Yo so this leaked? Will get it on deck for the gym tomorrow, opinions seem mixed and even though I wasn't digging the leaks I've still got hopes. Gonna cop that physical for sure.
Ab-Soul - These Days (Official Discussion Thread)
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Waiting to buy it later tonight but please don't let this be weak 
I love Control System so much that I know this won't live up to that but im hoping its good.
I love Control System so much that I know this won't live up to that but im hoping its good.
Album is more of a mix of a Control System straight intellectually inclined street rapper and SOPA inspired Schoolboy Q inspired ratchet rapper. It's intentionally more of a strange mix. I mean Dub Sac and Hunnid Stax sounds like the most ratchet Ab Soul has ever sounded. I'd think it's him showing that he's freer and doesn't take himself as serious as he seemed all the time on Control System even with the small light moments of it.
For those reasons, it might sound a little sloppier in direction I think. I still dig it though
For those reasons, it might sound a little sloppier in direction I think. I still dig it though
Flay Mayweather
Superstar
W.r.o.h 
Album is more of a mix of a Control System straight intellectually inclined street rapper and SOPA inspired Schoolboy Q inspired ratchet rapper. It's intentionally more of a strange mix. I mean Dub Sac and Hunnid Stax sounds like the most ratchet Ab Soul has ever sounded. I'd think it's him showing that he's freer and doesn't take himself as serious as he seemed all the time on Control System even with the small light moments of it.
For those reasons, it might sound a little sloppier in direction I think. I still dig it though
Perhaps. The fact remains that he recorded this album a LONG time ago (like I think this was done in like 2012 or 2011 along with another album which I think is "Black Lip Pastor") too, there's reason to believe that this might have been recorded before he truly developed into the rapper he actually is today. That could possibly have something to do with it as well.
Abstract83
Superstar
Let it stay over
Only tracks that's decent to me are
Tree Of Life
Dub Sac
Just Have Fun (I liked the first half I understood the 3 verse but I didn't like the beat/mood change)
Ride Slow (Minus Danny Brown verse and beat change/Delusional Thomas Verse)
Not saying I had expectations but I thought Soul coulda did better with this album.
Abstract83
Superstar
The battle was dope though.
Recca Gatsby
LWO
Ehhhhh, yall reviews are so mixed Ima have to see. But normally when yall hate it's atleast decent so lets see
T-K-G
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i agree, idk who was overlooking the production on this shyt but they missed the mark, beats dont do a good job of capturing a cohesive atmosphere and are underwhelming as hell, sounds like a collection of random tracks, was hoping it'd be more in the direction of Stigmata production and bar-wise
The production just doesn't connect
Control System is absolutely better
nikka who said this album is gonna fly over people heads needs to gtfoh
Soul is nice but's he's not on the level of soaring over the average listeners head, get over yourself 
, dont get me wrong he's still dope as hell, but as an avid doom and pre-lasers lupe fan i can honestly say absoul isn't THAT crazy with his metaphors/entendres that it's some other wordly over the head shyt, when nikkas say shyt like that they basically sayin "this the first lyrical nikka i've ever listened to" and it makes you look 
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T-K-G
Veteran
i got Marcus Doubt edging him cuz soul doesn't know how to deliver his bars yet, given it was his first battle he did good thoI'm gonna have to sit and listen to the whole thing, some of the stuff he was saying was
really? Why would fam release an album he made years ago? That's kinda strange b 
T-K-G
Veteran
i wouldn't be surprised if this was the case (not the entire album of course but a good bit of songs sound like he regressed lyrically)but at the same time im not makin excuses for this album, it's AITE as hell
nikka just made sure that he's always gonna be in that tde supporting cast roleand if Kendrick rappin on his next album like he is on this shyt then he may as well kill himself
the amount of nikkas coming at his neck would be outta control
Abstract83
Superstar
That battle was ill though. I respect the battle rapping scene. That was the highlight of the album.I'm gonna have to sit and listen to the whole thing, some of the stuff he was saying was
Plexxx
Return of the G
this shyt going hard right now