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Koozek

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Following up on the proto-Nietzschian approach first propagated in "Reckless", Bad Habits finds NAV building on the feelings of emptiness and materialism. The auto-tuned vocals remove the sense of emotion from NAV's singing, while at the same time adding a layer of vulnerability that speaks to the nihilistic undercurrent that informs NAV's lyrics. Hendrix's auto-tuned backing vocals only serve to embellish this paradoxical dichotomy, at once glorifying the accumulation of wealth, while at the same time bemoaning a lack of moral direction.

Bad Habits represents NAV in an existential crisis, torn between two worlds. From a post-modernist perspective, NAV's lyrics and singing exemplify a young man stripped of his values, a de-structured world without meaning and guidance. Bad Habits understands NAV, just as nobody knew the real him in "Why You Crying Mama". Nav Hendrix is at once emotionally defenseless, compensating with visceral, tangible shows of force. Covered in a facade of brutality, "Taking Chances" really represents a stripped down version of NAV, a hollow core masked only by a thin, malleable shell. Time Piece isn't a song, that's why people are confused; it's simply an extremely pleasurable audio experience, vibrating at the same frequency of peace & happiness while juxtaposing the ideas of loneliness & depression, "Why don't you encourage me, instead of burden me?".

The hum is a basic instinct of expression and desire that any human can do, and at the core level is the basis of music made from within. The autotune represents the reverse of that while still maintaining the similarity of making something sound pleasant, it is a futuristic practice opposed to the hum that began from early human development. the combination of all these factors and more are not unlike the cells which make the organs forming an organism. Bad Habits is a powerful few minutes of bliss, & often those who are angry by themselves reflect back on positiveness with a negative light.
 

Koozek

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how can you listen to the new Nav and still say he's monotonous or liveless?


WHY YOU CRYIN', MAMA? (WHY YOU CRYIN'?)
I KNOW MY LIFE HAS BEEN SURPRISING, MAMA
YOU SAY THE OLD ME IS DYIN', MAMA (MAMA)
SAY I'M HAPPY, YOU KNOW THAT I'M LYING, MAMA (YEAH)


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YOU GOTTA TELL ME WHY YOU CRYIN', MAMA
THESE DIFFERENT PILLS THAT YOU BEEN FINDING, MAMA
YOU WORRIED THAT YOUR SON IS DYING, MAMA
SAY I'M HAPPY, YOU KNOW THAT I'M LYING, MAMA


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lacer

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the new earl slaps


















phones outta fuckboy's hands lololol

 

lacer

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lmao, i came here to bitch about Pitchfork for a totally different reason. i've gotten used dumb individual reviews/scores (i can't figure out if the writers actually give the number or if it's an editor) but they've been doing reviews of older albums on weekends somewhat recently, and today they reviewed "When The Pawn..." by Fiona Apple, which led me to discover they didn't bother reviewing either that or Tidal when they first came out. so you're telling me the editorial staff decided their time was well spent trashing Tool albums, but Fiona wasn't worth even looking at? smfh and smfd
 

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Karen O & Danger Mouse - Lux Prima



I've been playing this almost exclusively the whole week. Reminds me of his spaghetti western collab from 2011, but alongside the lush 60s orchestration/melodies is 60s pop and 70s synth. Dope project. I like when Danger Mouse is in this space. Takes me back to the trip hop-electronica shift early last decade.



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808 Yelawolf back praise allah


If he can get anywhere close to Trunk Muzik Returns, whew
 

Icolin

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Midgar


Do we even know what the point of these are, I see him doing this all the time now

Started out kind of as a secret thing but now there's tons of celebs attending, some clips of it have gone viral on YouTube and twitter and I think this is becoming a part of the rollout for his next album + potential tour with the choir
 

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Started out kind of as a secret thing but now there's tons of celebs attending, some clips of it have gone viral on YouTube and twitter and I think this is becoming a part of the rollout for his next album + potential tour with the choir

that's my hunch. we've seen a bit of new material but for the most part past Kanye albums have been about building hype around secrecy. they clearly know this is getting clicks and inviting people each week, and the reworked arrangements make me think this has something to do with a new live set. maybe he just likes hearing his own shit sung by a choir in the California hills though, can't even blame him in that case tbh
 

lacer

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24 is like early middle age by rap standards. Drake is old. Jay Z is geriatric. KRS is ancient. Kool Herc is a living version of one of those clay soldiers found in emperors tombs
 

lacer

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anyone remember when Odd Future was getting started? i just remembered when NahRight and 2dopeboys refused to post any of their shit. somewhere down the line they ran these weird banner ads that pointed to a random splash page. there was a countdown that wound up being the reveal for Goblin which flashed "FUCK NAHRIGHT" and blasted one of the singles. still makes me giggle thinking about it
 

Koozek

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THE SHIT THEY CAP ABOUT, WE DON'T EVEN SNAP (CAP)
BENTLEY MULSANNES, MAYBACHS BACK-TO-BACK (SKRRT-SKRRT)
BRAND NEW AP AND THE DIAMONDS (YES) CAME ATTACHED (BLING)
LYING IN THEY RAPS, THEY ABUSING, NO CAP


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THE SHIT THEY CAP ABOUT, WE DON'T EVEN SNAP (CAP)
THEY DREAM GIRL CALLIN' ME AND I AIN'T CALLIN' BACK (CLICK)
THEY AIN'T GOT NO MONEY, PROBABLY WORTH A HUNDRED, FLAT
LYING IN THEY RAPS, THEY ABUSING, NO CAP


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