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coelho_ eu quero servir café da manhã pra tokimonsta na cama dela e ouvir os seus problemas
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nikotinte Half Shadows has a terrible cover and great sound
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a_spaceman Midnight Menu
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Exeio What album for starting ?
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RibStabsHeart The new album is more RnB, IMO. I enjoyed it, but I'm a bigger fan of the glitchier sounds of her brainfeeder style, so those are my personal pick. Either way, I like that she's progressing instead of doing the same thing over and over. It's not my favorite release of hers, but it made me get the rest of her stuff, which is a compliment in itself, I think?
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AS_Luemmel She has a new fan now
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Ruska03 IMO, the first 6 tracks from Half Shadows will take a while to grow in someone but the rest are fucking DOPE. (specially SPILLING AUTUMN).Also, She released the album under Ultra Music, even though it's an EDM record label, she still tried to be experimental, and not be some cliche artist who follows what's "hot" on Billboard. She's trying to grow out, guys...Respect this woman.
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jdotperiod Good point, Half Shadows may be too slick and feminine-sounding for those used to the harsher, more abstract and masculine fare Brainfeeder usually churns out. Doesn't mean it's a bad album tho.
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jdotperiod
Once you get past the commercialism of a few tracks, Half Shadows is a really nice listen IMO.
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VictorKHI I actually really like the new album. Especially Soul to Seoul and The Center. Go with it is nice, but MNDR's voicals just kind of suck.
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Xiaonanigans Quite an accurate review actually.
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ddhboy Because casual listeners don't check the wiki and just assume she's Japanese.
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jmnixon95 "japanese" tag?
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brun-o lol. that's a quite extensive review for someone who didn't really care for the album. nice points, tho. I won't go track for track, but what I really liked was that it sounds really feminine. perhaps a lot more jennifer lee than tokimonsta
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FarCrysss tldr
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MiloDC Her remix of Miguel's "Adorn" is ridiculous. <3 <3
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ddhboy
Moon Rise (Feat. Jessee Boykins III) is ok. Most of the comments I had for Go With It apply here, save for the fact that the lyrics are more intricate, though they didn't really take a good deal of my interest or attention. Yo B! (feat. Gavin Turek), does well, and a nice exit to the album. Ultimately I feel like if this is the direction that Tokimonsta wants to move in, then she should have stacked the album with more songs like Yo B!, Go With It, Spilling Autumn, and the other tracks on this album of that ilk. Tracks like The Center, 808, Focused Chaos, and Waiting for the Break of Dawn feel forced.
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ddhboy
Soul to Seoul is similar enough to Sweet Williams that it really feels like a mistake to have them next to each other on the album. The singing (presumably Toki herself), is very similar in pace, effects, and tone, and the two almost bleed into one another, and not in a good way. Separate, they are enjoyable songs. Together, they bore. Green (feat. Andreya Triana) has similar problems Go With it, in that the lyrics just repeat themselves over and over again and it won't take much for your attention to lapse. Unlike Go With It, Green doesn't really have changes in beat structure to get it back. Waiting for the Break of Dawn is too long with too little evolution to the track. At 4:02, it is a real chore to listen to the entire thing. You'll have a hard time not reaching for the skip button past 2:00.
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ddhboy
Go With It (feat. MNDR) is another pop-y song. I personally liked it, but if you don't like Tokimonsta flavored pop, you won't. The lyrics could have used some more complexity, so much so that I'd say that Tokimonsta saves the second half of the track once you get sick of the the repeated verses. Spilling Autumn corrects the errors of the earlier beat tracks in actually taking me on a journey. The beginning of the track feels a bit delicate, but the strength of the track builds up rather quickly with a bit of a happier tone, it gets quieter again in the breakdown, and finally comes back in full fury. Finally, I feel like TokiMonsta has arrived. Sweet Williams is nice in its introduction. I feel like its a bit drawn out, like it could have stood to be about 30 seconds shorter.
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ddhboy
The Force is ok. The beat and the rap clash at times in pacing, but I feel like this song is more of a grower, and I'll like it more the more I listen to it. I really feel like this could have been the intro track, and I'd probably like it more if The Center wasn't it's lead in. 808 & Focused Chaos has similar problems to The Center. The track adds some additional samples as it proceeds, makes changes to how the samples are played, but doesn't really feel like its going somewhere. The beat changes sure, but the feeling behind the beat doesn't. Clean Slate is one of the first tracks with Gavin Turek on it, and honestly anything with Gaven Turek on it in this album is a must buy. She was in Darkest Dim, and its clear that she and Toki have good chemistry with one another at this point. No real complains about Clean Slate. Foolish is a similar deal to Clean Slate, and I'd say its one of the best tracks on the album, though it is the most pop-y.
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ddhboy
So I'll try to go though this song by song, but I'll just start that saying that I didn't really care for the album, though I've enjoyed most of TokiMonsta's work up until the Analogue Monsta project, which I didn't care for either. I think that if you like Analogue Monsta, you'll probably like this release. If not, then the first par tof the album is a drag and the second half of the album is probably all you'd be interested in. The Center, the first song on the album, just sort of drags on indefinitely, and about 2:00 in, you'll whip out whatever music player you're listening to this album on and wonder how much longer this song goes on for, only to discover you have another 1:40 to go. It doesn't really build up to anything, though layers do get added on. It really feels like its like 1:30 too long, and would have served better in the middle of the album as a transitional track.
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Xiaonanigans
I actually think the album's quite good
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FarCrysss
This album is great and you guys are miserable people
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Rydia69 The album does get better as it goes along
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cocoTASTICtm just discovered, amazing :)
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DJGreggyGreg mai waifu
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brun-o
again, the only thing that got on my nerves, thus making me start and endure this tiresome discussion, was the "do better" part. if I actually cared about every "new album sucks/it's awesome" comment, I'd be left with no life to live at all. you're right, though, about my approach on the matter. maybe I've sounded like a scornful internet geezer. sorry 'bout that, folks
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exiile_ and as fans of music they have the right to that, the same way everyone has the right to say "its so good." No harm no foul. Also being condensing to those who didn't like the album isn't "trying to get a meaningful discussion." I'm sure a simple "I like the album, what did you guys not like about it" would suffice but you can't expect that from the internet nowadays.
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brun-o
brah, I have no problem whatsoever with people disliking the album. I just think "she could do better" is a shitty thing to say. have you ever considered her thoughts when recording and releasing the album? I'm pretty sure "I could do better... but will release it anyway" wasn't one of them. I know I may sound overcritical -- "nitpicky", as you prefer -- here, but I was just trying to get a more meaningful discussion out of this, since we're on a supposedly "musical" social media. when I say "too bad you didn't like it" it's simply because the album makes me feel good in some ways that you guys can't or simply don't want to try, choosing then to demean the artist's work, instead of your own musical perspective
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Cartographist @yeah_brah it isn't boring in the slightest, it's rather refreshing and well produced, tho you're probably confused on what refreshing music sounds like since you seem to be into a lot of artists that like to be safe and never switch it up
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TheRootsLife I love the Jesse Boykins III feauture.
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iTylor TOKiMONSTA RULES!
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Yeah_Brah @brun-o - what's wrong with you? People just don't like the album, stop nitpicking. I gave it another chance and it was still boring. Sad sad sad Toki.....
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Mendeleaf Gavin Turek features mmmm
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lethalimpulse quite a disappointment. no hip-hop and way more pop :\
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brun-o
@scotmasho good, now add a random number between 0 and 10 and you'll have yourself a p4k review
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socialPsyence Not gonna lie - disappointed with this one.
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scomatsho New album tastes like cardboard, it's official
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MirageIsland new album is so good oh fuck
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a_spaceman
the tracks on the new album with TOKi's own vocals on them are just so fantastic
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brun-o
fair enough, chaps. next time, instead of "she could do better", you could say "it tasted [sounded?] like cardboard". it would give a lot more to think about.
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johnnyboy898 second half of the new album >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first half of the new album
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ainurnerd Nice new album.
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helloimjoshua The new album is really bad
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YouAreInvited v yeah but it's not a cardboard cake it's an album.
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scomatsho
If she baked a cake and it tasted amazing and then she baked a cake and it tasted like cardboard, you could argue that cardboard is an acquired taste. But who would?
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DepressedManic wasn't necessarily giving criticism, just my thoughts on the record, not a hard concept to understand. you like the record, good for you, I think she can do better even though I don't think the record is bad.
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brun-o
well, then I guess she should address you guys -- the "'Good or Not Good' Committee" -- before releasing anything, such knowledge you seem to retain. come on, "do better" isn't even a proper criticism; making music isn't like racing or weightlifting
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Merowinger110 The first half of "Half Shadows" is really annoying, the second one is much better. But "Go With It" is catchy and nice.
