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Title: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Doggystylin on September 02, 2005, 01:40:55 PM
...is out of their mind, I just got around to listening to it from front to back in the car and this is a incredible album (now that school's started i spend a lot of time driving back and forth every day so  :-\ )

Anyways, very solid album, I can't compare it to his first for a couple of reasons.....first of all,I dont even have my copy of College Dropout my cousin still has it, but the other reason is that this album is on a whole different vibe. I'm gonna have to give it a few more listens to see what my real favorites are cause right now the albums just a big dope blur to me. More listens will leave me with a better recognition for each song.
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Post by: KURUPTION-81 on September 02, 2005, 01:58:03 PM
Same as, at the mo i dont know what my fav tracks. Its just 75 mins of quality.
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: ωεεźγ ғ on September 02, 2005, 03:23:50 PM
i know several people on this board who just hate his music overall so u can't get them to buy into his style but i really dont like him as a person, just like his music
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Suga Foot on September 02, 2005, 03:32:13 PM
I kind of think of it as this.

College Dropout::Slim Shady LP

Late Registration::Marshal Mathers LP

I say that because LR compared to CD has more in depth and involved songs.  As does MMLP compared to SSLP.  I don't care to compare them to eachother because they are so different, and stand alone on their own.
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Twentytwofifty on September 02, 2005, 04:19:04 PM
It's overrated.  Without really getting into it I can say off the bat that there are atleast 7 tracks I skip, that's not good right there.  The production is pretty complex and "polished" but for the most part, the beats are boring.  And one thing that's starting to annoy me about Kanye as an MC, is that his vocabulary is weak.  I don't expect him to be a complex lyricist but I noticed several times on the album that he changed the pronunciation of words to make a rhyme.  It sounds very stupid.
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Suffice on September 02, 2005, 04:40:46 PM
  I don't expect him to be a complex lyricist but I noticed several times on the album that he changed the pronunciation of words to make a rhyme.  It sounds very stupid.
hell yeah, i hate that! Jay-z also does that shit, that's fuckin unprofessional
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Doggystylin on September 02, 2005, 05:06:00 PM
  I don't expect him to be a complex lyricist but I noticed several times on the album that he changed the pronunciation of words to make a rhyme.  It sounds very stupid.
hell yeah, i hate that! Jay-z also does that shit, that's fuckin unprofessional

I gotta agree, I also hate that shit, but I choose to ignore that, lol
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: RZARECTA on September 02, 2005, 09:55:55 PM
It's overrated.  Without really getting into it I can say off the bat that there are atleast 7 tracks I skip, that's not good right there.  The production is pretty complex and "polished" but for the most part, the beats are boring.  And one thing that's starting to annoy me about Kanye as an MC, is that his vocabulary is weak.  I don't expect him to be a complex lyricist but I noticed several times on the album that he changed the pronunciation of words to make a rhyme.  It sounds very stupid.
  what he said
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: DAYUM on September 02, 2005, 10:53:57 PM
im gonna listen to it front and back tonight and ill drop my thoughts
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Post by: Tha_Reverend on September 03, 2005, 12:09:35 AM
I didn't care for his first reccord at all.  I might download this one day
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Black Uhuru on September 03, 2005, 08:29:09 AM
I love LR but i think Kanye was out of his depth with some of them beats he just didn't sound right on certain songs like they should have just been instrumentals. If he's gonna come like that with his beats he really need to step his rap game up i mean he got lines like "Hmm I'll be on time for that/ I ain' thought of no line that could rhyme with that" that shit is beyond weak.
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Elevz on September 03, 2005, 08:53:18 AM
I feel like Kanye definately bettered himself with his 2nd release. College dropout was nice and all that, but most of this album is amazing. It's just some great music to chill out to, music with heart. I gotta agree there's a couple weaker joints on this but there's no need for skipping those since they're still nice. And of course Kanye isn't the next KRS when it comes to his lyrics, but in my opinion he stepped his game up in a major way. The album's a nice sequel to what he did with Common's Be, but it can't really keep up with that album. Still, a lot better than The College Dropout imo. I don't see what's so hard about comparing the two.
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Post by: 7even on September 03, 2005, 09:05:43 AM
can somebody tell me wtf he says in "bring me down" secondes 1:28 to 1:34 .. "spanish girls.... and everybody wanna run on me...." .. dude's pronunciation is whack as fuck there.
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Doggystylin on September 03, 2005, 09:19:18 AM
can somebody tell me wtf he says in "bring me down" secondes 1:28 to 1:34 .. "spanish girls.... and everybody wanna run on me...." .. dude's pronunciation is whack as fuck there.

thats cause hes speaking spanish there, lol "spanish girls say no habla ingle and everybody wanna run on me for they single" (he says single gay to rhyme it with ingle, another example of that stupid shit, lol)
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Post by: King Tech Quadafi on September 03, 2005, 09:20:45 AM
eminem been doinm that shit for years


but yeah..i dont get down with that bougie kanye music
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: wcsoldier on September 03, 2005, 09:58:47 AM
  I don't expect him to be a complex lyricist but I noticed several times on the album that he changed the pronunciation of words to make a rhyme.  It sounds very stupid.
hell yeah, i hate that! Jay-z also does that shit, that's fuckin unprofessional
Yep  I'm not a businessman , I'm a Business man  ::)
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: 7even on September 03, 2005, 10:00:42 AM
can somebody tell me wtf he says in "bring me down" secondes 1:28 to 1:34 .. "spanish girls.... and everybody wanna run on me...." .. dude's pronunciation is whack as fuck there.

thats cause hes speaking spanish there, lol "spanish girls say no habla ingle and everybody wanna run on me for they single" (he says single gay to rhyme it with ingle, another example of that stupid shit, lol)

thx
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: D1G1T4L on September 03, 2005, 12:10:22 PM
  I don't expect him to be a complex lyricist but I noticed several times on the album that he changed the pronunciation of words to make a rhyme.  It sounds very stupid.
hell yeah, i hate that! Jay-z also does that shit, that's fuckin unprofessional

i actually like that but i dont like jayz
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Javier on September 03, 2005, 12:24:27 PM
wtf was wrong with that line by Jay Z?
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Doggystylin on September 03, 2005, 12:59:38 PM
wtf was wrong with that line by Jay Z?

nothing i actually love that verse by him, he kills that song
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: bez on September 03, 2005, 01:02:36 PM
Album is decent.  Got a few bangers but a few cuts I aint keen on either.

Jay Z's verse is fiyyya!
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Post by: DAYUM on September 03, 2005, 01:32:41 PM
i was feeling it. it was tight
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: authentic on September 03, 2005, 02:15:26 PM
is there a hookup somewhere?
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Meho on September 03, 2005, 02:27:08 PM
wtf was wrong with that line by Jay Z?

nothing i actually love that verse by him, he kills that song
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Javier on September 03, 2005, 05:26:08 PM
I agree with you guys on Jay Z killing that song.  Thats a nice line, i dont get how people dislike it. 
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Kill on September 03, 2005, 06:03:21 PM
It's overrated.  Without really getting into it I can say off the bat that there are atleast 7 tracks I skip, that's not good right there.  The production is pretty complex and "polished" but for the most part, the beats are boring.  And one thing that's starting to annoy me about Kanye as an MC, is that his vocabulary is weak.  I don't expect him to be a complex lyricist but I noticed several times on the album that he changed the pronunciation of words to make a rhyme.  It sounds very stupid.

I agree, LR is ok, but you kind of hit the nail on the head with "complex and polished, but boring". That´s exactly what I thought when I gave it a listen. And yeah, he´s not all that as a rapper
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: J Bananas on September 03, 2005, 06:11:14 PM
whoever said this album is weak can suck my left nut, i just heard this today on a 7.1 surround system and fuckin fell in love wit it.
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: _That_Cracka_J on September 03, 2005, 09:33:11 PM
I don't like the album....I liked Kanye's beats better when he was JUST producing.
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: -VZA- on September 03, 2005, 10:45:09 PM
jay's verse is the best on the whole album... period.
best track = tie between we major and celebration
those two songs are just something you can kick back and listen to.
the worst part of the cd is when he tried to rhyme "no habla ingle" and "single" (pronounced sing-glay) when ingle isn't even a word in the first place.  ???
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Javier on September 04, 2005, 02:10:39 AM
Not everybody pronounces ingles with the actual S
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Post by: Sikotic™ on September 04, 2005, 02:56:02 AM
It's not weak. The guy just didnt really go out and make a poppy album like his debut. He stuck to what he liked, and it was still a good album.
Title: Re: Whoever said Kanye's sophmore album is weak...
Post by: Kill on September 04, 2005, 05:00:14 AM
Not everybody pronounces ingles with the actual S
sí, pero nadie jamás diría "inglay"...and "singlay" sounds so fucking dumb it´s pretty funny
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Post by: DAYUM on September 04, 2005, 04:29:20 PM
i like it i dont got nuthin to complain about