11/6/2022 0 Comments Jay z the dynasty album review![]() ![]() They also include the sound of an actual wreck at the end, just in case the metaphor was lost on you. The group works around train noises, a catchy chorus and James Brown samples to break down the conflicts of relationships and things of that nature. Eh.ĭon’t worry, Amy Schumer is nowhere to be found. I suppose this interlude is the downer of a post-script to the previous track. However, the song as a whole is not too shabby (even if it may not totally sound like the De La we know), serving as an interesting tale of a young lady with aspirations of fame. I’m also not sure he needed the closing monologue. I didn’t know he was still doing things either. Then the status quo kicks in for the raps, and that sounds perfectly fine (though that first game plan would have been a doozy had they stayed the course). It starts off sounding more like a Talking Heads song that happened to feature De La Soul, albeit a damn good one. It’s actually better than you’d think, although I don’t think our guest needed such a long outro, no matter how hilarious a chorus of “Fuck everyone, burn everything” may be (sung by a choir too!).Īnd this one features David Byrne of the Talking Heads. (And even that isn’t the most surprising guest spot.) Now that last track makes more sense, as De La opts for a fucking rap-rock experiment, of all things. Not bad at all.Īllow me to knock back some Member Berries quickly: remember that song “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from like 2004? Well, De La apparently got that singer for this seven-minute opus. ![]() What this has to do with the club the Ramones used to play at is lost on me, but this is a short and sweet bar-trading session between the Plugs. On second thought, there weren’t any mixed feeling there, were there now? No one rhymes until the song is two minutes deep out of a possible 5. Speaking of which, a De La song co-produced by Pete Rock is dominated by Estelle’s vocals (whom you may remember for that godawful song she did with Kanye a few years back). Also features a barely audible chorus and verse from Roc Marciano (a former cohort of Busta Rhymes that has struck out on his own in recent years), and he sounds surprisingly bored. Pos’s quote of the song “Stop being an MC, and give your verses more weight by just being M-E”. I don’t have the first clue what this song is about, but I stopped caring very quickly. Deep, catchy and accessible – why did this not catch on to the point that I would at least have heard it before now? 4. Snoop manages to fit in with De La quite well. This sounds like it could have been a leftover from “The Grind Date”, which is a good thing. The first single, featuring Snoop Dogg, who is two guest spots away from one hell of a sub sandwich. Between Dave’s line “Androids read raps off iPhones/I choke the blood out of felt tips/Heavyweights up to the front if the belt fits” and Pos’s demand for “checks with the same first name as my capes” (royalties), they haven’t lost a step. Pos and Dave sound undeniably older (gee, ya think?) but with skills still intact. Honestly, the spoken parts doubling as de facto choruses sound kind of cool in context. “Crystal-carrying pixie peasants and warriors?” Oh yeah, it’s a De La album now. I’m not sure I needed this, but if it ends up fitting into the album, I guess that’s all right. It appears that this may be a return to the old, wacky, unpredictable De La, with the inclusion of this spoken word intro from Jill Scott as well as a few other minute-long offerings to come. I will check it out soon, though.) Before that, however, this must be a good album. What’s more, they could actually snake a victory (I haven’t gotten around to “Life of Pablo”, and from what I hear, I’m not missing anything. Apparently, it is now up for a Grammy for Best Rap Album, admittedly in a weak year, but that’s still impressive. Anyway, this album was notable for being funded through a Kickstarter campaign, which is the first I’ve heard of such an arrangement in the music world. ![]() It may have been called something else back then, but it isn’t now, so I’m not about to go digging. I was quite excited about this album’s impending release, which I think I alluded to way back when I started reviewing their stuff. and The Anonymous NobodyĬue the streamers – I have successfully reached the end of De La Soul’s catalog for now. ![]()
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