Clipse album produced by Pharrell LET GOD SORT EM OUT Discussion thread JULY 11TH

[EastsideRio]

I fukked with Wayne's album more than this bullshyt

I'm completely out of step with what modern hip-hop fans like I don't get it

I can't fukk with these sissy ass beats at all

Yeah, you a terrible troll.

 

[EastsideRio]

I have no idea if that's good or bad nowadays.

Streams Equivalent to 1 Sale:

• 1 sale (song download) ≈ 150 streams (on-demand audio like Spotify Premium)
• 1 album sale ≈ 1,500 streams (from a full album)

So 10.9M album streams is 7,266.66 album sales on Spotify alone.

If this is true then they definitely doing over 100k first week.

 

[Vandelay]

This album is amazing.

What I like about this album is it has so many different era influences and genre influences. It has an 80's coke era influence where the beats were simple, but slick. The bars clever, street, but have a lot of intelligence and introspection thrown in. It's got Ye's influences without him contributing; the random samples and the sample application. It honestly has influences of Outlaw Country music; the raw, I'll deal with folks who get out of line shyt, but simple choruses that express this. Pharell's singing on Whips and Chains, the whole song honestly felt like some Johnny Cash/Bob Dylan/Steve Miller Band shyt. Love that. I've come to realize Push/Clipse resonate with me because they spit in a matter of fact, preachy kinda way. It's genre bending. Even though they're rapping, it's not just rapping if that makes sense.

The beats are Eric B. meets Bomb Squad meets mid 2000s Neptunes, meets MDBTF Ye and somehow the shyt worked.

I been a fan of clipse since "I got caught dealin" and at times I thought they could delve into talking about nothing but drugs too much, but I learned to realize it's just the aesthetic. It's hard to exclude something that raised you, even if it's not a part of your life anymore. Not sure how big drugs played a part in Clipse life, but it's apparent it played a part. I never sold drugs a day in my life, but it was all around my upbringing if I rapped, it would be hard to avoid as a topic that came up repeatedly.

EDIT: I think it's important to note who won't like this album, because mad people are gonna love it, and outsiders won't understand. People who expect something different from Pharrell and people who like Drake/late stage microwave rap.

4.5 outta 5.

 

[Cladyclad]

Streams Equivalent to 1 Sale:

• 1 sale (song download) ≈ 150 streams (on-demand audio like Spotify Premium)
• 1 album sale ≈ 1,500 streams (from a full album)

So 10.9M album streams is 7,266.66 album sales on Spotify alone.

If this is true then they definitely doing over 100k first week.

Lol no

Spotify is tricky if majority of those streams are from the free portion. They not selling anywhere near 7k from spotify day 1. Free and paid are judge differently

SEA means streaming equivalent albums. SEA is calculated by adding up all of the audio song streams from an album. Premium streaming totals are divided by 1,250 and free streaming totals are divided by 3,750. Thus, 1,250 premium streams or 3,750 free streams from the same album is equivalent to 1 album unit.

 

[Stinky Diver]

This FICO track….nikka. I mean….gotdamn

 

[Shahcronz]

The album is weak, lack energy.
After the King Disease and Magic triloty, old rapper have no excuse to niot deliver stron energetic albums.

this sounds more energetic to me than any new nas lp tbh

 

[Pazzy]

So No Malice is just Malice again?

Does it matter? He understands what being an artist is. His art doesnt have to reflect his actual life. He doesnt owe that to you as a listener of his art. Get it?

 

[EastsideRio]

Lol no

Spotify is tricky if majority of those streams are from the free portion. They not selling anywhere near 7k from spotify day 1. Free and paid are judge differently

SEA means streaming equivalent albums. SEA is calculated by adding up all of the audio song streams from an album. Premium streaming totals are divided by 1,250 and free streaming totals are divided by 3,750. Thus, 1,250 premium streams or 3,750 free streams from the same album is equivalent to 1 album unit.

Oh Spotify on some bullshyt.

That’s like my album won’t sell if it’s sold at Walmart rather than Target.

 

[Rasille]

Solid album. Not loving Pharrell’s production overall though.

 

[EastsideRio]

Where is the original So Be It?

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

On So Far Ahead the transition between Pharrell's country gospel pop hook into this evil ass synth for the rap verses is so fire to me. It shouldn't work but it does.

Yeah same, this and EBITDA are the tracks where Pharrell's parts add to the track, for me.

 

[904]

Where is the original So Be It?

On DSPs I'm guessing it's only on the clean version. At least that's what it is on Tidal

 

[OaklandCertified]

What an amazing album. My wife and I were vibing out to it yesterday during a short road trip.

 

[AkaDemiK]

Question. What’s yall fav run of tracks on the album?

 

[threattonature]

Loved the album, only negative for me was too many Pharrell hooks and just too much Pharrell in general for me. Clipse still spitting crazy, loved the production. Solid 4 to 4.5 mics easily.