Kanye West What's so great about real friends?

Started by ArthurDW, Apr 19, 2016, in Kanye West Add to Reading List

  1. Narsh
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    Apr 19, 2016
    The fact that it's not

    Edit: and I forget if wpg said MBDTF or yeezus. The former is an even more ridiculous claim so i went w the latter
     
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    Apr 19, 2016
    Exactly
     
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  3. ArthurDW
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    Nah, family business for example would be top tier tlop, like I already said I feel like real friends is like family business but without all the greatness
     
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  4. Narsh
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    Clique was before yeezus? Same w new god flow i think?

    But yeah all day and only one

    And just on TLOP there's ULB. Fsmh pt.1. Famous. Nmpil is probably better too

    And Saint pablo
     
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    Apr 19, 2016
    Idk i personally love the song
     
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    Yeah forgot that lol. But still going by your post real friends is top 5 on the album and only 2 songs after yeezus that are better so I don't see how it's overrated by that standard.
     
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  7. Narsh
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    Well my next point would be because all of TLOP isn't up to snuff for Kanye so regardless of whether or not real friends is top 5 (which it probably is) it's not that spectacular

    It would be bottom 3 on yeezus and MBDTF
     
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    Ah gotcha. Well the overrated aspect of it I'm not familiar with because I don't know many people that talk that much about it. I just know you can't deny it being a good song.
     
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    I don't know, I think it's hard to compare Real Friends to the experimental stuff he did on Yeezus and TLOP. It's a traditional rap song that isn't groundbreaking/innovative like yeezus, agree. It has actual verses and that's where the focus is on, unlike yeezus/tlop that focusses more on the sound of it and him trying new stuff. I appreciate him doing a song like that and Saint Pablo every once in a while to remind us he can still do this too.

    It wouldn't fit on Yeezus, at all. And yeah on MBDTF it would be bottom half but that says more about how great that album is than Real Friends imo
     
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    What isn't great about it? From Kanye, Ty, the production, chorus, outro, everything is top notch. IMO the best song on the album.
     
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    Real Friends is f---ing beautiful, if it gets best song in the elimination game, though it wouldn't be my pick, i wouldn't even be mad
     
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  12. Narsh
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    new slaves isnt that experimental..and its way better than real friends.

    real friends is great. just being overrated because of the quality of kanye's output since yeezus
     
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    It's a combination of welcome to heartbreak and family business :rejoice:
     
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