Red Mosquito

"The Glory" is a great track. I feel like it sets up the home stretch of the album perfectly, and is a good slap in the face after the haze of "Flashing Lights."

What's a better four-track run, the opening four songs on Watch the Throne (No Church in the Wild-Lift Off-N****s in Paris-Otis) or the closing four (Who Gon' Stop Me-Murder to Excellence-Made in America-Why I Love You)?


I always used to think it was the opening four, but lately I'm thinking it's the closing four.

"Run This Town" just came on the iPod shuffle.

Lament wrote:Best guest appearances/posse cuts (that were singles)...

10. Otis
9. Clique
8. American Boy
7. Lift Off
6. FourFiveSeconds
5. U Mad
4. Niggas in Paris
3. Forever
2. Run This Town
1. No Church in the Wild

I love his verse on Ghostface's "Back Like That" remix on "More Fish":

"She ordered the Kobe beef like Shaquille O'Neal"

I might be alone in this one, but I've always dug this one...

That is the rap version of 2006 Pearl Jam.

I recognise all of those words but not in that order or context.

I believe that tweet wholeheartedly. There's a very good chance this will be the best album of all time.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I believe that tweet wholeheartedly. There's a very good chance this will be the best album of all time.

Like, the single greatest achievement in the entire history of recorded sound?

I actually believe that when this album drops, humanity will just dissolve into ashes because we'll have reached our absolute peak.

It is literally HI key over for everyone.

Team Lament

Kevin Davis wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I believe that tweet wholeheartedly. There's a very good chance this will be the best album of all time.

Like, the single greatest achievement in the entire history of recorded sound?

Yes

I already think Yeezus is the second-greatest, so this isn't that much of a leap for me.

Half the fun of a Kanye release, or really any instance of Kanye in the news, is seeing how much it annoys the rock bros.

theplatypus wrote:Half the fun of a Kanye release, or really any instance of Kanye in the news, is seeing how much it annoys the rock bros.

The release and hype from Kanye doesn't bother me at all. It is LV's statement that annoys me.

Yes, a lot of it comes from their bafflement at fans' reactions and the great reviews. I love it.

Lament wrote:I actually believe that when this album drops, humanity will just dissolve into ashes because we'll have reached our absolute peak.

I'd be inclined to agree with you, but for my doubts that Kanye -- the pimp on Olympus -- is human in the first place. Plus, if the discovery of pizza didn't do the trick, surely our collective existence can brace for the impact of an album with "Only One" on it.