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Truth is, we would probably think Kush was magical had he dropped it 7 years ago.
I don't really have much more to say about Kush than what I've already said. I just think it's a good but narrow song. Like, it doesn't break out of the box that we can place it in -- a club-oriented hip hop song circa 2010. It doesn't transcend that specific niche. Therefore, if you like contemporary clubbish rap songs, you'll probably love this song; if you don't like that specific sub-genre of hip hop (like me), you're probably not gonna like Kush. It's just a well made but narrow song, imo.I do laugh when people say this is the street single, though. There's nothing street about it, at all.
You expect me to download an album that isn't real? Sorry, but I can't sign this.
Compare this track to singles being released today. Now try and tell me it sucks.
Quote from: The King on December 04, 2010, 10:18:41 PMCompare this track to singles being released today. Now try and tell me it sucks. IMO there are singles out there that easliy shit on Kush, only they can't sell and go unnoticed.Everyone's saying Kush sucks because they expected the first single to be instantly great and it would blow his past work like "Nuthin' But A G Thang" and "Still Dre" out of the water, only it didn't turn out that way to them for their own reasons (Akon being on the hook, having Sly do a Nate-impersonation, Dre's new angry and drunk flow etc...).I personally have doubts about Kush being the first single though. It came out as a leak and then as a iTunes single but I don't remember Interscope or Dre or anybody announcing it beforehand. Whereas with Under Pressure Dre and Jimmy had announced it before it leaked.
It was confirmed as a single by Dre himself. What more do you want?
this track doesn't really change my thoughts on Detox for quite a few reasons (Dre's comments partly) but by itself it seems unusually average, no groove to it. I don't think Detox is gonna live up to my expectations (almost impossible) but I expect it to be a damn lot better than this and with at least a few tracks that really hit the spot. They'll be there, no doubt, but to me it would have made sense to start with something much better and more head nodding. My opinion doesn't mean anything in the scheme of things, but fuck it, record labels seems to dropping the ball all over the place these days.And Detox can certainly be sick without being a total revolution/classic. If it's not amazing it's not instantly crap. Let it be known.
Quote from: Matty on December 04, 2010, 02:16:20 PMQuote from: Meho on December 04, 2010, 02:06:27 PMAnd lol at saying Under Pressure is better. Dre sounded so awkward on that joint. Looks like you're having that classic internet message board mentality where everything that's either underground, unfinished, released criticized and forgotten but then after a while better than the official shit... basically everything is better than the official version. Basically if the situation as reversed (Kush being the flop single and Under Pressure being the official one), people would make threads how finished Kush track would sound better than Under Pressure. People over analyze things too much nowadays.Under Pressure may have been better in a finished form. Just speculating, but i think so. Neither are really what I'd like to hear. And this 'internet message board mentality' is just me being personal with the opinions and putting it out there. I thought you might give me a little more credit than the average message board hypocrite I do, I do. The whole post wasn't aimed directly at you but also at this sudden movement of some people being die hard Bishop Lamont fans now, when everybody was criticizing him when he was on Afermath. The whole "let's root for the under dog" mentality.
Quote from: Meho on December 04, 2010, 02:06:27 PMAnd lol at saying Under Pressure is better. Dre sounded so awkward on that joint. Looks like you're having that classic internet message board mentality where everything that's either underground, unfinished, released criticized and forgotten but then after a while better than the official shit... basically everything is better than the official version. Basically if the situation as reversed (Kush being the flop single and Under Pressure being the official one), people would make threads how finished Kush track would sound better than Under Pressure. People over analyze things too much nowadays.Under Pressure may have been better in a finished form. Just speculating, but i think so. Neither are really what I'd like to hear. And this 'internet message board mentality' is just me being personal with the opinions and putting it out there. I thought you might give me a little more credit than the average message board hypocrite
And lol at saying Under Pressure is better. Dre sounded so awkward on that joint. Looks like you're having that classic internet message board mentality where everything that's either underground, unfinished, released criticized and forgotten but then after a while better than the official shit... basically everything is better than the official version. Basically if the situation as reversed (Kush being the flop single and Under Pressure being the official one), people would make threads how finished Kush track would sound better than Under Pressure. People over analyze things too much nowadays.