So I slept on this album for a while (mainly because the last MJ album was a little tacky and made for the wrong reasons) but I heard "Do you know where your children are" in a store the other day, tagged it with Shazam and have had it on repeat since. A particular highlight is "Blue Gangsta;" to me, that is what MJ is all about, it goes back to my post about modern masculinity and just owning who you are and expressing it and thats what he does so well. The production is great and I'm sure this album is going to continue to be played years into the future because all of his music is ageless.
I love Kimbra, and even though she's from New Zealand, I'm going to claim her as an Aussie. A highlight for me on this album is "goldmine," it characterises the whole album and shows how Kimbra has an innate sensibility that allows her mix many different genres of music and create something beautiful. This is one of those rare albums that sounds different if you listen to it in order as a cohesive piece, so I suggest that is what you do. Still just starting to dissect this one so I'll keep you posted on how I go through twitter.
I put this album in this week because I will officially be seeing him live in less than a month! I loved everything about this album, the promos with wall projections around the world and the weird "American Psycho" remake with Scott Disick, everything was a play between absolute minimalism and maximalism. I remember when "New Slaves" was released I thought it was so strange that it changed so drastically towards the end and Frank Ocean only appeared at the tail end but now I realise thats what Kanye wanted; its the contrast: light and dark, day and night and you can only appreciate each by having the others company - genius!
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