Black Star: No Fear of Time /// NEW ALBUM 5.3.22

[phrank kastle]

Only on that site or you mean everywhere?

I’ve only seen it on that site. I’d be surprised to see it anywhere else right now, based off of how they’re distributing it.

You don’t have to sign up for anything though. Everything is available to purchase

 

[I love Latina women]

I’ve only seen it on that site. I’d be surprised to see it anywhere else right now, based off of how they’re distributing it.

You don’t have to sign up for anything though. Everything is available to purchase

Yeah that’s what I figured when he posted that site on his instagram

Oh ok

 

[LevelUp]

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

ok I put on this vinyl tonight and listened to it and I think it's an amazing album. I think the problem most people had is that they were expecting another album like their debut. Madlib laced them with some hot beats and they didn't disappoint. As music fans we've got to stop expecting albums from artists 40+ to be the same, or as good, as they were in their 20s. It just doesn't make sense.

 

[I love Latina women]

ok I put on this vinyl tonight and listened to it and I think it's an amazing album. I think the problem most people had is that they were expecting another album like their debut. Madlib laced them with some hot beats and they didn't disappoint. As music fans we've got to stop expecting albums from artists 40+ to be the same, or as good, as they were in their 20s. It just doesn't make sense.

i been saying this over and over and over again throughout this thread

i kept telling nikkas it's a great album and while everyone is entitled to their opinion, nikkas was shytting on this album like crazy

i think what threw a lot of people off was the fact that it was on exclusively on Luminary and the rollout and inital access to the album so limited


all that said, i love the album.

i love it for it's direct and forward lyrics, they just spitting raw unfiltered rhymes
i love it for it's cohesive and stripped down basement/cassette sound.
yasiin bey came correct, talib did his thing and madlib was on point.
it's a well rounded album for hip hop heads

i appreciate both no fear of time and Mos Def and Talib Kweli are... Blackstar for the great pieces of art they are

as for the bolded, not only that, but realize with time, comes change and growth. sometimes as fan we want to box our favorite artists in because 1 of 2 things, either we are are so nostalgic for the initial sound of their's we came to admire and enjoy listening too, or we fail to realize that as people, they are not products and they evolve as artist and move on to discover new sounds and styles of music that influence their music and outlook.

a lot of times, an artist can grow old and not be as great or good as they once were, but in this case, i think it was more so people were turned off by the album rollout and when that is the first issue before most people can even hear it to judge it on a traditional album rollout, they're already turned off and perhaps picking at every little thing because they're already upset

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

i been saying this over and over and over again throughout this thread

i kept telling nikkas it's a great album and while everyone is entitled to their opinion, nikkas was shytting on this album like crazy

i think what threw a lot of people off was the fact that it was on exclusively on Luminary and the rollout and inital access to the album so limited


all that said, i love the album.

i love it for it's direct and forward lyrics, they just stripping raw unfiltered rhymes
i love it for it's cohesive and stripped down basement/cassette sound.
yasiin bey came correct, talib did his thing and madlib was on point.
it's a well rounded album for hip hop heads

i appreciate both no fear of time and Mos Def and Talib Kweli are... Blackstar for the great pieces of art they are

as for the bolded, not only that, but realize with time, comes change and growth. sometimes as fan we want to box our favorite artists in because 1 of 2 things, either we are are so nostalgic for the initial sound of their's we came to admire and enjoy listening too, or we fail to realize that as people, they are not products and they evolve as artist and move on to discover new sounds and styles of music that influence their music and outlook.

a lot of times, an artist can grow old and not be as great or good as they once were, but in this case, i think it was more so people were turned off by the album rollout and when that is the first issue before most people can even hear it to judge it on a traditional album rollout, they're already turned off and perhaps picking at every little thing because they're already upset

This is the truth. We get older, we grow as musicians and artists. I was born in the 70s, but I've read 3 different biographies on Miles Davis(including his autobiography). And he went through the same shyt in his fusion era. People expect musicians to stay in one box and do only one thing. Now, artists like Barbra Streisand even switched it up in the 80s, but she returned to what she was doing in the 50s. Nothing is wrong with it. We all grow. It's like when a person matures in real life and the people you used to hang around get mad that you can't play video games with them anymore or hang out like you once did. People get older. If you're still thinking and acting the exact same way you were in your 40s that you were in your 20s, there is a problem.

 

[I love Latina women]

This is the truth. We get older, we grow as musicians and artists. I was born in the 70s, but I've read 3 different biographies on Miles Davis(including his autobiography). And he went through the same shyt in his fusion era. People expect musicians to stay in one box and do only one thing. Now, artists like Barbra Streisand even switched it up in the 80s, but she returned to what she was doing in the 50s. Nothing is wrong with it. We all grow. It's like when a person matures in real life and the people you used to hang around get mad that you can't play video games with them anymore or hang out like you once did. People get older. If you're still thinking and acting the exact same way you were in your 40s that you were in your 20s, there is a problem.

exactly

i'd be more worried if they tried to recreate the first album at 50 (yasiin is 51, talib is 49)

 

[Braman]

I love the album. Go back to it often—-whenever I remember to. These dudes never put it on streaming. I’d be really interested to know the net gain they made. Hope it was worth it to have a phenomenal album that plenty of people have never heard