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Time to rant about  new music some more.

Two of the newest albums I’ve been getting into are Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd and  Rodeo by Travi$ Scott.

BBTM by The Weeknd- This album kinda surprised me. I really dig it. Really really dig it. And the more I listen to it, the more I enjoy it. It’s catchy, I find songs from it stuck in my head that I wouldn’t even initially consider catchy. This is one of those albums where there is something I enjoy about pretty much every song at one point or another. Even the songs that aren’t my favorite, there’s something. “Real Life” is an awesome opener. “Losers” might be my favorite, with that chorus dance jam, and the total jam at the end. I dig “Tell Your Friends”, it has a nice subdued attitude to it. “Often”/”The Hills”/”Acquainted” make an awesome series of songs that I think of as one world, or scene or movie or however you may see it, and each get stuck in my head. “Can’t Feel My Face” is fantastic. “Shameless” king of reminds me of boy band type stuff almost, or some really early Ryan Tedder acoustic stuff. “Angel” kinda does too. The rhythm of “Earned It” is fucking tight. The music of each song develops as it goes, the production is pretty great. Some of the mixing is kinda ehh, but that’s nothing new these days. Fantastic album regardless.

Rodeo by Travi$ Scott- I’ve only listened to this album a few times as of now, so its too early to give any detailed analysis yet. But I can definitely say I really enjoy this album. There is some stuff here and there on it that I may not enjoy that much, or I feel is too much, but everything else makes up for it. The music is really eclectic and dynamic, most of the songs have a lot going on, and quite a few parts too them. What really amazed me about this album was how, during a song, one subtle thing will be added or taken away and all of the sudden its a completely different world of a song. And these songs definitely create some pretty interesting worlds. I’m not the biggest fan of some of the more “turn up” or hype moments of the album, I really enjoy the subdued and kinda vulnerable stuff. I mean, I do dig “3500.” And “Maria I’m Drunk” has some fire, some via JB. My favorite though is “90210″ as of now definitely. Really enjoy that melody. I dig “Apple Pie” too. “Antidote” has a catchy melody to it as well. “Flying High” is pretty tight. I respect this guy cause he definitely has vision, and seems pretty unwilling to sacrifice it. I would say this album is like a combo of Yeezus, earlier Tyler and some Kid Cudi all in one. Which is a pretty cool combo when you think about it. It’s melodic and abrasive and emotional. The mixing of it is pretty awful in my opinion, loud and compressed and the vocals are gigantic a lot of the time. The hip hop industry doesn’t really support being an audiophile too much unfortunately, so it’s nothing new. I guess I should just be thankful for the ability to get this stuff in lossless quality. Anyways, great, innovative album I look forward to exploring more. EDIT: I forgot to mention, I love the album cover. Cool shit.