TEMS: ‘BORN IN THE WILD’ X June 7th. Track list out now.

[I love Latina women]

Happy b day TEMS!!!

 

[Ukbrotha]

Its solid. It does feel like its missing something I'm not quite sure of yet. But I like most of it.

 

[Sad Bunny]

That T-Unit song is ass lol

 

[LiveFromLondon]

Thats the weakness of most afrobeats .... even Burna said it.

There used to be some balance early on, but once it went global, all that went away. But you if you don't know, most of these artists come from upper class backgrounds, so they don't have the pain to delve in to, to create conscious records

 

[Zero]

Vibey babble. I wanted to like this album but man is it empty when it comes to the songwriting.

I don’t expect her to write We Are the World or Killing Me Softly but this shyt is just… empty

Thats the weakness of most afrobeats .... even Burna said it.

Afrobabble

Spoiler

Spoiler

 

[NYC Rebel]

Thats the weakness of most afrobeats .... even Burna said it.

That’s why I vibe more with Amapiano. It’s all about the music. And the sound is much more daring, and it takes more chances in adding different elements compared to afrobeats.

 

[steadyrighteous]

There used to be some balance early on, but once it went global, all that went away. But you if you don't know, most of these artists come from upper class backgrounds, so they don't have the pain to delve in to, to create conscious records

I don’t need conscious records. I don’t need pain. I just need honesty and expression. Have a thought or a feeling -> express it in words. This Tems album is devoid of even superficial expression. There are no feelings, no opinions, no meaning to anything she says. I know a lot of them are from upper class backgrounds like you said, but how do you manage to be so hollow that you can't even find a way to be superficial or narcissistic.

Tems is the musical equivalent of a dead fish in bed.

You could listen to this album 5 times back to back, and I could say "tell me what Gangsta is about" and you wouldn't have an answer. Because there is no answer. Gangsta is about nothing. Just like 80% of the songs on this album. I hate sex work rap but at least I know that WAP is about pwussy.

Tems just rhymes basic words with each other, repeats the bars, and then moves on to the next two lines that don’t mean shyt and don’t have much to do with the two bars that came before it.

“I’m di wave… I’m di wave I’m di wave…
I’m a vibe… I’m a vibe I’m a vibe…”

For an hour.

But Tems isn’t a vibe, she’s an aesthetic. She should be the album cover for an instrumental album, or the background music playing while you scroll a "Dark-skinned Baddies of Nigeria" Instagram page.

Or, you know, write an actual song or something…

 

[JoelB]

Its solid. It does feel like its missing something I'm not quite sure of yet. But I like most of it.

the records she made prior to this hit harder, thats why I was disappointed. Half of this album sounds like filler...I really thought we were getting a classic

 

[CrimsonTider]

I don’t need conscious records. I don’t need pain. I just need honesty and expression. Have a thought or a feeling -> express it in words. This Tems album is devoid of even superficial expression. There are no feelings, no opinions, no meaning to anything she says. I know a lot of them are from upper class backgrounds like you said, but how do you manage to be so hollow that you can't even find a way to be superficial or narcissistic.

Tems is the musical equivalent of a dead fish in bed.

You could listen to this album 5 times back to back, and I could say "tell me what Gangsta is about" and you wouldn't have an answer. Because there is no answer. Gangsta is about nothing. Just like 80% of the songs on this album. I hate sex work rap but at least I know that WAP is about pwussy.

Tems just rhymes basic words with each other, repeats the bars, and then moves on to the next two lines that don’t mean shyt and don’t have much to do with the two bars that came before it.

“I’m di wave… I’m di wave I’m di wave…
I’m a vibe… I’m a vibe I’m a vibe…”

For an hour.

But Tems isn’t a vibe, she’s an aesthetic. She should be the album cover for an instrumental album, or the background music playing while you scroll a "Dark-skinned Baddies of Nigeria" Instagram page.

Or, you know, write an actual song or something…

You’re doing too much. This album is just average tho

 

[Izanami]

Album is dope. Free Fall with Cole came out beautifully a nice collab. Turn Me Up is a banger. Should’ve been placed in the first 5 tracks. Love “Hold On” as the album closer. Nice album for the summer nights imo

 

[beenz]

just grabbed this. bout to hit costco and listen now.

 

[CrimsonTider]

just grabbed this. bout to hit costco and listen now.

Grabbed it?

What you talking about?

 

[beenz]

Grabbed it?

What you talking about?

I always download my music from the torrents despite me having YT music. u never know when they pull a j cole and try to yank a song/album off them services. plus I wanna own my shyt.

 

[DapMeUp!]

I don’t need conscious records. I don’t need pain. I just need honesty and expression. Have a thought or a feeling -> express it in words. This Tems album is devoid of even superficial expression. There are no feelings, no opinions, no meaning to anything she says. I know a lot of them are from upper class backgrounds like you said, but how do you manage to be so hollow that you can't even find a way to be superficial or narcissistic.

Tems is the musical equivalent of a dead fish in bed.

You could listen to this album 5 times back to back, and I could say "tell me what Gangsta is about" and you wouldn't have an answer. Because there is no answer. Gangsta is about nothing. Just like 80% of the songs on this album. I hate sex work rap but at least I know that WAP is about pwussy.

Tems just rhymes basic words with each other, repeats the bars, and then moves on to the next two lines that don’t mean shyt and don’t have much to do with the two bars that came before it.

“I’m di wave… I’m di wave I’m di wave…
I’m a vibe… I’m a vibe I’m a vibe…”

For an hour.

But Tems isn’t a vibe, she’s an aesthetic. She should be the album cover for an instrumental album, or the background music playing while you scroll a "Dark-skinned Baddies of Nigeria" Instagram page.

Or, you know, write an actual song or something…

Well damn...lol

 

[Ol’Otis]

I don’t need conscious records. I don’t need pain. I just need honesty and expression. Have a thought or a feeling -> express it in words. This Tems album is devoid of even superficial expression. There are no feelings, no opinions, no meaning to anything she says. I know a lot of them are from upper class backgrounds like you said, but how do you manage to be so hollow that you can't even find a way to be superficial or narcissistic.

Tems is the musical equivalent of a dead fish in bed.

You could listen to this album 5 times back to back, and I could say "tell me what Gangsta is about" and you wouldn't have an answer. Because there is no answer. Gangsta is about nothing. Just like 80% of the songs on this album. I hate sex work rap but at least I know that WAP is about pwussy.

Tems just rhymes basic words with each other, repeats the bars, and then moves on to the next two lines that don’t mean shyt and don’t have much to do with the two bars that came before it.

“I’m di wave… I’m di wave I’m di wave…
I’m a vibe… I’m a vibe I’m a vibe…”

For an hour.

But Tems isn’t a vibe, she’s an aesthetic. She should be the album cover for an instrumental album, or the background music playing while you scroll a "Dark-skinned Baddies of Nigeria" Instagram page.

Or, you know, write an actual song or something…

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