is an awesome album. Strong 8/10 and had it on repeat since it came to streaming, but fuck NFTS

I love this album. My favorite of earls so far. 9/10

Best NFT ever

Tbh I kinda got bored of earls delivery but was an overall good album, I do think the alchemist showed more talent than earl though Favorite was Vin skully, great beat. Also that copypasta was funny af Strong 7 for me

@Tman33919

8 ай бұрын

Vin skully not even earls best lyrics, not even top 5 lol also the real version of the album has like 2 or 3 different songs

@eyahyo

8 ай бұрын

@Ant29476 ok my opinion is my opinion also I like the beats better than earl and Vin skully has my favorite beat so idk man

@Tman33919

8 ай бұрын

@@eyahyo I can respect that. Beat wise I can see why you do. I was just speaking about earls energy and talent on other songs.

@eyahyo

8 ай бұрын

@Ant29476 oh for sure he probably has better songs I haven't heard

@Saltpeanutss

8 ай бұрын

Yeah you do have to adjust your ears listening to earl because the default sound of rap is aggressive and loud

album of the year

@SomeKanyeFan

8 ай бұрын

Scaring the hoes >

@WigglyTurdMan

8 ай бұрын

nuh uh

@Samgtv6

8 ай бұрын

It’s scaring the hoes 😓

@iangarcia1585

8 ай бұрын

Great album, but Scaring the Hoes is better

@NineHundredOne

8 ай бұрын

​@@iangarcia1585it's not AOTY but scaring the hoes for sure isn't the one beating it lol

There’s 3 songs that were removed from the original and replaced with heat check and the Vince staples songs btw

Dope album.

Album del Año!!!

@Lovecore802

8 ай бұрын

Nah

I really hope he listens to the gala music version as the 3 best songs didnt make it to streaming, still AOTY without them

@h2u2u

8 ай бұрын

Nah, fuck NFT platforms and fuck people who give them money. Doesn’t matter if they’re the three best songs ever made

@TheAdventuresofCweed

8 ай бұрын

Geb is so good smh

NFT version is just the album on. A free Website

HARDDDD

lol I tuned in a little later in stream, glad I got the origin of the earl copypasta

@Nibsti

8 ай бұрын

also the album is fire

Hope he does quadecas new songs

Did he review the new Mike shinoda?

I gave it an 8.6 at release and have since brought it down to an 8.2, very strong album that displays Earl's technical proficiency well but it can feel a bit repetitive at times. my brother, the wind was the best song on the album and unfortunately wasn't added to streaming too so that's not helping it's case.

thought it was fine

Strong 8. Best tracks are Sentry, Mac Deuce, and Caliphate.

It was never really an nft

AOTY

Something about Alchemist production recently has been just kinda alright recently. I think a lot of his production has felt a bit too polished and repetitive recently, but that might just be me? I'm typically a fan of dark, gritty, noisier production (for example, DJ Preservation on Aethiopes, Earl on Some Rap Songs, Danger Mouse on Cheat Codes, etc..) compared to the IMO overly loopy and almost generic/polished production that I feel like I'd hear on an "Alchemist type beat" KZread video... Maybe I'm trippin idk.

Basically.. ive been SAYIN THIS... Earl is Daniel's unsaid student(mf doom) he legit went thru wahat basically mf doom did... and changed his WHOLE ARTISTIC DIRECTION AS A ARTIST not appealing to those hed not reaching to and being more so himself...a stand out... a journey man...someone who seeks to tell his truths with no reason to sugarcoat or put it to display first without the antics or bullshit.. its easy to appease someone with smooth expected shut of them... with earl its almost like he doesnt want chu to settle... hell let you know what hes feeling in that moment for how he wanna come at chu and how YOU SHOULD HEAR HIM not based on what you want to hesr from him..

Rn my top 3 of the year is Magic 2 Utopia This album I haven't finished scaring the hoes lmao not everyone has listened to every album

@InterstellarBountyHunter521

8 ай бұрын

Shoutout Magic 2

@ItsLangston

8 ай бұрын

wheres SCARING THE HOESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

@iangarcia1585

8 ай бұрын

Scaring the Hoes>>>>>all three of those albums

@eyahyo

8 ай бұрын

@@ItsLangston edit

@eyahyo

8 ай бұрын

@@iangarcia1585 edit

The dude that wrote the paragraph out is wildin. A marketing campaign? Earl's persona is not very marketable.

Wish KZread would let me copy comments on mobile. For no reason in particular

Fantanos chat is so strange to me

This a cool 7

How many points will you take off cause it’s a failed nft

no way sarcasm is the lowest form of wit in a post copypasta existence

take the gloves off in that review, anthony! We've all been puttin up with him and al's shit for long enough!!!

Fantano reacts to one dudes comment

Is Alchemist drugging Earl? Goodness

the NFT version is better sadly

@iangarcia1585

8 ай бұрын

What were the changes? Haven't listened to that version

@srgxz

8 ай бұрын

@@iangarcia1585 instead of heat check, mancala and the caliphate, it has all the small things, my brother the wind and geb, which i think are all better songs than the streaming version, minus the caliphate, i like that track more than geb. And also My Brother The Wind is a song that ive been waiting to get released for a long time, and its not even on streaming 😭

@GebPROD

8 ай бұрын

@@iangarcia1585The NFT version includes the following tracks: Geb My Brother, The Wind All The Small Things And their BANGERS

@benthosundercover7916

8 ай бұрын

yup

New copypasta just dropped

How is earl not being himself 😂 man why do people have to make up such bs discussion points without anything to back it up if the music isn’t for you it isn’t for you this new album is a solid 7 way better than FATD

Honestly this album didn't do very much for me, especially considering that project with MIKE, Wiki, and The Alchemist also just came out. Comparatively it's just kind of bland, as well as compared to Earl's previous work.

@eaAngelmusic

8 ай бұрын

Honestly true that Mike project did kind of wash it especially given we got tracks cut too I’d say earls writing is still great when you read it but compared to that Mike shit the production on this project sounds a lot more one note comparing a song like 27 braids to memory loss or pray for me

@cintlerp

8 ай бұрын

@@eaAngelmusic I much prefer faith is a rock over voir dire. You are right about the production. FIAR has much more vibrant, varied and warm sounding production compared to voir dire's kinda soulless and haunting production. Some people prefer vice versa. They're both top 10 either way

Such a L Geb couldnt get cleared for spotify

@gourmetghost

8 ай бұрын

gala exclusive, it's cleared. Same with All the small things and My brother

Earls flow has always confused me as to who can listen to this and immediately tap in with this guy and his style. Always sounded so disingenuous with all his bars, like he's just trying to craft a persona of a weird out there abstract guy to get you to buy his music. I know it's not, but it seems like his whole existence as a rapper is a marketing campaign by him, it's not really him as a person.

@droppingstreaks2095

8 ай бұрын

I seen this meme but did some person really type this into the chat?? Lmaoo

@Tocinos

8 ай бұрын

​@@droppingstreaks2095I thought he was referring to the dude who wrote 2 sentences when he said someone wrote an essay 💀

Took the best two songs off the streaming. Dissapointing.

I'm very sad to know that this is an NFT project. Thanks Obama.

zane sorta kinda tried..its time for a lil artistic intervention!

I don't get it. His rapping is so lazy it makes Drake sound like Onyx. He sounds like he intentionally wants to sound half asleep or on a bunch of downers. If that's his real self and he won't give you anything else then it's safe to say he's never had a job in his life because nobody would hire someone this lacking in energy. Someone cut out his thyroid while he was sleeping. And everyone loves it. Not saying he can't write but what is it about his delivery that is appealing? Can't wait to pop in the new Earl so I can get to sleep... I like it about as much as Baby Keem's delivery. Bottom of the barrel. I wouldn't even give it a Mid. Even Melon said it's malaise. Since when is malaise a good thing for rap? It's the worst thing for rap to me. I can't even make it through a whole song.

@nah8780

8 ай бұрын

u pretty much answered ur own question, that's just his style, u may not like it and that's fine but that's been his trademark for over a decade 🤷‍♂️ don't like it move on it's pretty simple

@_bam_

8 ай бұрын

Baby Keems delivery is way more eccentric and interesting than Earl’s idk why you used him as a comparison

@Alfonsogoliardo

8 ай бұрын

Earls flow has always confused me as to who can listen to this and immediately tap in with this guy and his style. Always sounded so disingenuous with all his bars, like he's just trying to craft a persona of a weird out there abstract guy to get you to buy his music. I know it's not, but it seems like his whole existence as a rapper is a marketing campaign by him, it's not really him as a person.

@toxpov3612

8 ай бұрын

Earls flow has always confused me as to who can listen to this and immediately tap in with this guy and his style. Always sounded so disingenuous with all his bars, like he's just trying to craft a persona of a weird out there abstract guy to get you to buy his music. I know it's not, but it seems like his whole existence as a rapper is a marketing campaign by him, it's not really him as a person.

Oh Earl still rapping like he's bored, another skip.

Idk i dont like the alchemist his beats are so repetitive

painfully mid album and I didn't even have any expectations

@benthosundercover7916

8 ай бұрын

listen to the gala music version its way better

Earl has been doing the same flow since Some Rap Songs but unlike MF DOOM it gets really boring. Also Earl is slowly turning into Jay Z with how out of touch he is. 4/10

I swear NFTs were supposed to be available to the sole person/persons that bought them. I’m not accusing Earl or Alchemist of anything shady, but if those NFTs are what I understood them to be then those that bought them have kind of been shafted because they may have only bought it for it’s limited availability. Now it’s everywhere. I’m not complaining that it’s out on streaming platforms. I’m just genuinely confused about the whole NFT thing even more than before. Anyone on here smarter than me that would care to explain it to me?

@obstladen2870

8 ай бұрын

The streaming version has a couple different songs

@mcride1242

8 ай бұрын

the nfts were a choose your price thing I think, so no one got shafted

@unknown6390

8 ай бұрын

NFTs can suck it

@michaeljohnstonyt

8 ай бұрын

@@mcride1242 I don’t dispute that. I was just under the impression (maybe the wrong one) that once you purchased that as an NFT it was yours and yours alone, unless of course you uploaded it online. It’s really hard to wrap my head around. Confusing stuff

@mcride1242

8 ай бұрын

@michaeljohnstonyt oh yeah it's confusing for sure, sorry if my initial comment came off as argumentative

AOTY