Definition Of A Classic Album | JID The Forever Story Breakdown
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2022
- JID's The Forever Story feels like an instant classic. But what is a classic album in this era anyway?
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He definitely crafted a top notch album. Seamlessly blends together Lyricism and delivery. Every single song had purpose. This is what an album should be in my opinion
The album is so good, I had to take a break from it. I couldn't stop listening to it. JID really did it with this one. Dreamville has been on fire recently. Phenomenal artists.
I needed this video. I feel like I'm going crazy how much I've loved this album, and my circles ain't matching the intensity. Absolute instant classic off rip
In my opinion, for an album to be considered an instant classic, it has to have massive appeal, along with being incredibly detailed and displaying skill. Forever Story contains the latter two, but it doesn't have any mass appeal whatsoever. Take for example GKMC, arguably Kendrick's best album, gigantic hits on that. But even TPAB, again arguably Kendrick's best album that isn't even going for mass appeal, it still had songs with mass appeal like Alright and King Kunta. Forever Story has none of this. Great album, but not a classic imo.
A classic album has to have timeless productions, non skipable and timeless bars, along with contextual relevance (meaning it touches upon themes both relevant at the time of release, and through generations as well) Also, love to see company man back!!!! BTW, do you have any "Punch Yo Self In The Face" merch? If not theeeeen..
Drake just gave Fantano so much clout. Drake showed his hand. The 6 god is flawed. “Insult me, you won’t hear back.” Ya, sounds good bruh.
In terms of my personal favorite album childish gambinos camp is a classic because it tells the story of someone growing up physical but feeling trapped mentally. Learning lessons that might not be right or wrong but it's things we've learned that we now live with and apply to our everyday motions.
in my head I’m thinking like a Christian. either you want to follow one person or you believe you are more aware and leave the church to start your own.
A classic to me is an artist putting together their masterpiece. It’s the album or albums you would tell someone to listen to if they were trying to get into their music. Classic I think doesn’t get enough love is Krit’s 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time. Gives you the boomin Krit and introspective Krit, and is a great gateway to the artist
This is 10000% an instant classic. I’ve been completely stuck on this album since it dropped. From top to bottom including 2007, which I really hope he gets cleared to officially have on streaming eventually, this album doesn’t miss. I don’t think people talk about how seamless the sequencing is on this project. That definitely plays a part in a classic to me:cohesion. I have not stopped talking about this album and it’s already crept into my top 3 albums played this year and it just came out.
JID's The Forever Story feels like an instant classic. But what is a classic album in this era anyway?
kenny mason’s contributions to the two songs he collaborated on have been massively underrated. kenny is definitely next up he’s so dope.
JID forever story not only has acceptance as a phenomenal album from publications, Fans & now online critics. I’ve not stopped listening to this masterpiece even the songs I wasn’t all the way loving like Stars, Just in time mainly due towards the production he elevated stepped up his singing, Songwriting, cadences & delivery. Plus the choruses are so infectious that are keeping ya head knotting for days. Especially on Kody Blu 31, Crack Sandwich, Bruddanem, Can’t make u Change.
I listened to this album based on your praise in other video. My wife and I threw it on during a long drive. JID made a classic for sure. I was left screaming with joy at the end of the extended version of the album. CLASSIC!
I think you hit the nail on the head with the singles era concept . I think pre 2016 if JID drops this, its widely viewed as a classic by both the media and niche internet communities, like we did for Kendrick Lamar's projects. The problem is since that era, Hip Hop as a culture has been so gentrified and now is just this massive corporate machine propagated by these streaming services, that the Hip Hop culture no longer exists, especially in the context of an album. As fantastic as this album is, it will fall to the wayside as as other fantastic hip hop albums like the Black Thought project or Conway's GDMM, just because albums in this era can't have an impact as it once did due to:
I might be high, but its crazy how Justin talks about a instant classic album, on an instant classic breakdown. Perfectly dissected 🔥🔥
I do a lot of thinking about this topic. Pre streaming era, I was on cd’s heavy. Had a bunch in my car at all times. Portable Anti-skip CD player (still skipped) for anywhere I walked around. I listened to albums in totality and on repeat during that time that I probably wouldn’t have if they released during this era. The unfortunate side effect of this streaming era is the accessibility to EVERYTHING changing how the masses intake music. Having most of the music in recorded history at our fingertips has affected the music industry. Albums are shorter. Songs are shorter. Rollouts are shorter. The accessibility has also diminished our attention span. With the complete change of how consumers digest music, our views as a collective of classic albums must adapt. We shouldn’t attempt to hold any of the new projects to any dated criteria of a classic album. So I have adjusted my view of a classic album to match with the age of streaming:
This project was on a different level for JID in my opinion. JID always has lyrics and wordplay. But this album sounded like just that; an Album. He put thought into it, not just from a Bar aspect but also sonically. Justin, as Jude loves to point out, artists need that Emotional Depth and I feel JID opened up a bit on this one and showed some vunrebality.
Great video! This release is a masterpiece and I loved his previous album too. JID is one of the best right now for sure.
I'd love to hear you talk about the Danger Mouse and Black Thought album honestly. It's top 5 albums for me this year