why is the new Gorillaz album shit??

>>72441816

Why wouldn't it be?

>>72441816
why did they chose such a bad album cover.

>>72441816
You grew up.

>>72441816
Too much rap.

>>72441816
Not enough Damon. Oddly enough, the songs were he actually has a presence are the best ones. FUck

>>72441816
At least it's better than The Fall.

>The Elephant
>The Apprentice
>that Interlude where the guy says he won't say "what everyone else says"
I get it, Damon.
This can be done much more subtley.

>>72441989
There's nothing odd about that

I at least warmed up to Saturn Bars.
I never did warm up to Stylo.

>>72442050
https://youtu.be/0Uh9_Z3AOTM

not even close

>>72442744
I have the thing. It leaked whole. I like some of it. I can't say the same thing about The Fall.

>>72441967
Gorillaz is in some way rap

>>72441989
This

The Gorillaz IS Damon, let the man fucking sing

Too many guests while pushing Damon towards the background for some reason. Also lose the variety and just give Danny Brown more air time. It just feels like he was trying to replicate what Demon Days did.

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Just listend to the album, and I have to say that Saturn Barz, Momentz, Andromeda, She's My Collar, and We Got the Power are the only songs I really enjoyed listening to. I have to say that this is pretty disappointing, but maybe it will get better with more listens.

>>72441862
Pretty sure it's a call back to Demon Days.

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>>72443673
It grows with every fucking listen. But all albums do that for me with Gorillaz. This one is just, something about it is special. Idk. I don't get a lot of the hate, I guess it's the "dancey" vibes to all of em.

Saturnz barz is decent when damon sings, the "all moy loif" puts me off

>>72441816
Damon made it on an ipad and booked features on his daughters advice

It's shit. Fucking hell, it's shit.

I'm pretty casual when it comes to music, and my taste are pretty eh but I thought it was pretty bad, then again I think it's just cause I really don't like modern rap which makes up a lot of this album.

>>72442901
Fall is hot garbage, I hate every song.

At most the first Album and Demon days have two songs each I hate.

>>72441816
Pretty simple honestly. Because there's not enough Gorillaz on it.

>>72441816
It's creator(s) decided to take the project seriously. It's a band of literal cartoon characters for crying out loud.

because it's an endless flow of niggers with no standout tracks

>hated it at first
>suddenly love a good chunk of the tracks
How?

>>72441862
It's their Let it Be but even worse

>>72446565

omg youre allowed to say any word on /mu/ but not the n word, omfg how could you, delete that!!!

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>>72446519

Just when I think people here can't be any more retarded, I read this shit

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>>72446565

The average /mu/tant. Great critique, you inbred hillbilly.

Seriously, die off.

>>72442109
Here, listen to it again
https://youtu.be/nhPaWIeULKk

>>72441816
It really is

>>72442980
No it isn't. It's a project that's meant to be entirely collaborative. Also, who do you think is not allowing Damon to sing?

This album is too We Wuz Kangz and Fuck Drumpf to age well.

How fucking bad does the next album have be to make this good? The only good parts are Damon singing, so everytime he is not, its disappointing. Why is this nigger singing? Why is now another nigger singing? This nigger can't speak english and is so fucking autotuned, what is the point of having him there? And as you go on getting Damon replaced by random niggers, you piece together the theme of this album. Its all about the recent manufactored sociopolitics. Black Lives Matter. Fuck Drumpf. Feel the Bern. I cannot listen to We Got The Power without seeing smug Bernie Sanders fans, and it makes it so fucking annoying, because evidently you don't have the power.

The album is bad because Damon's not singing. And Damon's not singing because of niggers. So the album is bad because of niggers. And its all sociopolitical extremist shit. Then again, the whole album is just sociopolitical shit, so it wasn't ment to be anything more than praise how Jesus loves you and me.

>>72447412
Damon himself, because he is old as fuck, just like his buddy Noel Gallagher.

There's a reason why 75% of this guy's twilight career has been in composing soundtracks. But, fucking millenials still want the new Clint Eastwood so he got Vince Staples and Danny Brown instead of Snoop Dogg and Lou Reed and now everyone's mad. It's a chemistry of mixing pee and poo together to make drugs, and it leaves everyone feeling sick even when they do get a little high.

>>72447503

Literally the best and most accurate review I've read of this album so far

>>72446834
>Just when I think people here can't be any more retarded
Anon, they literally used an album cover that depicts the fictional band members as real (3D) people. One of the main things that brought all the great earlier Gorillaz stuff together was that it was firmly tongue-in-cheek. Humanz has no sense of humor, and it shows most aggregiously in the music desu.

You know the album is good when anyone who hates it eventually says nigger if you discuss it long enough, no actual arguments about the music just niggers

I can't stop laughing at children who think that Damon Albarn is somehow getting crowded out of the album that he produces and features on. He just doesn't have many pop songs left in him, and furthermore he doesn't want to have to go on tour and play two hours worth of shit himself, he has young black men to do that for him and in shifts.

>>72441816
for the same reason every album of the gorillaz is shit I guess?

>>72444388
>Damon made it in an ipad
he wrote it on an iPad. that's completely different from making it on an iPad.

>>72447503
good bait desu, I predict 5 (You)s

>>72447622
>He just doesn't have many pop songs left in him

Why?

>>72447608
This is most likely true.

>>72447572
He recently made two albums with him singing the whole time.

>>72447608
this

>>72441816
Don't know, i'm just gonna take a bath.

>>72447731
D A B A F F

>>72447715
>lol if (You)

2D: -trying to sleep, noodles is being loud

2D: Noodles...

-noodles sucking off her buff bf really loud-

2D: -tap tap- Ah, ehem, nood-

Noodles: -annoyed, takes cock out of mouth but just as her bf cums, her head turn to 2D results in the cum pouring all over his shirt-

2D: ah no!

Murdoc: ..bout time for a baff, innit?

>>72447608
This.

>>72447777
nice quads

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>>72447777

>>72447608
>no actual arguments
see
>>72447607
Also, one critic itt being racist =/= every critic itt being racist.

>>72447789
>>72447728
>>72447704
>(You)

Too much rap and too many features that got way too much time on the song

>nigger is not an argument
Its to music what twerking is to dancing

>>72447607
>>72447851
what track on Demon Days is tongue-in-cheek and doesn't take itself seriously? I can only think of DARE.

>>72447897
You realize rap/hip-hop is the main genre associated with Gorillaz? Two of their biggest hits have rap portions.
Also nice bait.

>>72447901
and that's why nobody 's taking you seriously

>>72447911
White Light?

>>72447901
Wince worthy.

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>when you realize gorillaz are just as bad as daft punk
>they only have one good album each

>>72447901
Fuck, dude.
You don't like your women showing off their nice bodies? You must be a fag or just *that* racist, cause twerking just makes us want to fuck like mad

>enraged that I just responded to such bait

>>72447913
rap/hip-hop with Damon having a major part in the song most of the time, Humanz is just trash face it

>>72447957
twerking is a degenerate dance for whores

>>72447973
And you don't want to be one of the 10,000,000 guys to make a dumb slut's eyes roll back in her head?

>shig

Its just purely shit taste. Its nigger. Its twerking. Its covering your food with spice, because otherwise you can't taste anything.

You don't have to say more than Nigger.

>>72448039
Why would I want a degenerate whore?
How would twerking achieve this?

I feel like there's a good or almost good album buried beneath all of the filler/shit features.
Right now the only tracks I really like are
>Andromeda
>Busted and Blue
>Out of Body
>Ticker Tape
some of the remixes are good too, I prefer the Banks Saturnz Barz to the original

>>72441816
because gorillaz is shit

New and improved tracklist.

01. I Turned My Robot Off (Intro)
02. Ascension
03. Strobelite
04. Saturnz Barz
05. Momentz
06. The Non-Conformist Oath (Interlude)
07. Submission
08. Charger
09. Andromeda
10. Busted and Blue
11. Penthouse (Interlude)
12. Out of Body
13. She's My Collar
14. Halfway to the Halfway House
15. New World (Interlude)
16. The Apprentice
17. Ticker Tape
18. Circle of Friendz
19. We Got the Power

The rest of the shitty tracks could be dumped on the Deluxe edition, whatever.

>>72448160
>Turned
ITS "SWITCHED" YOU GOD DAMN FUCKING PLEB

>>72448283
FUCK I FAILED YOU ANON

>>72442980
>the gorillaz
do you also say the swans

Muh tracklist:

01. Ascension
02. Saturnz Barz
03. Charger
04. Andromeda
05. Busted and Blue
06. Let Me Out
07. Sex Murder Collar
08. She's My Collar
09. Hallelujah Money

Rest into garbage

>>72448316
lmao

>>72447953
homework and discovery are both good

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>>72447608

This is the best take-away from these comments.

Specifically this >>72447503

>"Black Lives Matter" is bullshit
>niggers niggers niggers niggers why are they all over my white people music
>love my Cheeto president who validates my racism lol

>>72441862
Because this album is a cash grab and they're trying to call back to the only gorillaz album normies know, demon days

>>72448160
Duuuude. Your tracklist is eerily similar to the one I made!

1. Interlude: New World
2. Intro: I Switched My Robot Off
3. Ascension
4. Strobelite
5. The Apprentice
6. Saturnz Barz
7. Momentz
8. Interlude: The Non-Conformist Oath
9. Submission
10. Charger
11. Interlude: Elevator Going Up
12. Andromeda
13. Ticker Tape*
14. Busted & Blue*
15. Halfway to the Halfway House
16. Interlude: Penthouse
17. She's My Collar*
18. Out of Body*
19. Sex Murder Party*
20. Hallelujah Money
21. Circle of Friendz
22. We Got the Power

The * is for ones I don't know how to order in their respective sections

>>72442959
True, but the rap on this album is ass

Where is everyone listening to Ticker Tape and Out of Body?

26 songs what the fuck

no matter how good you are it is way too much

>>72448444
Trips confirm humanz is too long

Anyone think the album should have been called something else? In all honesty I thought Circle Of Friendz sounded like a better title.

>>72448444
>what are interludes

>>72448401
Aside from a few tracks I don't like, that's pretty good. A bit bloated though. The ordering could be a problem to the 'MUH LORE' fags because of the deluxe tracks telling a story of the end of the world and shit.
I made Out of Body go after Penthouse because both tracks imply that there's some sort of party/ritual going on and it fits pretty well.

>>72448471
even without them it's 20 which is still too much

whew

gorillaz fans are something else eh

album's alright, quit getting triggered by black people

grow up

>>72442980
>muh damon
>THE gorillaz

Fuck off blurfag.

>The Blur

>>72448444
>>72448491
When 99% of people only use Spotify or Apple Music & don't buy physicals, how is this a problem? It's actually a blessing cause everyone can pick their favorites

>>72448488
I thought that too -- that Penthouse sequence of 3 does start best with Out of Body's 'hushed' beginning, but then I don't like bumping the energy up with She's My Collar only to bring it back down with SMP

So right now I'm gonna try a listen with Penthouse => Collar => SMP => Out of Body, as well as switching B&B and Ticker Tape.
+ I don't really get the post-world's-end vibe from the deluxe tracks, even though it makes sense that's what they're supposed to be

What tracks would you remove, though? If I had to pick two it'd be The Apprentice & Halfway, actually. A 3rd would be She's My Collar; not sure why that's on alot of people's favorites

>>72447608
Fucking this.

Same thing happened with Plastic Beach.

Plastic Beach sucked except a handful of track
This album sucks except a handful of tracks
The Fall sucks except a few tracks

Par for the course, I guess.

The thing with Humanz is that it doesn't really have its own hit song.

Gorillaz had Clint Eastwood
Demon Days had Feel Good
Plastic Beach had Melancholy Hill
Humanz has... nothing

Yeah, there are a couple of decent songs here and there but it's mostly just trashy songs that any rapper wannabe would upload to SoundCloud.

>>72441816
I've read you dumbasses complain about how bad this album is for weeks, and it's fantastic.
There's been a lot of back and forth about how it doesn't sound like Gorillaz or how Gorillaz don't have a sound, but Gorillaz does have a sound and the instrumentation on Humanz is consistent with it, just more party-esque which was the point.

Strobelite is great.

>>72448591
Sex Murder Party and Hallelujah Money I'd remove

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If you want Damon singing whole songs then go listen to Blur or something

>>72448751
Saturn Barz was adored by the normies. It was one of the top tracks on Genius for a week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI8_Jz2SwbE

>>72448905
It's not like Saturn Barnz is actually good, I would say it's borderline decent

>>72448935
it's a hit song whether you like it or not

>>72447911
Why are you answering your own question, Thereby failing to rebut anything I said?

[spoiler] Humanz isn't that bad and has some fantastic songs. The only big criticism I'd give it is that Damon isn't there on a lot of tracks. But overall its a great album
[/spoiler]

>>72447608
holy shit you're right

>>72448399
>This is the best take-away from these comments.
see
>>72446519
>>72447607

Too electronic, too focused on the features.

>>72445070
>he doesn't like Revolving Doors and Amarillo
How can one's taste be this bad?

>>72448603
>>72449077
also see
>>72446519
>>72447607

>>72448915
This album was so fucking good, damn
This + James Blake's Overgrown fucking *nail* a melancholy winter vibe

>>72449040
one track doesn't prove your point you retard
Ascension and Momentz are also lighthearted

The moment Gorillaz stopped using the Harmonica instrument the moment they became shit

God dammit, Saturnz Barz and The Apprentice are easily my favorite songs of 2017 so far, but the majority of the rest of the album just sounds so thin and uninspired

This coulda been a fucking amazing EP

anyone fell in love with Kilo Kish voice?

Out of Body is the best song imo

its out

Will we get a companion album this time?

>>72443792
I love the dancey vibes, it's funky as fuck.

Too many features on for too long makes it sounds like a Now This Is Music album and less catchy songs that take a much more direct approach to their topics. Its ok, just kinda eh

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The thing is, Gorillaz has always been a group that hinges upon its features. Because of this, no matter what they do, the pieces will always spotty and less than the greater whole. Damon himself is the only consistent part in any of their albums, and even then, his performances are spotty.

TL;DR Gorillaz has always been a messy side project and never released a truly great album. They are much more style than substance.

Mavis Staples is the next to join the Damon Albarn death club

>>72449904
good

>>72444476
It's lit*

>>72449865

Self titled is a great album

>>72448401
>interlude followed by intro

autism?

>>72446589
The Gorillaz Effect, seriously too many people have had that moment (Hopefully, one day I'll like Tomorrow Comes Today too... some day)

But with this album it's taken less replays. It onl took me 20 seconds to fall in love with The Apprentice, and Saturnz Barz is bomb so I don't get the "all the tracks are shit " comments unless you already hated the band.

>>72450084
And notice that it has the least amount of features besides The Fall (which hardly counts as an album).

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>>72450144

I don't like the music at all. It's missing the texture and complexity of the other albums. It also feels less independent lyrics-wise in the sense that all the songs are saying essentially the same things. I find it boring and tasteless independently of the fact that i do not like most rap or the political vision of the album. It's empty and it doesn't give me that sense of wonder that at least one song in each of the other Gorillaz albums gives me. Damon, the voice of 2D who is supposed to be the frontman, is almost entirely absent, along with actual musical instruments. Gorillaz lost their essence in a clusterfuck of features and pseudointellectualism. Drawings/videos are the only breath of fresh air.

And for the record, I love Gorillaz which makes this very disappointing for me. They sold their soul.

>>72450496
>It's missing the texture

This. Feels more generic/loop/repetitive, and less brave. The musicality is severely lacking.

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D-Sides is their best. Plastic Beach second.

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>>72447777
>Noodles

Itunes deluxe rip where?

Charger is s i c c. Best song from the album. And it's the most Gorillaz sounding song

>>72450821
Nah Submission fag

>>72447777
I get it, Humanz is all about Noodle getting BLACKED.

>>72441863
This?

>>72448531
/thread

>>72450837
That's also great fag. 2nd favorite.

>>72450841
when in the post did it say black bf

>>72449904
>Damon Albarn death club
What?

>>72450875
She's my Collar is good

s i c c beat

>>72450653
If Disc 2 wasn't nearly entirely composed of DARE remixes, yeah

Did the album get leaked yet? I'm tempted to buy it if it has a non shit digital download option.

Out of Body is great
>>72450948
It's out on spotify and iTunes but no ones uploaded them yet

Pipe down Pipe down Pipe down Pipe down

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>>72447777

link?

>>72450963
So still no non shit download options then?

>>>/co/91890070

>>72450963
>It's out on spotify and iTunes but no ones uploaded them yet
y'all really need sources outside of /mu/

http://rgf.is/albums/49927-gorillaz-humanz-deluxe

>>72441816
I was excited by the names on this progect. Turns out
In andromeda i can barely hear dram
In saturn barz the autotune on popcaan gets quickly annoying
The danny brown feature was so much bad placed: he just released an experimental and noisey album and i think he's wasted on that pop sounding track
The only good songs are pusha t's and vince staples', the other sogns left me indifferent at best.
I would say an honest 5

>>72448751
Andromeda

>>72448751
busted and blue

>>72447608
this

>>72449782
For sure. Damon claims to have 40+ more songs that didn't make it onto the record.

>>72445090
if you consider gorillaz to be gorillaz for what they have done before than it`s exactly gorillaz because they do whatever they haven`t done before

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Whether you like it or not, this IS their best album.

*replaces #13-18 with the bonus disc*

>>72448751
>Melancholy Hill
>not Rhinestone Eyes

>>72448751
The hit for Plastic Beach was Stylo I thought... Or am I an idiot? Probably the second one.

>>72447777
this post was blessed

>>72447503
(You) Fuck Drumpf

>>72448898
in that case can someone give me a mega for parklife?

>>72441862
What makes it bad in your opinion?

>>72449904
?

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>>72450904
>>72452255
S/T: Ibrahim Ferrer
Demon Days: Dennis Hopper
Plastic Beach: Bobby Womack
Humanz: Mavis Staples according to >>72449904

It feels like Plastic Beach's little sister, less experimental, less refined production. Still has a lot of good songs if you like Damon Albarn's stuff.

>>72449248
>one track doesn't prove your point
Then why did YOU say:
>what TRACK on Demon Days is tongue-in-cheek and doesn't take itself seriously?

>>72450144
>Hopefully, one day I'll like Tomorrow Comes Today
I've been loving it for years desu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV3CVuhJmOY

>>72442078
He probably never hit a lick or sold dope anyway what does he know about the street

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>>72448400
>Homage to Demon Days
>The characters aren't even in the same corners as they were in Demon Days

this was the only good song Tbh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dONxX9rifs

>why is the new Gorillaz album shit??

Because you're a white male Trump supporter in your 20s.

>>72453427
I hate this meme

>Damon hasn't picked up an instrument in 12 years
Really makes the music videos for Feel Good and El Manama seem really fucking dishonest

>>72448399
>>niggers niggers niggers niggers why are they all over my white people music

Who ever said Gorillaz is for white people only?

>>72453468
>ever since a nardwaur fan broke his guitar

>>72453468
but damon played guitar on doyathing so even if everyday robots never happened that would still be wrong

>>72453457

So far, it seems to be true. If you notice, the only ones who hate it have mentioned Trump or "too many niggers."

>>72453457
only bc it's tru

>>72453571
I don't like the album except for a couple of songs, and I'm not even American nor do I really care about lyrics.

>>72452804
because I was aware that Demon Days doesn't have a track such as I described. using plural or not doesn't make any difference in that case.
it also still doesn't prove your point regardless, you pedantic autist

>>72453571
There have been plenty of people who hate it because it made Daemon the backing vocalist instead of lead like all the other albums. There are good songs in this, some of them even ones where Albarn has little to no singing, but it feels like a trash Gorillaz album. I waited 7 years for a Gorillaz album, not 'various talented musicians feat. Gorillaz'

>>72452631
wouldn't Plastic Beach be Lou Reed

>>72453694
what is plastic beach

>>72441816
''Le Damon feat. various random musicians'' has always been a mediocre band at best. I don't get why everyone praises it so much.

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Someone wanna hit me up with the FLAC deluxe edition? I've only got the FLAC regular edition.

>>72453571
see
>>72446519
>>72447607

>>72453791
https://mega.nz/#!TNsGTT7R!TKTCRjIcq8TxYE_WSsuaLnLcgWyQ7NCQ_8WcFBcnWcE
Idk if it's FLAC but here ya go

>>72453835
>130mb
>For a 20 track album

>>72441816
Is that Liam Gallagher in the bottom right?

>>72449098
>>72449153
>>72453832
anon
those post don't actually talk about the music and is very shallow criticism
stop directing everyone who disagrees with you to them

>>72453867
no, its his brother from the shadow realm, Noel

>>72453747
9 out of 16 tracks in plastic beach feature Albarn as the main vocalist or at least even with the featured artist. That's over 50% of the album. Humanz has 26 tracks and has far less tracks than Plastic Beach with Albarn as the main vocalist. Fuck off dumbass, Humanz was a trash Gorillaz album and an average album if you didn't consider it to be associated with Gorillaz at all.

>>72453882
>those post don't actually talk about the music and is very shallow criticism
They also don't fit with any of the retarded universal stereotypes for criticisms of this album you people keep going on about.

its out, someone please post link

>>72453939
No but it's a silly argument carrying no weight when talking about the music, Gorillaz has always been pretty serious when it came to subject matter, Demon days was all about the post 9/11 political environment, with a song called fucking "Kids with guns" it has always been serious and just because there are cartoons does not mean the music is not serious. There are a couple wacky songs but many more serious ones and that's the way it has always been.

>>72441816
Too little 2D tracks and no real hooks. No real theme like the last two albums either.

>>72454243
Nobody ever heard that song. Gorrilaz are famous for clint eastwood and feel good inc. Theyre both very good songs that make good use of rock instruments and computer editing skills.

I came looking for a thread to see if anyone else got the same vibe as I did. >>72447503 is right. Except I woudln't say LMAO LE NIGGERS LOOK AT ME NIGGER NIGGER, the dude's right, it's too rife with that political bullshit. It's annoying because it's so fucking overdone by this point, I wasn't expecting the entirety of the new Gorillaz album to be plastered with it as well.

Sad. The songs I do like on the album, I REALLY like, so at least there's that.

link?

>>72454458
https://youtu.be/Lqx6vrkSh9w

Also too, yeah, there needed to be much more Damon. I can't believe there was so little of him, that fucking sucked. Sure it's a collaboration band, and that's perfectly fine, but the guy at the center of it all should always have... well, more than THIS, really.

why is everyone saying the album is bad because of politics
only 5 of the 19 tracks are political

>>72454512
because /pol/sters go into defense mode if even one word critiques their emperor

>>72454284
Its one of their bigger songs if you dont know the project maybe dont discuss it

>>72454536

Molyneux already said that if Trump keeps meddling he will abandon politics and go back to (((abstract philosophy))), because if the "deep state wons" then it will prove that "political action is throughly useless" and "he will hunker down and brace for the crash"

Meaning that this is just a fad, soon /pol/ster will be a something from the past and 4chan can just go back to enjoy things without worrying about muh politics.

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>All of these people butthurt about all of the black people on their Gorillaz album

Like have you never heard a Gorillaz album in your life

There have always been black people on every Gorillaz album in the history of ever

This is not a new thing guys

>>72448454
yes... but definitely not Circle Of Friendz.

>>72448454
Strobelite would've been a good title.
Honestly, I'm fine with Humanz. It fits the theme of the album.

>>72449274
the melodic. damon used it in the last shows i think

>>72454243
>Gorillaz has always been pretty serious when it came to subject matter,
Demon Days and Plastic Beach were both silly concept albums with occasional moments of seriousness (such as Kids With Guns - one of my favorite tracks of theirs btw.) Humanz is the exact opposite. It's a serious concept album with fleeting moments of levity. Which is a problem because this is a project that revolves around musicians masquerading as cartoon characters. And the ultimate purpose of art is entertainment.

>>72454512
see
>>72455024

>>72455024
demon days and PB are both serious albums about war, violence, and ecological destruction. what fucking drugs are you on?

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WTF I LOVE HUMANZ NOW

>>72455024
Demon Days is very serious wtf
Plastic Beach is more lighthearted, but its themes are serious
>>72455063
come up with your own arguments instead of directing everyone who disagrees with you to someone who agrees with you
>>72455089
Charger is fucking amazing

>>72455024
have you even listened to these albums

>>72453468
>El Manama

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>Ascension
5/5

>Strobelite
3/5

>Saturnz Barz
5/5
Top 3 tracks on the album

>Momentz
5/5

>Submission
5/5
Top 3 tracks on the album

>Charger
>>72455089
4/5
I AM THE GHOST

>Carnival
4/5

>Andromeda
5/5

>Busted and Blue
5/5
Top 3 tracks on the album

>Let Me Out
4/5

>Sex Murder Party
3/5

>She's My Collar
5/5

>Hallelujah Music
On it's own: 3/5
As an ending to the album: 5/5

>We Got The Power
5/5
An astonishing end, especially as a follow up to Hallelujah.

>>72453901
Albarn not being the main vocalist will always be the biggest complaint when it comes to Gorillaz albums.

>>72447608
> people state legitimate arguments regarding the rap-heavy influence on the album
> you create a nigger saying straw man to disregard all of their criticism

good job anon, i hear pitchfork is hiring

>>72455089
It's going to be a decent to strong 7 isn't it

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>mfw She's My Collar
And you faggots tried to convince me that the album was going to be shit.

>>72455194
he's gonna pull a Plastic Beach again

>>72441989
This. I was disappointed every track was some nobody singing. What happened to the days of the self-titled?

>>72455234
She's My Collar is my SOTY so far

>>72442109
Those are both two of the best tracks on their respective albums. I'm pretty sure I liked both of those on my first listen. Plastic Beach had WAY worse songs than that. Like Superfast Jellyfish, for example.

>>72447953
Gorillaz has 2 GOAT albums and 1 good album.

>>72455194
I'd give it a 6 or a 7.

It's resoundingly mediocre. I don't even really get having favorites on it, they're all in the "4/5 out of 10" range. I feel the same about Sex Murder Party and Carnival as I do about Submission or Charger, it's all fucking mediocre pop. I'd rather listen to The Fall.

>>72451920
This.gif

I downloaded the iTunes/m4a version of the album. I don't know how Gorillaz does it, "Saturnz Batz" just clicked for me. I was mostly indifferent towards it at first but now it's an enjoyable vibey tune

>>72455484
*Barz

>Niggers!
>But Gorillaz has always been about niggers
>/pol/!
>But music has always been about politics

Its just these people again.

>>72455089
Fantano looks like he needs a charger for his phone

>>72455535
kek

>>72455484
The Banx & Banx remix is even better anon

>>72455278
I unironically agree.

>no FLAC yet

Why are you all such fucking negros

>>72455763
>falling for the FLAC meme

>>72454279
>No real theme like the last two albums either.
You're literally retarded if you didnt pick up on the theme of the album.

>>72455175
What is the appeal behind Momentz and We Got The Power? Momentz comes off to me as incredibly bombastic (the melodic outro was somewhat refreshing) as well as a waste of the De La Soul feature, and We Got The Power is bland and possibly the corniest track on the whole album. I do agree that Hallelujah Money would be much better as closer though.

>>72448751
andromeda or saturnz barz

>>72448751
Humanz has Busted and Blue

>>72455763
there is flac though

>>72455830
The entire album felt really dour, but I felt like Hallelujah Money was uplifting. Then We Got The Power followed it and really solidified that we're not just gonna be okay, but we're gonna be great. For a really anti-Trump album, it ended on a really pro-Trump point.

>>72455898
What

>>72455898
>it ended on a really pro-Trump point
>pro-Trump

It was made by liberal britbongs and blacks

You are a fucking retard

>if the change won't come then the change won't come
Woah....Such complex bars ahahahhahahahahhahahahabab get this nigger off my album

>>72455921
>blacks hating trump
shiiiit you must be the biggest whitey in americuh

>Implying it would have been otherwise
90% of this guy's music is noise. He hits a good note once, maybe twice an album. He didn't hit any this time, not exactly a shocker.

>>72455933
>white light
>white light
>doo doo doo
>alcohol
>white light

What kind of deep lyrics are you expecting?

>>72455300
Chill superfast jellyfish is great. Honestly over the years I've just come to love that entire album.

>>72455935
>blacks like trump
what faggotass black friend are you using to represent the entire black population as them liking trump

>>72441816
It's not fuck tard

>listen to leaks
>thought Carnival was fine
>listen to proper release
>Carnival sounds like shit

Why is this

>>72446565
pls get off of my cherished sjw friendly 4chan board

>>72447503
>visits /pol/ once

>>72455178
Its not a strawman if its true lol. Have you been reading the thread?

so now that this is finally out, he can finally get to work on that second The Good The Bad and The Queen album he mentioned, right?

Tracks like charger and she's my collar are the only good tracks, simply for the reason they are more focused on Damon than the featured artist.

Album is alright. Carnival kinda sucks. Sex Murder Party is cringey.

That's my review.

>>72455983
the censor noises sound more out of place now, too

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>>72456060
The Hewlett art is lit though

>>72449865
Plastic Beach is solid from front to back though.

>>72448751
>She's my Collar
>Andromeda
>Saturnz Barz
>The Apprentice
>Busted and Blue

>>72448935
Saturn Barz is flawless fuck you

>>72453457
It is based on evidence.

>>72456087
Add Strobelite and you're golden

>>72447608
It's not our fault that nigger music is musically boring

>>72456034
Charger is so good I couldn't stop smiling when I heard it the first time

Hallelujah Money is comfy within the context of the album

Why is Spotify so ass now

Why does it not even show an artist's albums when I go to their page

>>72456079
Plastic Beach is incredible it's their Swan song

>>72456136
yeah, it's been incredibly slow for a long time now

>>72456119
Do you like any music made in America for the past 100 years? If so I got something that you should know about it.

>>72456136
Because you don't pay for premium like a poorfag pleb

>>72456087
Collar for sure

>>72455082
>demon days and PB are both serious albums about war, violence, and ecological destruction.
They may have songs on them that speak to those issues (if you make the effort to listen to the lyrics closely), but as albums that isn't what they are about. At the end of the day, they're about a group of cartoon characters in a virtual band. Humanz is Gorillaz, minus the entertainment factor and self-awareness.

Charger has convinced me that Grace Jones can do no wrong seeing as its the only good song so far on this shitty shit, also considering Damon actually has presence on this track.

>>72450496
>It's empty
>it has to much politics
PICK ONE.

>>72441816
Politics.

These days a famous celebrity can't do a single thing without people saying that it is somehow connected to politics.

I guess Albarn finally cracked and decided to include some politics into this new album.

He even said that this whole album was mostly influenced by a dark fantasy he had.

The dark fantasy for him was the idea of Donald Trump being president.

Is there any link for it?

>>72456220
Check spotify

>>72456203
Ok. see
>>72456183

>>72441967
Drumpf is in office, it would be selfish of Damien to not showcase the PoC that the president is fucking genociding and give them a platform to speak out and resist.

>>72456183
>but as albums that isn't what they are about.

Oh
Are you sure about that

>>72455933
lol

>>72447953
Homework is incredible, I know

>>72456225
I need to scrobble it, I do not pay for that shit

>>72447953

nice b8 m8 i r8 a 0

>>72456236
We were having an okay thread, please don't shit in it.

>>72456244
Yes, because - unlike Humanz (evidently) they were actually well-made. Well-made art doesn't force-feed you caustic ideological screeds upfront. It uses the facade of entertainment as a smoke screen.

>>72456256
Spotify is free lol
just sign up

>streaming music
it's so easy to find a download of humanz you have no excuse

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>>72453571
>>72453653
>>72453427
>>72453457
>>72453585
Britain is proper fucked in the head

>>72441816
Everything in this shitty board full of 15 year olds is shit. The only good thing for /mu/ is a new kanye to quote with caplocks or the release of something hyped by pitchfork.
I still remember when /mu/ hated the avalanches return. To me that was the moment to see what this board actually is. A complete and intense pure retardation of pretentious hipsters.
Also the humour here has turned into reddit-tier 9gag type of thing. Very sad.

>>72456315
>Well-made art doesn't force-feed you caustic ideological screeds upfront. It uses the facade of entertainment as a smoke screen.

It was called PLASTIC BEACH you fucking dense fucking moron

Snoop raps about pollution in the opening lyrical track

Reassess your comprehensive skills you dick eating assgobbler

>Busted and Blue
>those lyrics

So are 2D and Noodle fucking then?

>>72441816
>Judging Gorillaz album on the first listen through
That being said, Momentz, Andromeda, Let me Out and Busted and Blue sound amazing first time through.

>>72448751
OF COURSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A HIT SONG IT CAME OUT TODAY YOU RETARD

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>>72456205
I'm basically repeating what many other anons have stated at this point, but political themes have been present in Gorillaz's albums before, such as the anti-Bush sentiments present in Demon Days. One could argue that the difference between Humanz and Demon Days is that the latter puts the music first, politics second, but personally I don't think Humanz is as overtly political as some anons make it out to be. There are certainly songs that are downright political in nature, such as Ascension, Let Me Out, and Hallelujah Money, but these make up the minority of the album, and I find them enjoyable (though politics in music has never really done anything for me either way.)

>>72441967
>>72441863
>>72441862
>>72441852
>>72441852
you must be 18+ to post

I dont know why put i really like momentz. anyone else?

>>72456379
People think it's overly political because they're sensitive to black aggressiveness. Gorillaz is approachable when Damon sings, but less so when a black person says words. I wonder if Lou Reed was on this album saying FUCK TRUMP for a song if /mu/ would respond more positively.

>>72441816
becuase Gorillaz is just overrated reddit meme shit

>>72456354
>It was called PLASTIC BEACH
Exactly. Beaches are made out of sand.

>>72441816
My even bigger complaint is how mostly every stupid music reviewer has rated this mediocre album good. They're only liking the band because it's them and it defeats the purpose of why they made Gorillaz. Reviewers need to learn to be unbiased. Some guy was literally claiming Ascension was a good song

>Out of Body sounds like music you hear as the lights go up in the bar at 4am and you're drunk as fuck

Not sure if that's what they were going for but it works

>>72456406
same my dude, it's a fun catchy song

>>72456471
LIKE THE NIGGA KILLED THE WHITE MAN

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>>72456471
Ascension is good though

>>72456498
To be fair the full line is "Police everywhere like a nigga killed a white man"

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>>72456471
>my bigger complaint is that people are liking it

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>>72456471
>every stupid music reviewer has rated this mediocre album good.

>why don't people hate what I don't like?!

Confirmation that people whining about this album are fucking stupid

Consequence of Sound has the best pan by far imo:

https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/04/album-review-gorillaz-humanz/

>>72447777
witnessed

Gorillaz has always been divisive with an overall trend of people immediately reacting and then changing their minds later on. However with Humanz it's so damn chaotic in opinions. Every single song is loved and hated almost equally by a lot of people.

>>72456430
Half this website worships Kanye and Kendrick who are very aggressive/outspoken rappers. The political commentary on this album is just shit and childish, from Damon and the guest artists alike.

>>72456555
I like this album but I think B- is a fair grade.

Not as good as Plastic Beach or Demon Days, but not a garbage pail like some shitstains in this thread would lead you to believe. The production quality is through the roof. The songs are catchy and mixed well. It plays really well as a cohesive dance album. "But that's not the Gorillaz sound!" No, it's not. But Gorillaz has never needed to have a sound. It's Damon Albarn's side project where he gets to do whatever the fuck he wants. It's not his best venture, but it's as "Gorillaz" as it's ever been.

>>72456572
>worshipping Kanye
Well, now it makes sense

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>Gorillaz about making new types of music and collaborations
>All the songs sound like generic Rap shit

>>72456555
>CoS

Literally nobody cares.

>>72456430
Go to bed Yella

I really like a whole lot of the songs! She's my collar and Charger on repeat!

>>72456756
Hell yeah man! How do you feel about Submission?

as soon as I saw the number of songs I was expecting the worst.

I already want to listen to it again, not only will this get better after every hearing, the first time its fucking good.

Momentz is shit though, only bad song.

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>>72456648
Pic related.

>>72456471
Go look at the distribution of stats on meta-critic. 17 reviews in, and not only is there not even a SINGLE ONE above an 80/100, virtually every reviewer that gave it an 80/100 (the vast majority) felt obligated to point out its shortcomings. Which is very telling.

>>72456778
>Momentz is the only bad song
How can you have such shit taste

>>72456765
I like submission a lot too, it's radio material but with gorillaz production. It's very interesting, I think it masquerades as something basic but is original. The rap is kind of annoying, but then again I always skip the rap part in Dirty Harry.
And Strobelight! What a hot track.

Listening to the bonuses now, ticker tape is really nice.

Thematically it isn't there for me, but on the basis of individual songs this might come close to plastic beach for me. I do actually really love the interludes. The way the non conformist oath leads into submission is awesome. There is a musical quality to the interludes that I have found immediate appreciation for.

I don't think every Gorillaz album needs to be Demon Dayz, but I think this album really really misses out on bass driven songs, which tend to be my favorite. They already taught me to love that though, onto the next thing.

All in all, I'm happy my favorite band is back haha! Can't wait to see them in July.

>>72456076
noodle a cute!!!!

>>72456406
I basically only opened this thread to say that

Out Of Body is really good especially when you imagine its Noodle singing

>>72454455
Demon Days was pretty blatantly political too, so I wouldn't even really consider that the problem. Lack of Damon is the majority of the album's issues, it just feels like a compilation album with a shared producer without him singing.

>>72457016
first time listening, this voice is adorable.

>>72457047
Was just about to say the same thing alot of this album feels like a comp album where the features kinda overpower the song. Like let me out seems more of a pusha t track feat Mavis and gorillaz. Songs like charger, Andromeda, Momentz(mostly cause de LA soul are member by now), ascension, submission were a better use of a feature to me. Still enjoying the album tho except hallejuah money.....fuck that song.

>>72457180
Hallelujah Money grew on me big time. Took 10+ listens though.

I think this will be like Plastic Beach -- slept on at first, then people will enjoy it more and more as time goes on.

>>72457016
I blame this sort of thing on why I just can't enjoy it as much as earlier albums. Very little Damon translates to very little 2D, which makes it feel like it's less Gorillaz and more just a compilation of different artists, presented to you by Gorillaz, featuring one or two songs by Noodle.

>>72448364
don't forget Alive 2007

>>72451920
It should have been Rhinestone Eyes. But yeah, Melancholy Hill is the one everyone knows

>>72451770
no shit

>>72451948
No, u r correct

>>72451948
>>72457563
That album just had so many hitz it's hard to tell

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We need to save Noodle

>>72455763

>doesn't want to pay for the album
>calls others negros

Wew

>>72455945

This.

DD had White Light and PB had Glitter Freeze. Both 1/10 songs.

HM had no such annoying songs like that.

>>72442109

Same.

To this day, I just don't like Stylo all that much.. It's not bad per-se, but it just doesn't sound like a single.

Saturnz Barz is way better.

>>72448751

Saturnz Barz

Although it seems they're now pushing that song with Pusha T in it.