Blu - Je-s-u-s -album

Gurped Out · Post by **Gurped Out** » Tue May 17, 2011 12:09 pm

http://bjesus.bandcamp.com/album/je-s-u-s

Dap · Post by **Dap** » Tue May 17, 2011 12:41 pm

what is this project? i've never heard of this at all

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Tue May 17, 2011 12:52 pm

Gurped Out wrote:http://bjesus.bandcamp.com/album/je-s-u-s

Lyrics are dope but the absolute refusal to mix the record at all- despite having madlib and alc beats on there- annoys me. Especially if it costs ten bones. C'mon man!

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue May 17, 2011 1:36 pm

one of those beats i recognize that Hezekiah did. sick production.

Busta Ry · Post by **Busta Ry** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:03 pm

I'm over this guy and his projects that sound like they were thrown together by some 12 year-old on their very first Mac. We get it dude, you're an eclectic artiste. It's okay to play outside the box, but if the results are hot garbage, than maybe it's time to hop back in that box. This ain't no Shabazz Palaces, neither is that other piece of shit, "Her Favorite Color".

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:11 pm

Busta Ry wrote:I'm over this guy and his projects that sound like they were thrown together by some 12 year-old on their very first Mac. We get it dude, you're an eclectic artiste. It's okay to play outside the box, but if the results are hot garbage, than maybe it's time to hop back in that box. This ain't no Shabazz Palaces, neither is that other piece of shit, "Her Favorite Color".

I got no problem with the beats and lyrics but lo-fi does not need to me "I didn't even try to mix this or make sure any levels were right"

It's either laziness or an amazingly high level of pretension.

Busta Ry · Post by **Busta Ry** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:53 pm

COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote:
Busta Ry wrote:I'm over this guy and his projects that sound like they were thrown together by some 12 year-old on their very first Mac. We get it dude, you're an eclectic artiste. It's okay to play outside the box, but if the results are hot garbage, than maybe it's time to hop back in that box. This ain't no Shabazz Palaces, neither is that other piece of shit, "Her Favorite Color".
I got no problem with the beats and lyrics but lo-fi does not need to me "I didn't even try to mix this or make sure any levels were right"

It's either laziness or an amazingly high level of pretension.

Right, I guess I wouldn't be as bothered if I didn't think Blu had it in him to make a really good, if not excellent, LP.
It feels like he's trying to create a sound that would be deemed effortless, but it's just not working. Not for me, anyways.

Dap · Post by **Dap** » Tue May 17, 2011 6:40 pm

Busta Ry wrote:
COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote:
Busta Ry wrote:I'm over this guy and his projects that sound like they were thrown together by some 12 year-old on their very first Mac. We get it dude, you're an eclectic artiste. It's okay to play outside the box, but if the results are hot garbage, than maybe it's time to hop back in that box. This ain't no Shabazz Palaces, neither is that other piece of shit, "Her Favorite Color".
I got no problem with the beats and lyrics but lo-fi does not need to me "I didn't even try to mix this or make sure any levels were right"

It's either laziness or an amazingly high level of pretension.
Right, I guess I wouldn't be as bothered if I didn't think Blu had it in him to make a really good, if not excellent, LP.
It feels like he's trying to create a sound that would be deemed effortless, but it's just not working. Not for me, anyways.

basically he needs a producer to tell him what to do

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:08 pm

Busta Ry wrote:I'm over this guy and his projects that sound like they were thrown together by some 12 year-old on their very first Mac. We get it dude, you're an eclectic artiste. It's okay to play outside the box, but if the results are hot garbage, than maybe it's time to hop back in that box.

1+

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:17 pm

Hip hop is saved (but unmixed).

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:36 pm

jebus

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:41 pm

production selection was good. recording could be way better. considering how Below The Heavens and the Johnson & Johnson albums sound.

aeokq · Post by **aeokq** » Wed May 18, 2011 1:24 am

Not that good.

Frankly I think Blu is one of the most overhyped artists out there. Do people really think he is a lyrical messiah? His music is pretty bland too.

I also think Below the Heavens is overrated, soft album. It's good though, not gonna front. Just not great.

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Wed May 18, 2011 4:10 am

aeokq wrote:
I also think Below the Heavens is overrated, soft album.

I don't think they were making any efforts to have it not be a "soft" album, if I understand what you mean.

Kind of sick of Blu too, just b/c I don't understand why someone would release a polished product and then follow it up ten times with unpolished material that's mostly mediocre precisely because it's unpolished.

It's too easy to mix shit down properly and there's just too much music out there for the taking for someone like Blu to be able to get away with that shit these days.

Nav · Post by **Nav** » Wed May 18, 2011 5:04 am

Busta Ry wrote:his ain't no Shabazz Palaces, neither is that other piece of shit, "Her Favorite Color".

What's Shabazz Palaces ?

tayRavage23 · Post by **tayRavage23** » Fri May 20, 2011 3:16 am

I was gonna go in but I see yall voiced my sentiments better than I could have.

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Fri May 20, 2011 10:15 am

Yeah i got the Shabazz Palaces vibe from this. It could have worked had the mixing/production been better. So fucking shitty.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri May 20, 2011 1:14 pm

how's the her favorite color re-release?

Solo45 · Post by **Solo45** » Fri May 20, 2011 2:09 pm

This guy really expects people to pay for his unmixed bullshit?

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri May 20, 2011 4:29 pm

you're not my boy blu.

sun ra · Post by **sun ra** » Fri May 20, 2011 7:35 pm

lol @ that intro, sample reminds me of toru takemitsu's scores with that strange german pronunciation.. will give it a listen..

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Fri May 20, 2011 8:12 pm

Thun wrote:Hip hop is saved (but unmixed).

incidentally i was just complaining in my own head that insight's voice is PERFECTLY mixed/leveled on the beat on 'which one' but count bass d sounds like he is rapping to a different beat his voice is so low

such an awesome song though. that beat is crafty, engaging, and creatively sequenced.

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Fri May 20, 2011 8:25 pm

PopeyeJones wrote:I don't understand why someone would release a polished product and then follow it up ten times with unpolished material that's mostly mediocre precisely because it's unpolished.

It's too easy to mix shit down properly and there's just too much music out there for the taking for someone like Blu to be able to get away with that shit these days.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Thu May 26, 2011 7:19 pm

Not trying to come off as a rapapologist or whatever, but I'm pretty sure the lack of mixing was an aesthetic choice in this case. Pretentious or not, it's dope.

I like this album a lot. Guess it appeals to my lo-fidelity sensibilities.

That being said, I'm fairly certain that even if this were well-mixed, many of you would formulate some other negative consensus opinion about it just so you could keep sticking to the false notion that Blu fell off after Below The Heavens.

stilltown · Post by **stilltown** » Thu May 26, 2011 8:55 pm

I really like this [album]. Having said that, I'm not paying $10 for it. Would pay $5 though. But $10... c'mon son, this is a recession.

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Fri May 27, 2011 2:52 am

Versive wrote:Not trying to come off as a rapapologist or whatever, but I'm pretty sure the lack of mixing was an aesthetic choice in this case. Pretentious or not, it's dope.

I like this album a lot. Guess it appeals to my lo-fidelity sensibilities.

That being said, I'm fairly certain that even if this were well-mixed, many of you would formulate some other negative consensus opinion about it just so you could keep sticking to the false notion that Blu fell off after Below The Heavens.

You may be right as far as some people on this site go but I was not among those who had some transcendental experience listening to BTH. It was a good record but I liked Her Favorite Colour. I am all for lo-fi...you see me on here bigging up Monsta Island Czars, Super Chron, Big Jus, Uncut Raw...

But this is just shitty and lazy. If this is his aesthetic choice, then it is one that I find annoying, pretentious and most importantly, it fails to add anything positive to the listening experience.

Dusty Fingers · Post by **Dusty Fingers** » Fri May 27, 2011 4:19 am

Versive wrote:Not trying to come off as a rapapologist or whatever, but I'm pretty sure the lack of mixing was an aesthetic choice in this case. Pretentious or not, it's dope.

I like this album a lot. Guess it appeals to my lo-fidelity sensibilities.

That being said, I'm fairly certain that even if this were well-mixed, many of you would formulate some other negative consensus opinion about it just so you could keep sticking to the false notion that Blu fell off after Below The Heavens.

only post that matter in this thread. the albums dope.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Fri May 27, 2011 8:15 am

COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote:...this is just shitty and lazy. If this is his aesthetic choice, then it is one that I find annoying, pretentious and most importantly, it fails to add anything positive to the listening experience.

Different strokes... Some of these songs wouldn't work as well with proper mixing IMO. In that sense, yes, the lack of mixing doesn't add anything. The songs just sound like they're supposed to sound - raw. If you cleaned up his vocals, adjusted the levels and so on, would that add to it to or take something away from it?

...Now watch him release the hard copy fully mixed in like a month, making me sound like a real dipshit.

BTW, I wasn't including you in that blanket remark, you're cool.

Bring Back The Tempo · Fri May 27, 2011 9:40 am

Lo-fi or whatever, this album is damn soulful. I've been bumping it nonstop this past week.

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Sun May 29, 2011 6:17 pm

Versive wrote:
COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote:...this is just shitty and lazy. If this is his aesthetic choice, then it is one that I find annoying, pretentious and most importantly, it fails to add anything positive to the listening experience.
Different strokes... Some of these songs wouldn't work as well with proper mixing IMO. In that sense, yes, the lack of mixing doesn't add anything. The songs just sound like they're supposed to sound - raw. If you cleaned up his vocals, adjusted the levels and so on, would that add to it to or take something away from it?

...Now watch him release the hard copy fully mixed in like a month, making me sound like a real dipshit.

BTW, I wasn't including you in that blanket remark, you're cool.

Word.

As far as this project, agree to disagree. I feel like I am listening to it over the phone, through clock radio speakers

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