Albums The Carters (Jay-Z & Beyoncé) - Everything Is Love (Discussion Thread)

[Pete Wrigley]

This is mediocre for real. I dunno how y'all are hyping this up, but I suppose it is because it's a surprise album of the Carters. But I'm going to be real with you, I am highly disappointed by both the production and with Jay-Z on this. Beyonce did her thing and this feels more like a Beyonce solo album with Jay-z just phoning in bars. I don't feel a true collaboration like I have with the Kids See Ghost where Cudi and Kanye interacted and had chemistry. This feels devoid of chemistry which is unfortunate based upon their previous joints they had history of doing together. It feels forced this time around. I dunno if it's because they rushed in doing this while doing a world tour or they weren't in the studio together collaborating and it's Beyonce doing her album and Jay-Z at the last minute decided to hop in and do some quick bars after the fact. I dunno, but I wasn't feeling it.

In regards of the production. I am beginning to get real TIRED of the same commercialized beats with the same as 808 drum kicks, and blandness in its musicality. I was HOPING when I heard the 1st track, "SUMMER", that the instrumentation and musical arrangements would be live and on point, but I was sorely disappointed. But not to say that the beats were garbage, none of the production was terrible, but they felt bland to me because it is the same shyt you hear EVERY DAY on the radio. It is the same reason why I wasn't feeling that new JAY ROCK album that much. Just redundancy. Their lead single, APE shyt, is a prime example.... I mean it has MIGOS fingerprints literally all over the track with their dumb ad-libs and so forth.

Maybe it is why I appreciate Kanye's production from his releases these past several weeks more. fukk Kanye and his social-political platforms, but he been in his bag when he done the production... it always were different from what's out on the radio, not commercial bullshyt, different arrays of musicality, each album release sounding different from anything else, yet still grounded and consistent. It is also why, and what I feel is HEAVILY SLEPT ON is the Apollo Brown & Locksmith project that was just release the same day as the Nas and Jay Rock albums dropped is IMPECCABLE from a production stand point. Apollo Brown is a brilliant producer/composer and gives me what's been missing in rap music these days. Just truthfully, I grown tired of hearing that every day shyt, and it is disappointing coming off a GREAT NO ID production of 4:44, that we have this with Beyonce. No disrespect to y'all, but I not really into it. It was a chore to listen to be honest.

I disagree with your opinion of the Jay/Bey album, I think it's dope but that Apollo Brown album is FIRE.

Not a lot of folks on the Coli are talking about that album, which is not surprising

 

[B!tchuoffendingme]

White people are mad as hell in the comments under that Apeshyt video. "How dare they shoot a tasteless rap video at the Louvre!"
Im glad the Carters did that cause people like this being mad makes my day.

 

[TrifeGod]

FAM

I CAN'T HOLD IT IN ANYMORE

THIS shyt IS CRAZY

THIS ENTIRE ALBUM IS PIFFERY

IT JUST FEELS GOOD

I NEED NAS TO RELEASE ANOTHER ALBUM fukk THIS shyt

I AM fukkING BAFFLED

 

[brownsugah]

They're credited jointly as "The Carters" for this album. Updated thread title, just for housekeeping purposes. lol. Also, "Apeshyt" video is posted in OP as well.

 

[OfTheCross]

“Tight circle no squares.”

We don't deal with weak squares in this power circle

 

[dakidblu]

Anybody got salud? Rep if you do

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

While I absolutely loved this album, we need to talk about why Jay Z now has a curfew.

If you listened to lovehappy he explains about having a LA curfew and having their will be redone by Beyonce herself.

I understand he cheated and all but that seems kind of harsh.

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

It’s weird a lot of dope rappers praise Jay music but a certain sect of fukk boys on the Coli say he washed

that's the same artists who will say that eminem still drop hot songs so

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

This is mediocre for real. I dunno how y'all are hyping this up, but I suppose it is because it's a surprise album of the Carters. But I'm going to be real with you, I am highly disappointed by both the production and with Jay-Z on this. Beyonce did her thing and this feels more like a Beyonce solo album with Jay-z just phoning in bars. I don't feel a true collaboration like I have with the Kids See Ghost where Cudi and Kanye interacted and had chemistry. This feels devoid of chemistry which is unfortunate based upon their previous joints they had history of doing together. It feels forced this time around. I dunno if it's because they rushed in doing this while doing a world tour or they weren't in the studio together collaborating and it's Beyonce doing her album and Jay-Z at the last minute decided to hop in and do some quick bars after the fact. I dunno, but I wasn't feeling it.

In regards of the production. I am beginning to get real TIRED of the same commercialized beats with the same as 808 drum kicks, and blandness in its musicality. I was HOPING when I heard the 1st track, "SUMMER", that the instrumentation and musical arrangements would be live and on point, but I was sorely disappointed. But not to say that the beats were garbage, none of the production was terrible, but they felt bland to me because it is the same shyt you hear EVERY DAY on the radio. It is the same reason why I wasn't feeling that new JAY ROCK album that much. Just redundancy. Their lead single, APE shyt, is a prime example.... I mean it has MIGOS fingerprints literally all over the track with their dumb ad-libs and so forth.

Maybe it is why I appreciate Kanye's production from his releases these past several weeks more. fukk Kanye and his social-political platforms, but he been in his bag when he done the production... it always were different from what's out on the radio, not commercial bullshyt, different arrays of musicality, each album release sounding different from anything else, yet still grounded and consistent. It is also why, and what I feel is HEAVILY SLEPT ON is the Apollo Brown & Locksmith project that was just release the same day as the Nas and Jay Rock albums dropped is IMPECCABLE from a production stand point. Apollo Brown is a brilliant producer/composer and gives me what's been missing in rap music these days. Just truthfully, I grown tired of hearing that every day shyt, and it is disappointing coming off a GREAT NO ID production of 4:44, that we have this with Beyonce. No disrespect to y'all, but I not really into it. It was a chore to listen to be honest.

this. album is ok but a lot of boring and expected production. like watch the throne, that's confort zone music right there. Designed for radio and not much soul. but it will work though and bey and jay eatin a lot off their reputation too.

they are surfing on the trap vibe and the short album vibe. I enjoy some tracks but I don't think it will have a lot of replay value

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Why do people keep talking about the “trap” sound on this? Besides apeshyt ...nothing about this resembles trap... nikkas just make up their own delusional narratives the move away from the typical trap sound is why I think the album shines....if they went the route of just songs like “top off” (production wise) this album woulda been fukkin awful

But instead it’s fire

 

[KillbertArenas]

They tired of stunting on black people....Their purpose these days is to make white people mad.

They flipped the "monkey/ape" descriptor on white people

 

[Deltron]

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

I already said the production was lovely but I just listened to it for the first time with my nice headphones.

Goddamn this shyt is crisp as fukk

 

[Woodwerkz]

Y'all keep saying they could have waited...but maybe it was a Father's Day gift to Jay Z.

 

[OfTheCross]

While I absolutely loved this album, we need to talk about why Jay Z now has a curfew.

If you listened to lovehappy he explains about having a LA curfew and having their will be redone by Beyonce herself.

I understand he cheated and all but that seems kind of harsh.

More harsh than cutting a check for $250M?