Jan 11, 2020 Isaiah is quietly my favourite TDE rapper and this was a h--- of a debut for him. His southern influences definitely helped him stand out from the rest of the label, but he more than kept up with them lyrically. Not to take anything away from Rock and Q who both really brought it with their features. Isaiah grew over time and Sun’s Tirade is an even better album in my opinion, but this was still one of the strongest debuts of the decade 8/10
Jan 11, 2020 This was a solid 8/10. I listened to this album a lot of times and I never got tired. Up there with section 80.
Jan 11, 2020 Cilvia Demo: 8.5/10 Some albums perfectly encapsulate a certain mood. Some of them make you remember a particular atmosphere, perhaps a snapshot of what was happening around you. Cilvia Demo, is basically that long drive to some place distant in the winter, your windows are foggy as s--- and your demeanor is as nippy as the conditions outside. Isaiah is unique as a rapper within TDE, his flows are unconventional while bringing a southern perspective that doesn't sounds so out of place with Black Hippy's entire aesthetic. Once you peel back the layers of this album, you're left with a brutal honesty that internally resonates with you, after all we as humans battle with depression/anxiety on a daily basis. Cilvia Demo however, gives those cold feelings a color to that aura.
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Jan 11, 2020 If I had to rate what's been posted Cilvia Demo - 8.3/10 Daytona - 7.75/10 My Krazy Life - 8.45/10 TPAB - 7/10 Honest - 7/10 WTT - 7/10 Tetsuo - 5/10
Jan 11, 2020 9.5/10 I remember hearing about Zay when this came out on a defunct basketball forum and not really understanding the hype. It took me a while just before TST arrived for him to finally click with me. Cilvia Demo really is an outstanding and an absolute watershed project, capturing TDE's momentum of the early-mid-10's. The flows and cadences on here are infectious. The production is marvelous. The subject matter is resonant and evocative. He wears and tips his hat to his influences tastefully like on RIP Kevin Miller, West Savannah and Brad Jordan. He lays bare his vulnerability, his upbringing, his relations and his demons. It's intoxicating, it's heartbreak, it's anger and it's carthatic. He really did burst onto the scene here and it's from this project's strength alone at times that he's still a highly anticipated artist. For me, he's probably my favourite rapper of the past decade. I'm hesitant to give it full marks as I feel TST is the better album, but you can't go wrong with either. It's criminal that he's only released two projects, and is seemingly a wantaway rapper from the spotlight. 2020 should see his sophomore album released, and it could well be his last album before he calls it quits and retires from music.
Jan 16, 2020 Cilvia Demo gets an 8.6 out of 12 ratings. Next up: We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest Tracklist 1. “The Space Program” 2. “We The People….” 3. “Whateva Will Be” 4. “Solid Wall of Sound” 5. “Dis Generation” 6. “Kids…” 7. “Melatonin” 8. “Enough” 9. “Mobius” 10. “Black Spasmodic” 11. “The Killing Season” 12. “Lost Somebody” 13. “Movin Backwards” 14. “Conrad Tokoyo” 15. “Ego” 16. “The Donald” After releasing no albums for almost 2 decades, Tribe made their comeback in 2016. And d---, what a comeback it was. An old school sound yet sounding fresh and very good. It's like they never left. 8.7/10 @RateThisAlbum
Jan 16, 2020 Arguably the greatest comeback in rap history. 16 years since their last album, and even longer since they were on good terms, Tribe reunited like absolutely nothing had happened and dropped one of the best albums in their already near perfect discography. Q-Tip has never really aged and performs exactly as well as you’d expect him to, and Jarobi, who finally got to rap on a Tribe album, spits like he was there the whole time. But the real star of the album is Phife, who sounds absolutely ecstatic to be back rapping with his old group again and turns in one of the absolute best performances of his career. His death obviously hangs over the album from beginning to end, turning what was conceived as a triumphant return into a bittersweet farewell, and leads to some of the most powerful moments I’ve ever encountered on a rap album (Tip channeling Phife on Black Spasmodic, the entirety of Lost Somebody and The Donald), but in spite of the loss that underlined the album, it always feels like the same Tribe that made People’s Instinctive Travels. Everything comes together, Busta and Cons both rap like they haven’t in a while, it’s 1994 again. I’ve been trying to avoid giving decimal scores up to this point, but a 9 is too low. 9.5/10
Jan 16, 2020 Thank You. Missed this album completely. I should check it out but unfortunately I might not be able to do that for some time...
Jan 16, 2020 We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service: 10/10 I’m not sure how much more I can add on after my brudda brudda @Winter, in usual fashion, dropped a scintillating summary of ATCQ’s glorious return. With Phife’s tragic passing, there’s additional emotional weight & value to what was happening throughout this special album. I mean, considering those circumstances and the fact we even got a Tribe album after so many years, it makes this project feel so monumental. It’s one of those pieces of music that exceeded expectations in light of whatever innermost thoughts of doubt we as a collective group of fans had—how many times have we seen it happen with other long-awaited releases? Q-Tip behind the boards is ageless, this sounds exactly how a Tribe album would sound in the 21st century, all credit to him for bringing in together all these components to create one of the best music experiences of my lifetime.
Jan 18, 2020 excellent choice @Michael Myers . And like Winter already said, one of - if not the greatest greatest comeback in history. Listening to this takes me directly back to The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders all the while sounding just as fresh as those albums when they dropped. Everything and more that I could have expected from a return of such a legendary group (and without a question was the best album of 2016). 10/10 from me.
