To some extent I understand the logic of, I'm going to give people I care about a hard time or challenge them or antagonize them because I want to inoculate them against the people out in the world who are going to do that. But I think the emphasis should overwhelmingly be placed on caring and understanding. I'd put it at ratio of 9 parts understanding and support to 1 part teasing.
Yeah I'm sure if someone only ever received support and never got any push back, they'd probably be overly devastated when some stranger tried to antagonize them. But I think the inverse is way more dangerous. If you teach someone that the people who care about you are supposed to be mean to you, you're gonna end up drawn to horrible people OR you're not going to know how to assess someone who decides to show you support and they could be genuine and you don't trust them or they don't have your best interests and you can't see that because they're telling you things you've always wanted to hear.
Priority number one should be being safe, stable, unequivocally supportive and that's your baseline you can work from. But if you don't have that then all the other stuff gets really screwy.
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100% agree. No notes.
And since I don't got notes for this post, here's my notes from listening to an album!
LOUIE thoughts
liked the clips with his dad (presumably), cool that the album is likely named after his dad. extra emotion and meaningful knowing that this was made in response to his dad having cancer.
This guy had to have been inspired by the Kanye recipe of choppin up beats with some classics on the sample. It feels like a brighter, more open and ambient 'Old Kanye' sound of production. very nice
'Hold my head' was a great background song, although I'm a bit surprised it's top played on the album beside Last Words. Didn't grab me like I thought a 'top 2' song would. But still liked it! Not a negative.
'Still' is my favorite of the first pass so far.
This album is like if you take old kanye, remove the raps, focus more on the high end sounds (horns, flutes, chirps and tweets and other electronica), and add a dash of lowfi beat energy. (I thought of most of that during Moire)
Eternal was good too, I keep hearing bits of vocal sample that 'stand out' a LITTLE bit more than a regular sample, and I like them more like that, to the point that I think I'm wanting more true vocals in these tracks beyond the more 'chill lowfi beats' vibe. But there's nothing wrong with having a bit more yearning. means I like what I'm hearing and want more.
Last Words was good but I'm still surprised both it and Hold My Head are FAR and away the most listened tracks. Are they used in something well known? They don't seem to stand out THAT much over other songs. Still good but I wasn't left feeling like they were 8x better than some of the surrounding tracks. must be something there. without googling, I'mma guess Adult Swim. not looking it up though. Andy's gonna have to correct me
Drop 10 was basically as enjoyable to me as Last Words, but they do have a different sound. Them play numbers aint the same though!
The Perch is also just as good, maybe my favorite of these three in the middle, and it's got the LOWEST plays of those. Maybe I'm just a sucker for the guitar in the 2/3rd mark. Also idk if the 'kid on the radio' bit was him and his dad or not but it was cute and I'm going to assume it was child Kenny.
Rotten hit me right, I liked it and wished it was longer.
And then Hot Hand dropped in with that BEAT! Hell yeah, love some percussion, what a closer. I think that ended up being my top favorite of the album.
Ok Hot Hand is absolutely my favorite. I listened to it a second time and liked it even more. THAT BUILD UP leading up to the end had me stank facing, I love some strong building energy.
Final thoughts: My 'Old Kanye but brighter, open, and ambient' take feels like it REALLY applied to SOME songs, but not all of them. It wouldn't be fair to state this album was THAT heavily influenced by Kanye production from the 2000's. It could easily just be that the music industry writ large got affected and so the ripples were in this album. He has a unique sound throughout and I don't want to sound like I think it's derivative. Far from it. Genuinely enjoyed listening to it.
I'm listening to his Popular list on spotify while writing this and I really like both Phone Numbers and Hit Me Up as well so I can confidently say I like his sound across what I've listened to. Very great chill music, perfect for hanging out with friends. I should remember Kenny Beats for the next social gathering playlist!!
Ok, Jesus Is The One (I Got Depression) is fucking hilarious, this is my favorite from the top 3 of the Popular list on his artist page. A++ title and we finally got vocals and they're the perfect mix of irreverent, angry, and stupid funny. Shout out mental illness. I saved the song, I want that later. It's even funnier the second time. Hell yea, good stuff. I look forward to exploring more Kenny Beats.
Lastly, I totally called it, I wanted his production with some rap vocals on top, Jesus Depression, DIET_, and Take_it_Back_v2 were all sick and I feel validated. I knew he had it in 'em.
Ok I'm worried I'm focusing too much on artist numbers, I don't really treat monthly listeners or track plays like some big leader board or competition, but I do like using them for general comparisons in fanbases / audience sizes. And wow Kenny's killing it. Some of my favorite artists in the metal spaces are under 200k monthly listeners and have albums where great tracks are over 1 million plays. Kenny's beating that effortlessly. I know hiphop is the global 'king of the hill' in music industry genres and that my metal spaces are super niche but I had assumed Kenny was similarly niche in his space. Maybe he is but he has twice the monthly listeners as Run the Jewels and I've considered them mainstream. Clipse put out arguably the best hip hop album last year and THEIR monthly listeners are 2.6 mil! Kenny is IN THERE. Guess that'll teach me to assume someone is small time, my bad Mr. Powers. Respect!
nice! glad you enjoyed it! I love some kenneth beatrix. you should recommend me something!
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