cobl04
45:33
Shit, I just realised Money Trees is built on a sample from my favourite Beach House song.
Re: the 72 hours line. That sort of chest-beating just isn't Kendrick, or this album. In context, that song is - according to P4K, which is spot on here - "the moment in the narrative when young Kendrick's character first begins rapping, egged on by a friend who plugs in a beat CD. Framed this way, his "damn, I got bitches" chant gets turned inside out: This isn't an alpha male's boast. It's a pipsqueak's first pass at a chest-puff."
This really didn't live up to the hype for me, at all.
As with El Mel's original impressions, the voice really bugs me on a number of tracks. And I don't find the production as eye-opening as on that of MBDTF. A decent listen overall but nothing too special to me.
I don't think Channel Orange is the Best Album EVAR, or of the year, but it's a much worthier consensus #1 IMO.
Will give this another shot and see if it grows on me as we'll.
Unfortunately the words "video" and "Backstreet Freestyle" do not have a position connotation for me right now. There's video of me going nuts on it late late late into New Year's Eve after the venue was vacated. So I'll just watch later.