Flying Lotus - You're Dead!

i love this album & want to know the japanese bonus track... who've listened it?

This album is fun, but just a kids game compare to TH, and someone here who shroomed on this, should def try TH, it's very intense,ok /oftopic

I'm with Bitroast 100%. I don't see any reason for albums around the 40 minute mark to be spread across four sides. It's a literal waste of vinyl.

  On 10/20/2014 at 12:24 PM, arvy Ictal said:

someone here who shroomed on this, should def try TH

already did

it was nice.

just nice? and you had to turn you'r dead off?? looks like those shrooms aren't working very much

I'm at work so "nice" is sufficient atm fyi afaik byob BBC.

I've since gone back to "you're dead" sober and otherwise and most of it just makes me cringe so hard, it's a complete throwaway album for me but it makes sense that someone that liked yeezus would like it (that's not a dig). All of these guest vocalists and random unintelligible female vocal samples just make me super cringe. It's like he's gone out of his way to make the album sound as "black" as possible (there's even flylo scat in there...). I get it, I mean he's a black guy he needs to represent but I'm just not a fan of the vocal styles represented here and it just sounds like he's trying really really really hard to represent these styles (almost like the album is a commercial to get other artists interested in working with him), whereas his other albums his hip hop and jazz influences were just there, didn't sound like a chore or labour to bring them into his music.

I can see how it might appeal to you but it's definitely not an album for me.

this just in, flylo is trying to be 2 black and it makes sense that someone who liked yeezus would like it

  On 10/20/2014 at 2:43 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

this just in, flylo is trying to be 2 black

I didn't say that lol

  On 10/20/2014 at 2:43 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

it makes sense that someone who liked yeezus would like it

I said that, yeah.

  On 10/20/2014 at 1:42 PM, StephenG said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 12:24 PM, arvy Ictal said:

someone here who shroomed on this, should def try TH

already did

 

it was nice.

 

nice indeed,

Just wanted to add that this is is very pleasant listening, you basically should have listen to it, once or two, just in interest

My final concensus:

Pretty good, groovy stuff. Strong 8/10, like absolutely all of his albums.

  On 10/20/2014 at 6:10 PM, Blank said:

lol we get it Steph, you hate the album

Now scram you ruffian, you! >:C

lol

well come on now. someone responded to me so I responded to them.

That's forum-ing!

I'm not here to slag the guy, he's talented and I have respect for his works. Just not this one in particular. I won't be in this thread to just bash the album but I'll def respond or converse with anyone that quotes my posts.

=P

(ruffian lol)

get off my lawn!!!

lol

  On 10/20/2014 at 3:27 PM, StephenG said:

  On 10/20/2014 at 2:43 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

it makes sense that someone who liked yeezus would like it

 

I said that, yeah.

 

but you hate absolutly everything kanye west has ever made so you even haven't listened to yeezus yet right?

so can you pliss explain your bold statement that doesn't make sense

  On 10/20/2014 at 8:05 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 3:27 PM, StephenG said:

  On 10/20/2014 at 2:43 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

it makes sense that someone who liked yeezus would like it

 

I said that, yeah.

 

but you hate absolutly everything kanye west has ever made so you even haven't listened to yeezus yet right?

so can you pliss explain your bold statement that doesn't make sense

 

Of course I listened to it how else would I know I don't like it?

good albums need some time and effort put into them while listening, i think that's where you went wrong stephenG

i just can't understand someone who really listened 2 yeezus or this new flyinglol and think it's shit

it's like saying pulp fiction was a shit movie, does not compute

Arf! The japanese bonus track is not interesting...

This album has nothing to do with yeezus, Jesus. YeZZUs is all death industrial and naked and desperate. This is spacey, colourful, soulful fusion Jazz, with some beats.

I try. I try every time he releases an album. I want to like his music, I respect his music. That said, the only one for me is Pattern+Grid World. I fuckin' love that EP.

There are often hip hop centred albums with a jazz influence, but this is more like a jazz album with a hip hop influence. Very cool. The musicianship on this thing is out of this world. Also may be the least dynamic jazz album of all time, heheh. Between this album and UTQC, Flying Lotus is fast becoming one of my favorite musicians of the last decade.

  On 10/20/2014 at 2:29 PM, StephenG said:

All of these guest vocalists and random unintelligible female vocal samples just make me super cringe. It's like he's gone out of his way to make the album sound as "black" as possible (there's even flylo scat in there...).

funny because mostly i don't like music with vocals of ANY kind, but this one works fine for me! i even like the kendrick lamar feat. track (i like rap even less than most other vocal styles)...

  On 10/22/2014 at 3:38 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

There are often hip hop centred albums with a jazz influence, but this is more like a jazz album with a hip hop influence. Also may be the least dynamic jazz album of all time, heheh.

lol. also true.

so this album turned out way better than i thought it would:

before listening / knowing snoop dogg was involved: 7.2;

after snoop dogg info: 4.1;

after listenining: 8.6!!

Yeah, I don't get the hate. This is probably my favourite release from him. Wish it was mastered for maximum jazz lushness instead of maximum volume. /old fart

  On 10/21/2014 at 5:33 PM, Anchio Arch io Son Pittore said:

Arf! The japanese bonus track is not interesting...

is it the same as the bonus track on the vinyl version ? (the ambient one ?)

  On 10/23/2014 at 2:34 PM, rst said:

 

  On 10/20/2014 at 2:29 PM, StephenG said:

All of these guest vocalists and random unintelligible female vocal samples just make me super cringe. It's like he's gone out of his way to make the album sound as "black" as possible (there's even flylo scat in there...).

funny because mostly i don't like music with vocals of ANY kind, but this one works fine for me! i even like the kendrick lamar feat. track (i like rap even less than most other vocal styles)...

 

 

I actually really like the lamar track on vinyl (didn't like it when I first heard it, and I'm surprised because it might be my favorite off the album), especially lamar's section and the more electronic/instrumental section. I don't think the flylo scat was necessary though and that part really bugged me.

  On 10/23/2014 at 3:05 PM, Gocab said:

Yeah, I don't get the hate. This is probably my favourite release from him. Wish it was mastered for maximum jazz lushness instead of maximum volume. /old fart

The mastering bugged me a bit, but I generally play my music kind of loud so this didn't bug me too much. I don't like it on headphones though or my small monitors/bookshelves.

I imagine if you heard an original Fly Lo mix it would already be compressed/limited to the ceiling to achieve that sound he's going for, same as Clark. The mastering just takes those bulldozed dynamics and makes them even louder... thought I suspect some of the distorting that occurs is mastering related. The loudness thing actually sounds pretty cool in my headphones most of the time, brings out a lot of texture porn, but through my studio monitors it sounds like mush.