Silk Sonic - An Evening With Silk Sonic (Discussion Thread)

[dubsmith_nz]

Man I'm playing this alot more than I thought I would. Gonna add the whole album to the playlist at work

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

My boy said this is like a Philadelphia International album from the 70's made by nikkas from Cherry Hill, New Jersey and I think he's right.


After Last Night" off this Silk Sonic is the one. Thunder Cat & Bootsy Collins >>>>>>


but there is some bullshyt on this album too. It's mixed too clean for this style of music. It's a pop parody of the real thing.

There's some dope chill vibe records on here tho. Blast off is dope

I swear I listen to all the joints and as good as they made them this is all i hear...

I think Paak and anyone else would have been more authentic. Bruno is just too perfect and polished all the time and it fits for pop but here it sounds like you said on the first line. some dudes doing their best impression of some other dudes.

 

[Deafheaven]

Bingo. This shyt has too much of a karaoke vibe on here. Its like they're trolling to the point of disrespect.

BACK to Summer Walker

Negged.

 

[HDiron]

I can’t stop playing After Last Night.

No skips from on this album. Something very very refreshing is this album to me, they killed it with this one.

 

[Conscious Pilot]

Put on a Smile

fukking Perfect song

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Will this be against "Donda" at The Grammy's? Ye gonna have a fit when he doesn't win

 

[FeverPitch2]

Its...ok.

They do a little too much homage instead of setting a new standard. Its obviously good, but it lacks the grit of Paak i really need.

Its not set up to fail and avoids risks.

Theres SOME element of this being one big joke which i cant shake.

Hard for me to describe.

It won't ever be better than a 8/10 for this reason...

It just doesn't blow me away because it still feels like they're joking.

You're the type of cat who ruins everything for yourself because you overthink and cant get out of your own head.

 

[FeverPitch2]

My boy said this is like a Philadelphia International album from the 70's made by nikkas from Cherry Hill, New Jersey and I think he's right.


After Last Night" off this Silk Sonic is the one. Thunder Cat & Bootsy Collins >>>>>>


but there is some bullshyt on this album too. It's mixed too clean for this style of music. It's a pop parody of the real thing.

There's some dope chill vibe records on here tho. Blast off is dope

You white.

 

[SunZoo]

I thought this was Tariq Nasheed lol

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

After Last Night been having me like

 

[FeverPitch2]

Cacs hatin

Bruno Mars / Anderson .Paak / Silk Sonic: An Evening With Silk Sonic

 

[Knucklehead]

Cacs hatin

Bruno Mars / Anderson .Paak / Silk Sonic: An Evening With Silk Sonic

People hate Pitchfork but this reviewer is making the exact same points as many people in this thread namely that this is a really enjoyable album but basically feels like a parody of 70s Philly Soul.
Bruno Mars pop sensibilities stifling the artistry of Anderson has also been a popular critique.
The last paragraph of this review hits the nail on the head.

But An Evening With Silk Sonic was only meant to be a hyper-detailed costume party. As Paak explained to Rolling Stone, Mars told him, “We’re making music to make women feel good and make people dance, and that’s it.” He didn’t lie. At eight songs plus an intro, it’s the shortest full-length project either artist has released. Teased since March of this year, leading to a promotional cycle that’s lasted nearly nine months, it arrives burdened with more hype and attention than its songs should have been asked to bear. Could they have made a weirder, more surprising version of this record? Absolutely. But as they’ve insisted from the start, it’s not that deep.

 

[FeverPitch2]

People hate Pitchfork but this reviewer is making the exact same points as many people in this thread namely that this is a really enjoyable album but basically feels like a parody of 70s Philly Soul.
Bruno Mars pop sensibilities stifling the artistry of Anderson has also been a popular critique.
The last paragraph of this review hits the nail on the head.

But An Evening With Silk Sonic was only meant to be a hyper-detailed costume party. As Paak explained to Rolling Stone, Mars told him, “We’re making music to make women feel good and make people dance, and that’s it.” He didn’t lie. At eight songs plus an intro, it’s the shortest full-length project either artist has released. Teased since March of this year, leading to a promotional cycle that’s lasted nearly nine months, it arrives burdened with more hype and attention than its songs should have been asked to bear. Could they have made a weirder, more surprising version of this record? Absolutely. But as they’ve insisted from the start, it’s not that deep.

Exactly. Y'all are overthinking it, searching for a reason to discredit it. Therefore, you and the other cacs are hating.
Is the music good? Yes?
Then that's it.
Obsessing over minutiae that no one else would ever think about is hating.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Exactly. Y'all are overthinking it, searching for a reason to discredit it. Therefore, you and the other cacs are hating.
Is the music good? Yes?
Then that's it.
Obsessing over minutiae that no one else would ever think about is hating.

Word, they fulfilled their Mission and it slaps fukk what you personally were expecting.