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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Lord Funk on March 30, 2007, 10:42:34 AM
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Well, I bought this the day it dropped and I've played it constantly. I'm a huge Devin fan (he's easily in my top 10 artists of all time), but this is by far his worst album. The production, for the most part, is crap, the mixing on some songs is bad (the vocal mix on 'She Wants That Money' is abysmal) and the songs simply aren't as well crafted as those on the previous three albums. The beats are boring and nowhere near as musical or complex as his other albums.
All the bloggers and fans saying this is an amazing album have to be saying it because it's fashionable. When 'To The X-treme' dropped, no one here was raving about it, despite the fact it's an amazing album. Suddenly, Devin is 'trendy', so everyone is over-rating this new CD... It kinda pisses me off, because he's ending up best know for a record that displays little of the talent he has.
In short, there's nothing on this album as uplifting as 'Do What U Wanna Do' or 'Unity', nothing as humorous as 'Lacville 79' or 'Boo Booin', nothing as soulful as 'Anythang' or 'Alright'.
Is there no one else who agrees with me that this album has been horribly overrated? And to those who are calling it a great album, I'd be interested to hear your comparisons compared with his earlier CDs.
Yeah, I said 'comparisons compared with'. Big deal. Wanna fight about it?
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ive bought it but im yet to listen to it, i just hope your wrong ;D
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I didn't think it was excellent either. Not bad, just not what I expected from Devin compared to his last 3.
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I liked it a lot. I liked it better than To Tha X Treme, and I think its more consistent than his other previous 2 (his other two have more standout tracks though.) I've been a Devin fan for probably the last five years, before it was "trendy" or whatever. I think that the mix of tracks on here is perfect, and all the songs are great. It feels like Devin got into his comfort zone with this one, maybe its become too easy for him, maybe that's why you see it as lackluster.
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I liked it a lot. I liked it better than To Tha X Treme, and I think its more consistent than his other previous 2 (his other two have more standout tracks though.) I've been a Devin fan for probably the last five years, before it was "trendy" or whatever. I think that the mix of tracks on here is perfect, and all the songs are great. It feels like Devin got into his comfort zone with this one, maybe its become too easy for him, maybe that's why you see it as lackluster.
I just don't know man! I respect your opinion Edizzle... that's why I wanted to make this post, because I find it really odd that I seem to have just missed something with this album. The majority opinion seems to be that it's a near-classic and maybe his best, and if people think that then cool. But I find it odd that as such a big Devin fan I'm at the opposite end of that spectrum... it makes me feel like I must like the guy's music for different reasons or something... I'm wondering if someone can point to something that will make me hear somehting new on this album... but I'm not hopeful.
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"What A Job" was really the only standout, everything else sounded good, just to muc of the same.
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damn that album is fuckin sick.... i dont know why yall aint feelin it.....
not as good as his first 2 cds,,,, probaly equal to TO THE XTREME
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damn that album is fuckin sick.... i dont know why yall aint feelin it.....
not as good as his first 2 cds,,,, probaly equal to TO THE XTREME
I am feeling it, 8 out of 10 maybe, but after 3 Devin album's, they just aren't getting any better. It's not like the music is whack, I'd say this is maybe the 6th best album this year.
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I'm on the last track and this is my first listen. It sounds good, better than Buck's
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this and dpg easily best albums so far then buck
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After the 2nd listening, I'm really feeling this.
Lil Girl Gone, What A Job, She Useta Be, No Longer Needed, Just Because and Somebody Else's Wife are all really good tracks.
Who features on S.E.W. ?
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i still haven't warmed up to it yet
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This album is more along the lines of where "To The X-treme" left off, whereas I feel that his JTTL left off where "The Dude" began, pretty much had the same feel...I haven't really gotten into this album like the others, so far....It's kinda has a weird vibe to it, almost kinda depressing at times....I kinda had to warm up to "To The X-treme" after I got passed the first couple of traccs, which were heat...To me, this album isn't great, but it's not wacc either :-\
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I think it's a bit better then "to tha x-treme" and just a bit under his 1st 2 l.p.'s
she want that money, what a job, she useta be, no longer needed here, somebody else's wife are all standouts for me
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I love the album, I can listen to it from top to bottom...
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I love the album, I can listen to it from top to bottom...
tru that
yall cant forget broccoli n cheese either ;D
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i like some songs i need to give it some more listens.
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i agree with the thread starter... :-\ i think its devins worst album
the production isnt all that..and the tracks that has good productions is still missing something.
the mixing is really awful at some points too.
it lacks standout tracks
all devin cd´s has great intros and outros but not this one..
there are many good songs..and i really like devins style so its a 3/5 album
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Finally picked this up a few days back and so far I'm not too impressed either. I NEVER buy albums, but Devin and maybe a few other artists have earned my respect and I want to try and support them with my purchase, but so far it hasn't grown on me either. I think I still need to give this one time though..and this is the first Devin album I've bumped in my new truck (with stock system) so maybe that's unfair.
On a side note.. I actually busted up laughing on my drive to work TWICE during Just Because and Used to be...
" I couldn't wait to get back and tell all the niggas I went to school with...
how she used to look like 'OOOOHH DAMN'...now shes like "oooh SHIT!"
and
" I'll sweep you off your feet with a box of chocolates, but watch it
cuz it's really just some balled up hog shit"
Thought that shit was funny as hell for some reason.
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DAMNNNNNNNN, i just got my hands on it today, and im lovin it!!!
Im kickin back with a few beers listening to this shit 8)
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this album took a lot of listens for it to grow on me.
it's a good album. but i agree, definitely not his "best thus far"
I'd rank it last out of his 4 albums.
haha i actually rank his albums in order they came out in. it's like he's still always satisfies, but progressively drops with the albums.