BLACKNISSANZ
MUSIC 2024
Eternal Sunshine by Ariana Grande
Excluding the interludes, I really liked this album. "true story" was bad but every other song was very catchy and I have had a hard time not hearing this album these last few weeks. |
1. the boy is mine
2. bye 3. eternal sunshine 4. supernatural 5. don't wanna breakup again 6. yes, and? 7. imperfect for you 8. ordinary things 9. we cant be friends (wait for your love) 10. i wish i hated you 11. true story Overall rating: 8.4 / 10
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Vultures 1 by Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign
After nearly four delays or more, two or three cancelled albums, some cancelled tours, and countless song additions and subtractions from Vultures 1 itself, we finally have a new Kanye West album (and Ty$). I have noticed that media and consumers of this album have ignored that it is a collaboration album supposedly of three parts, with Ty Dolla $ign, who really puts out on this album.
STARS opens the album and it is good. It is not the best opener, but Ty is great on the chorus and Kanye's verse is nice. KEYS TO MY LIFE is a bit weaker, I do not like India Love's part and and Kanye's second verse is not that good. PAID is great. Fun beat, a good chorus, and a silly Kanye verse. TALKING is the second single from the album. Kanye's Daughter, North West, makes her debut and she is very cute and I like the beat she sings over. Ty has a much more genuinely good second half verse, and the music video is very sweet. BACK TO ME is the Ultimate banger from this album. Here we see a song straight from The Life of Pablo, which is not only hilarious with the main focus of the song: "Beautiful, naked, big-titty women just don't fall out the sky, you know?" but has one of the best features I have heard in a while. I had never heard Freddie Gibbs prior to this song, and on it he easily steals the show, though Kanye is fantastic on this song with the opening verse. Ty has a great hook that will not get out of my head, too. HOODRAT sees classic Kanye make a return to the light. With a constantly droning beat that feels like an old school track, where both Ty and Ye have some great singing, but the best part is Kanye's verses which are great. DO IT is amazing. YG is a great feature. The hook is amazing, probably my favorite or second favorite, and Kanye is just in his zone again. PAPERWORK is very good too, mainly due to Quavo, as I am not a fan of Kanye's introductory singing. BURN ties with DO IT as my favorite. It is hard to pick, both have such amazing beats and great vocals from Ty. Similarly to HOODRAT, this feels like classic Kanye, and is my favorite verses from him on this album. FUK SUMN features a brand new Playboi Carti voice, and a great Travis Scott feature. Carti is great and Ty has another euphorically good chorus. VULTURES is the first single, and I have been listening to it on repeat for weeks now. The beat is very ethereal and spacy, and it feels futuristic in a sense. CARNIVAL has Carti returning for another good feature, and Rich the Kid has a nice verse as well. The last four songs here happen to be the weakest for me. Beg Forgiveness is the best, Chris Brown is vocally all over the place but when he is singing in one pitch he sounds good, but Ty and the choir at the end save the song from being bad. GOOD (DONT DIE) is too short for me to have much to say about it, PROBLEMATIC is the weakest Kanye has been on the whole album, and sadly KING is not a great finisher. KING has some strong ideas, the first and second verses are great, but Kanye on the chorus is not good, and the beat is mediocre, and quite boring. Overall I really liked this album. Ty Dolla $ign really surprised me at how much range he had, and just how involved he was with the songs. I expected something similar to Her Loss by Drake and 21 Savage, where 21 takes a back seat and drake does most of the work, but that did not happen here. The features were all solid or great. It had a weak final few songs but it is just so nice to hear more music from my favorite, of all time, Kanye West. I cannot wait to hear the next two volumes (hopefully). |
1. BURN
2. DO IT 3. VULTURES 4. BACK TO ME 5. FUK SUMN 6. HOODRAT 7. CARNIVAL 8. STARS 9. TALKING 10. PAID 11. BEG FORGIVENESS 12. PAPERWORK 13. KING 14. PROBLEMATIC 15. GOOD (DONT DIE) 16. KEYS TO MY LIFE Overall Rating: 8.4 / 10
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