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sleazy_j wrote: there were a few times where he made short tracks, which could have easily been one song with multiple change-ups instead and no one would have found that to be out of his element
on the other side of the same token, there are a few things here where I absolutely love like the first half or the last 30 seconds or whatever but not the whole song
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Reefa sample.

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sleazy_j wrote:his sound design and production ideas are always interesting, and considering how he samples more than using synths / vsts / midi, etc. I'd imagine this album took a lot of time to make. if he's actually doing it by himself, as I imagine his process to be. i doubt he uses a team of people, just considering how the songs and beats are sequenced, etc.

nothing to take away from his output other than the songs didn't resonate to me that well this time.

there were a few times where he made short tracks, which could have easily been one song with multiple change-ups instead and no one would have found that to be out of his element
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Piff Tannen wrote: i think dat piff fucked up the album sequencing at first and that made it feel off, but once it was fixed, i still stand by my enjoyment of the project.
Thanks for bringing my attention to this :cheers:

They've almost just swapped the first and second halves of the album.

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thought maybe i was getting screwed by the bad datpiff tracklist too but nah, it's exactly same on my phone as on his soundcloud
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It's not that good of an album or mixtape or whatever it's being marketed as. Let's please not go to such painstaking lengths to validate Tracklist Revisionism as a new form of Artist Saving.

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I just bumped it all the way through twice and I think it's awesome. It definitely gets better as it goes but there are really only like 2 or 3 songs I don't fuck with. The production is awesome and he actually raps more on this than any other album, which I like a lot.

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maybe the next one will be better, emp.

i dont think anyone is experiencing tracklist revisionism tho, i was just noting that the sequencing was off initially on the datpiff version, and i was already about 50% through a listen by the time they realized the error.

tape is still solid, regardless. maybe not on the level of the first two, but not a dud by any means either

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Piff Tannen wrote:maybe the next one will be better, emp.
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Piff Tannen wrote:tape is still solid, regardless. maybe not on the level of the first two, but not a dud by any means either
I can accept this analysis.

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Apparently he's now managed by Paul Rosenberg.

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Fantano gave it a 2/10 and I've never see someone miss the boat more than him and his take on SMT in general. I mean...i don't always agree with the guy often but wow.

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2/10 is a bit harsh; more like 4.5/10. Uneven and underwhelming. One of his strong suits is utilizing production to its maximum and he is not doing that on this newest album. It's almost meandering in a way.

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Fantano didn't like the older shit either and all he seemed to harp on was how he's a gimmick and his lyrics have no point. Shit was wild :roll:

I stand by this new one being good (not as good as the previous two but not a huge drop off either) and the beats being awesome though.

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I can't put a finger on why exactly, but Rosenberg's involvement rubs me the wrong way. Not sure if it's just a kneejerk 'keep mainstream away from my weird shit' instinct or if there's some kind of legit concern to have here (probably former.) I guess we'll see what comes out it, if anything at all. It's nice to see SMT getting mentions in outlets that didn't fuck with him before because of better industry connections, but will he really gain that much from being more visible to JCole fans or whatever? He's not exactly scalable.
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Paul or Peter? Either way I don't think there's too broad of an audience for this kind of thing so I wouldn't worry
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Paul, manager of Eminem mostly and also Action Bronson.

dude isn't an industry taste maker or anything, he just got in by being Eminem's friend before he made it big.

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Danny Brown too right? I don't think he'll be doing much for SMT
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https://soundcloud.com/sparkmastertape/allalone-produced-by-paper-platoon

yo whats going on with spark? i know not every track can be amazing, but this new SMT joint is just...weak.

his voice effect sounds off, and theres like, barely any rapping. if this was an interlude on a tape, itd be one thing, but he just released it on his soundcloud

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yea feels like an album cut or whatever the equivalent of that would be in the context of his tapes

have you guys revisited the last tape much? i keep meaning to give it another chance but it always feels like a chore I never get to it
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drizzle wrote:yea feels like an album cut or whatever the equivalent of that would be in the context of his tapes

have you guys revisited the last tape much? i keep meaning to give it another chance but it always feels like a chore I never get to it

i decided to go back to it today to re-visit it after hearing the new song. im working while i listen so it kinda just goes in one ear and out the other, but the joints that bump, still bump heartily. i maintain the sentiment that if he had made the new tape like, 10 tracks it would be fire front to back

i think it came out around the same time the aesop rock album did, and even tho im a big spark fan, i got stuck on that aesop pretty heavy


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https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/8 ... 1501026304" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"sadly, sparkmaster had to bow out due to unforseen issues but we're thrilled to anounce @nickhook + @GangstaBooQOM will be joining the tour!"

no more SMT on the RTJ tour.

i think he was also supposed to be on RTJ3.

dude's gone into disappearance again as of lately.

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man that dude is the only reason i bought tickets to the show

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls-Rjyh_qvk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

hilariously corny
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agreed.

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seagrams hotsauce wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls-Rjyh_qvk

hilariously corny
This shit been corny the whole time.

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sure but at least we got a cool tape out of it at first
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http://www.datpiff.com/pop-mixtape-play ... &trackid=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://soundcloud.com/sparkmastertape/ ... roduced-by" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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"Rowdii piper" is my shit. "Mask on" is another favorite

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