Kanye West - Jesus is King (September 27, 2019) Album • Page 25

I don't know why I get the itch to defend the Chance record as much as I do since I've listened to it, like, once, but so many people had negative vibes before a track even dropped. I don't think it got a fair shake. Once the memes started, there was no way it was going to be well received. It's no worse than any of the other long ass hypebeast records that get gushed over on a regular basis. Beats were dope, lyrics were good, he rapped well. Idk, aside from being over long I don't see why it was trashed

 

Amen

 

I think a lot of us are concerned he's using religion to redeem his image while consistently being shitty

 

To be fair I trash all of those long ass hypebeast records as well, but I know what you mean, this one was doomed from the start.

 

The chance record was mostly bad imo

 

Coloring Book sucks

 

Coloring Book is great, as is gospel

 

I have no problem with a record being long (see: So Much Fun) or with it having religious overtones (see: ULB) - And I promise you, I wanted to like the Chance record and was not a hater prior to hearing it. I don't even really hate it. I only listened to it once. But that's because nothing about it stuck out to me other than the things the memes made fun of (him constantly saying he loves his wife and screaming AH!)

 

I mean, is there anyone who disagrees that outside of maybe ULB, Chance has just nosedived since Acid Rap?

Even those who like Coloring Book and Wedding Album or whatever it's called, do you not think each release has produced diminishing returns?

 

Its more or less consensus that Coloring Book is his best as far as I can tell. I think it holds up.

 

Coloring Book over Acid Rap? Really?

 

Yeah, I disagree with the nosediving statement. Coloring Book was just about as good as Acid Rap. Summer Friends, Same Drugs and Sunday Candy are some of his best songs.

 

Coloring book is more like a lateral move from acid rap. I think it’s great but for different reasons. As far as his technical skill and his backing band he is by far at his best on coloring book, but acid rap was also lightning in a bottle.

coloring book hype cycle built up so well and he definitely stuck the landing. No clue how someone can say an album with Summer Friends, Juke Jam, and Same Drugs is bad.


I wanted to like big day so much but in the end the I love my wife meme is the only thing I’m keeping from that.

 

I don’t care about Acid Rap and think Coloring Book is probably one of the best rap albums of the decade

 

All We Got is a messy song, DRAM Sings Special is not good, Blessings 1 and 2 is terrible, Mixtape is trash, How Great is tiring, Smoke Break is boring. The album has a smattering of great songs, but its not a good album

 

I don't hate Coloring Book. It has it's moments but overall it just didn't have the magic that Acid Rap had, imo. I guess nosedive isn't the right word since I don't think CB is WAY worse than Acid Rap, but I do think The Big Day is a major drop.

 

I agree with the Mixtape take, the rest I strongly disagree with lol

 

Sunday Candy was on Surf FWIW

 

interesting. surprised you don't like Acid Rap too

 

To be fair I haven’t listened to it in so long. Thematically it didn’t appeal to me at all is what I remember.

 

It's pretty wild how Chance the Rapper invented writing songs about your spouse. Crazy shit!

 

And God

 

Personally I think Coloring Book has aged slightly better than Acid Rap. I still enjoy AR a lot, but I don't often feel like going back to it.

 

I don't really mind the lyrical content. Sonically nothing stuck with me from The Big Day.

 

Interlude (That's Love) is amazing, that's about all I have to say for Acid Rap