Mar 15, 2025 I mean you and @Wreckless are both right It is expanding my horizon but torture at the same time
Mar 15, 2025 Given the sheer number of albums being released each week across countless genres and artists, there are more releases than there are hours in a week to listen to them. I’d argue that spending time on an artist you’ve historically never liked is limiting your horizons. Instead, that time could be better spent discovering new artists/genres.
Mar 15, 2025 This is true. And normally I wouldn't have listened to this but I always talk a big mouth about the dude, the very least I can do is give this album a chance and share my honest thoughts.
Mar 15, 2025 Big Monkey's Blowup Doll (lmao) So a lot of these artists have been mentioned before on S80. And most of them I never really got into when I checked out their full projects. However, this is a dope collection of great rap records. Enjoyed it a lot! D.R.U.G.S - really dope, the piano music is so good man. Ab goes in and lyrically it's great. Hook is also catchy as h---. 9/10 Symmetry - a little more upbeat sounding than the last, love it. Saba is an artist I meant in my intro, but this song is great. 9/10 Carefree - same as above. Mick is really riding the beat, smooth as f---. Nice laid back track. 9/10 Feel at home - another dope and catchy hook, combined with smooth rapping and a laid back beat. Nothing to dislike here. 9/10 Waves On Every Chain - a different sound than the tracks so far but I like it. Never heard of this guy tbh. Again production is great too. 8/10 Not a drill - first song I didn't really feel that much (compared to the rest so far). Dude sounds a little bored/monotone, but yeah it's not bad and the lyrics are pretty good. 6/10 Fresh prince - the flow is really something I had to get used to but this is low key a b-----r. 8/10 Dead or alive - the energy here is amazing, and it also f---ing slaps. Probably my favorite so far. 10/10 Reality check - back to the more laid back s---, I can just repeat what I said earlier. This is nice, all of them killing the beat flowing like water. 8.5/10 The Come Up - Premier and AZ. What else is there to say? 9/10 Friends - sounding like a broken record .. maybe a tbt wasn't needed here because I can just repeat that this is a great track in every way. 9/10 Indian Summer - only thing that kinda bothered me is that I was waiting for the beat to drop the whole time. 7/10 Deeper - love the sample. Very relaxing song. 8/10 Mommy dearest - this isn't really my thing but it's good. 7/10 Lemon - method man kills it. Conway is meh to me and this is a little too slow for me I guess. Not that it's fair critizism, it's still solid. 7.5/10 Matthew in the middle - god I love the production. 'Since 99, we have problems' was so clever. But its more spoken word than he's actually rapping at times, but when he does rap it's great. 8/10 Man this was such a great listen @Allis Mines giving this a 8.5/10. Literally haven't heard any of these and added more than half to my own playlist. @AOTWClub Okay so gonna cover my ears now and listen to the rest of carti's album.
Mar 15, 2025 That's totally fair. I still wouldn't call that limiting tho (unless you're spending many many hours each week listening to what you don't like lol). I think if it more like trying a certain food you aren't a big fan of every couple years when the opportunity presents itself cuz some things are an acquired taste. also, on the flip side: sometimes you gotta listen to someone's new album so you can continue being an educated hater. Like @Allis Mines makes a good point, I never listened to absouls last album so I need to do so so I can be a high level hater. Or maybe I'll accidentally end up liking it who knows!
Mar 15, 2025 Carti talk aside, excited for this 70s/80s mixtape got a few bangers in my tape already, still have like a month before I have to post mine anyway so I got time hahah Carti bought me an extra week
Mar 15, 2025 @AOTWClub For fun, I made an RYM list with all of the records we've covered so far. Every entry includes the user, week, and rating. Its basically the schedule from JT's OP but into a list. Some of the entries have special notes about them, like placements, and other stuff (like the BMTH album not having a rating). Very terminally online, but I thought it'd be pretty neat. Hoping to update this in the future. https://rateyourmusic.com/list/YEEZ_2/section-eighty-aotw-club/1/ (Pretty sure the list is public, but if not please lmk!!!)
Mar 15, 2025 Just remembered my Spotify playlist I had of every song I liked from each album of AOTWClub…haven’t updated that s--- since like September or October tho lmfao got a lot of catching up to do with that playlist
Mar 16, 2025 Okay, few days before @Justin Trudeau will tally up the scores. If you haven't yet, get your reviews in for @Allis Mines mixtape! For the new week, we decided to do a new released album, before we start our next round of mixtapes. This week: Playboy Carti - I Am Music Tracklist: 1. POP OUT 2. CRUSH FT. TRAVIS SCOTT 3. K POP 4. EVIL JORDAN 5. MOJO JOJO 6. PHILLY FT. TRAVIS SCOTT 7. RADAR 8. RATHER LIE FT. THE WEEKND 9. FINE s--- 10. BACKDOOR 11. TOXIC FT. SKEPTA 12. MUNYUN 13. CRANK 14. CHARGE DEM HOES A FEE FT. FUTURE 15. GOOD CREDIT FT. KENDRICK LAMAR 16. I SEEEEEE YOU BABY BOI 17. WAKE UP FILTHY FT. TRAVIS SCOTT 18. JUMPIN FT. LIL UZI VERT 19. TRIM FT. FUTURE 20. COCAINE NOSE 21. WE NEED ALL DA VIBES FT. TY DOLLA SIGN AND YOUNG THUG 22. OLYMPIAN 23. OPM BABI 24. TWIN TRIM FT. LIL UZI VERT 25. LIKE WEEZY 26. DIS I GOT IT 27. WALK 28. HBA 29. OVERLY 30. SOUTH ATLANTA BABY @AOTWClub get your reviews in!
