Humanz

>>72462186
Yeah, don't get me wrong, I do consider myself a Gorillaz fan. I love really different stuff. But this.... this just felt so disappointing. I'm really trying to like it at all, but I just can't.

Like seriously this album fucking sucks so far compared to their old stuff. This doesn't even sound like the same band

I'm all for new sounds, but it's like the band is literally absent. Who are all these features and where the fuck are the gorillaz

>intro ends
>ascension comes on
>oh I guess this is the second song now

That was really awkward.

>>72462255
I think we can all agree that the intro/interludes are utterly pointless.

>>72462407
Completely, probably the most blatant filler I've ever seen on an album.

>>72462423
>filler
an album with 20 + songs doesn't need filler, this is an absurd term to use here

most of them are just ill fitting

Can someone explain why Damon sings through a fucking compression filter the entire time. It sounds like they recording him through a cell phone.

>>72462473
I don't know what else to call it. They're utterly pointless and don't really help the lack of cohesion the album has. Filler really isn't the best term but what else can we call them that gets across the utter banality of them?"

>>72462407
this, can't stand this interlude for the sake of an interlude thing... it worked for albums like good kid maad city but here it's just pointless

>>72462186
There are two reasons Gorillaz exist:

To make the music about the music not the artists, and to fuck with genre.

Maybe its because I listen more to the music rather than the vocals in general, but I don't really care if there is a more noticeable absence of Damon.

I really liked Busted and Blue, with no feats

He actually appears on 11 tracks of the 14 non interludes

>>72462674
there are 19 non interludes my man

>>72462774
I'm talking about standard

>>72462798
alright

How can a group that's essentially become entirely about collabs so amazingly shit at collaborating?

Is there a single rap verse on this album that actually fits well with the beat?

>>72462821
If we're talking about Deluxe then it's 15 of 19

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>>72462838
and of 19 only 1 solo, am I right?

I really like the album so far, but it lacks some character imho, it's a shame there is only one solo Albarn track

>>72462186
If you want damon listen to blur faggot

>>72462186
anybody got a link for a bro?

Who the fuck are all these dorks they featured? What a pile of shit.

>All this complaining when Albarn's singing voice is shit

Anyone got a link?

>>72463855
>>72464264
Spotify you niggers

I'm very confused by people who treat "Gorillaz" as literally only meaning "Damon singing" and not the part where he actually makes the music as well.

Damon feels forced and useless. Does nothing for the songs.

Disappointing as fuck.

>>72462186

"Gorillaz' fifth album was intended to be a dystopian fiction. Damon Albarn envisioned a future in which America would suffer a disaster so seismic that the only possible response would be the party to end all parties. On November 8th 2016 said imagined event became reality, leaving Albarn and co-creator Jamie Hewlett in the perfect position to provide the apocalyptic party they’d dreamt up."

It's literally saying "TWUMP BAD WAAH"

Jesus Christ.

Why is Submission considered a Gorillaz song if it's just Kelela ft. Danny Brown? Are we supposed to pretend that Kelela is Noodle?

>>72464413
>Are we supposed to pretend that Kelela is Noodle?

Yes.

Didn't you know?

Noodle is actually transracial. She's a Japanese girl based on that chick from Cibo Matto but she identifies as a nigger.

>>72464409
Boohoo, bitch. Are you going to shit yourself in anger?

>>72462186
This album sounds very, very Disney Music

>>72464409
who cares I like Momentz it sounds good to my ears

>>72464433

>terrible album
>shitty message
>YOU NEED A DIABER BABBY???

Kill yourself.

>>72464413
With the exception of 2D the cartoon characters all play instruments.

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>>72464448
>caring about the message more than the music

Yeah, you're a bitch

I quite like it

>submission
>carnival
>busted and blue
>she's my coller
>out of body
>ticker tape
>the apprentice
>ascension
>saturn barz
>we got the power
>andromeda
>charger

I like it

>>72464409
>Right wing complains about left wing complaining
>Right wing complains anytime anyone says anything bad about their glorious emperor
Man I dont care about politics, but youre just a fucking baby

it's a fucking mess, theres no cohesion between the tracks and some of the collabs (which are most of the songs on the album) are just fucking awful.

the singing doesn't match the beat or the backing track at all and it just hurts to listen to

busted and blue and andromeda are the only tracks that feel like gorillaz

>>72464545
>the singing doesn't match the beat or the backing track at all and it just hurts to listen to
I think youve been drinking too much of the kool-aid here man

>>72464545
This "Gorillaz is only Damon/2D singing" meme needs to stop.

>Rap
>Rap
>Rap
>Rap

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS FUCKING SHIT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>72464413
Why is Dare and All Alone Gorillaz songs?

>>72464590
t. white kid

>>72464590
What is: Clint Eastwood

>>72464491
not him but the message is as important as the music you fucking retard

>>72462480
Probably what people know him best by e.g Feel Good.

>>72464583
No, it's about Damon collaborating and bringing out the best in the people he's working with. All these songs just feels like he forced himself in, because hey, it's Gorillaz.

>>72464612
>>72464620

Yeah nah its shit.
At least Clint was still an indie track at heart. This album got me all kinds of fucking mad.

I'm fucking fuming. Liam is gonna be bumming Damon on twitter for this.

I like it, but I'm not blown away. Not enough guitar/bass/drums, too much synth/drumkits

Its pretty close but misses the mark

I like:
Charger
She's my collar
Out of body

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>>72464630
lmao what's this high school bullshit

>>72464630
Are you 12?

>>72464671
"Who gives a fuck what Liam thinks about Gorillaz" -Noel

>>72464671
>Indie track
Wha...no
Ok honestly man you dont actually know what youre talking about
Do you mean Indie as in "Not as popular as other artists?" Cause thats really what it seems like

>>72464671
>indie track
>from the frontman one of the biggest british bands in the world at the time
hahahahahaha

>>72464583
listen to demon days, listen to plastic beach. my complaint is not his absence, its that it sounds like shit without him. they've managed to make some excellent songs without his voice in the past. i just don't think these hit the same bar of quality as their previous works.

this is objectively their worst album, feels like a massive step backwards.

if i wanted to listen to shitty directionless edm i'd go on some reddit youtube playlist lmao

>>72464718
>>72464716

Fucking Americans, don't even try to talk about British music lads. Clueless cunts.

>>72464727
Why would you assume we're american

>>72464727
Oh ok yeah good rebuttle

>>72464726
>this is objectively their worst album
That would be the fall, the most damon centric one

>>72464757
It still feels weird considering The Fall a Gorillaz album given how it came from Damon mostly fucking around with his ipad while on tour.

>>72464757
>i forgot that existed,it was so bad

ok i concede on that point

but humanz is still fucking terrible

Man fuck this, the album has more than enough of Damon singing, especially after Submission.

Andromeda is the high water mark here, everything else is sub par.

This ain't got shit on Demon Days.

>>72464673
It hurts that Submission sounds so much better live with drums.

The album doesn't sound BAD to me. It just sounds BORING as fuck.

>>72464856
Charger shits on Andromeda.

>>72464856
I'm really enjoying she's my collar. It's really good.

andromeda and ascension are the best two on the album the rest is meh

it's not bad, probably a 6/10

Didn't they say MF Doom was going to be on this album?

I could only wish.....

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It's a fine album. About the same quality as Plastic Beach, however conceptually I like that album a lot more than this one.The quality of the tracks are pretty consistent, but the high points of this album never really reach the same heights as the ones on Plastic Beach. Demon Days is still untouchable though.

Demon Days > Plastic Beach > Humanz = Gorillaz

>>72464448
You seem pretty angry dude. Maybe you should head back to pol to get your opinion dick stroked.

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>>72465243
>it's my first time listening to the album btw

just marathoned the first two tracks and its pretty cool so far

>>72462494
because the interludes either advanced the narrative of the album in some way or it was tacked on at the end of a song. Humanz just sucked

>>72462480
I think Damon lost the 2D voice and it using a filter to simulate it, but it just comes out bad

>>72462567
but if the music itself sucks, it's just poor execution. even the instrumentals felt unoriginal and not gorillaz.

>>72462823
there were a few songs that were pretty solid. Ascension works, and the Danny Brown song. If you count the bonus tracks, then the apprentice and out of body were good in terms of features

>>72464545
She's My Collar as well

>>72465590

>humanz just sucked

it came out today you fucking aspie and you already passed your final judgment. that is how i know you are autistic and can disregard your opinion.

>>72464902
the sound effects that stop the music are complete shit though

>>72464630
No

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>>72465316

Agreed.

>>72462493
Bloat?

>>72465725
It's been streamed before release multiple times.

The only songs I liked aside from the ones that they released before release are She's my Collar and Busted and Blue

wow this album objectively sucks lol

>>72464464
2D plays keys. Even his background mentions he's obsessed with keyboard.

>>72462228
Gorillaz is all about guest artists....but still, going from Lou Reed to shitty millenial rappers is dissapointing.

>>72465622
No, he does it fine in one in Let me Out, and Saturn Barz

>>72465622
Damon didn't lose the 2D voice. The filter wasn't used in Andromeda.

>>72465622
>I think Damon lost the 2D voice
He didn't listen Charger.

Saturnz Barz, Ascension, Charger, and The Apprentice are literally the only tracks that stand out for me. The rest isn't bad, but it just feels like painfully average post-James Blake electronic RnB

>>72465725
I liked it the first time I listened to it. After I let it set and listened to it a couple more times, I realized it's just underwhelming. I'm still going to listen to it and maybe I'll change my view, but it's just that right now.

>>72462186
DRUMPF

I liked the Vince Staples song. Every other song was forgettable

>>72466125
I'm sick of people saying this. Gorillaz is not all about guest artists. They've never had more than a few on each album. It's always been Albarn's voice that gave them their iconic sound.

>>72462480
Correction: iPad.

>>72462186
So I waited 6 years for an album that was rushed together over less than a year.

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Gorillaz = G-Sides = Demon Days = D-Sides = Plastic Beach = The Fall = Humanz

>>72464409
I wouldnt party to this album

It's overall a mediocre playlist with a few standout songs, namely the ones that actually feature Damon

Demon Days - Plastic Beach - Gorillaz - Humanz - The Fall

Newsflash: Gorillaz are shit without Dan the Automator

also
>Muh cartoon band isn't good anymore!!

I really don't know what you all expected from a group that was made for tweens/early teens

>>72462407
they are all cringy as hell especially the Non conformist oath. jesus

>>72462255
transitions in general here are just plein weird, especially in the first half

Is this album Damon's edgy midlife crisis phase?

Damon needs to not sing as much on this album. He isn't in key and he's got no sense of rhythm.

>>72468562
Welcome to Damon Albarn.

>>72464409
the huge "disaster" is this album

>>72464542
This

>>72467944
It's been in production since 2015, what are you talking about?

>>72464542
>Right wing complains anytime anyone says anything bad about their glorious emperor
you people need to rethink what the word complaining even means, not even mentioning the use of "whining " and "triggered". If you brand your album as anti trump thats pretty damn silly, pointing it out is not complaining. The same goes if you brand your album pro trump by the way.

>>72467949
Non-neutral:

Plastic Beach>Demon Days>Gorillaz>D-Sides>Humanz>The Fall>G-Sides

>>72462186
I know lol.

>>72468870
>If you brand your album as anti trump
They didn't, they removed all references to him

>>72468912
i know that, but that was the plan initiate wasnt it? and i was also speaking for generally.

>>72468912
Exactly. That's what the synths at the beginning of Let Me Out are. They also removed Obama's name.

The album is decent but it's the worst out the four. Maybe has some points on PB but that wasn't unforgettable ad well

>>72469037
there are 5 albums

>>72462407
I liked them desu, they segue well thematically into the next song

>>72465590
>because the interludes either advanced the narrative of the album in some way
yeah this. Also this album doesn't really have a story or narrative that is pushed as the album goes on, so there's no point in skits/interludes anyway.

>>72462186
couldn't they have at least designed a cover that wasn't Demon Days 2017


4/10 worst "comeback" album, only good thing was Danny Brown

>>72464431
lol

>>72469079
there are 7 albums

why are so many people suddenly using the world nigger unironically now
they used to be mostly limited to Kendrick shitposting threads

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>mfw the album finally clicked

it's their worst album not counting The Fall, but it's really really fun to dance to

you just gotta let loose and groove, /mu/

>>72462186
Fuck off retards, Gorillaz didn't change, you did. Gorillaz was always having featured artists

>>72469313
How the fuck are you supposed to dance to all those interludes?

>>72469364
you have to have dance interludes

>>72469364
>not dancing to steve martin

>>72469364
austism

>>72469336
True, but if you seriously can't tell that there's significantly less Albarn in this than even Plastic Beach, it is you that is retarded

>>72469402
fuck off retard

>>72469402
It's about the same . Not counting interludes and deluxe editions
PB 9/15 have damon
H 11/14 have damon

>>72465725
It's been leaked for about two weeks

>>72468444
>muh muh muh cringe

go back to middle school cunt

the music is half-assed and the message doesn't do anything to help the album.

4 good songs and a politically relevant message within the album doesn't make an album good. Especially when the message is about as generic as you can get when it comes to politics.

I don't like it so far but if I listen to it 50 more times I'm sure I'll start enjoying it

>listen to album
>huh, it really picks up in the last few tracks
>turns out they're deluxe edition only and aren't on the 'actual' album

why? if they best songs are basically bonus tracks, what did they cut? I feel they were afraid to cut to much for fear of offending guest artists, and as a result the album is bloated.

Why is no-one talking about Charger? Sure it was pretty repeititve but Grace Jones gives the creepiest delivery

>>72469854
Because it's not an album about a message. Damon even admitted it's more about an "emotional response" to politics.

>>72471329
Sooo, its totally invalid?

>>72462186
maybe he's trying to say it's time to move on

>>72471271
I like Charger...the production reminds me of Demon Days

>>72462627
Agreed the only song I really enjoy

>>72470444
I don't know if those tracks would fit except maybe The Apprentice. They feel more experimental than anything prior to the album. Even if it's a bit of a scattershot album it's clear it has somewhat of a flow (first half is "upbeat/sardonic", second is "dark/dreary").

If anything I'm happy Damon doesn't seem too afraid to put the B-sides on display. Plastic Beach had so many tunes he never released, this seems like a different story.

>>72462407
Considering how the album shifts between ideas so drastically I think the interludes are nice "breathers". You could say it makes for a sloppy album if it needs interludes that don't say much to advance things but Ben Mendelsohn's voice is so fucking smooth I don't care.

>>72464311
truth

>>72471339
His opinion? Well considering he isn't making a statement or fall to action, it doesn't matter if it's valid. What matters is the response.
It's a reaction to an event. Hospice wasn't an album to help find a cure for cancer or rethink how we treat cancer patients. It was a story and an emotional reaction. So is this.

The Apprentice > Out of Body > Ticker Tape > Halfway to the Halfway Home > New World >>>>> Circle of Friendz

>>72464635
>All these songs just feels like he forced himself in, because hey, it's Gorillaz.

haha that's exactly what I thought

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The one main thing I'd say that puts this below other Gorillaz albums is the same thing I'd say that puts DAMN. below other Kendrick albums. It's just kinda scattershot and a bit basic in execution, which I don't think is a bad thing but then again Gorillaz don't have the advantage of putting out music fairly often to make the drastic changes between Demon Days > Plastic Beach > Humanz soften the blow. And this is very much a simple album without any real left hooks. It tries to focus more on the vibe which, credit where it's due, is pretty daring considering the band was always more about the melodies than the beats.

Had this album come out a couple of years after Demon Days I wouldn't be surprised if it was more liked. It kind of reminds me a bit of their self titled effort in the first half. Just a collection of songs that are incredibly contemporary.

I don't know if I miss Damon on this album or not. Most of my favorite tracks here, with the exception of Charger and Busted & Blue, don't have him on the forefront. Not only that but I recall having similar complaints back when Plastic Beach came out, and after recall how I sat on that one I'm wondering whether Damon's absence is overestimated.

Strobelite, Momentz, Busted & Blue and Charger are some of the band's best. Also I don't think Carnival gets enough credit. This shit is my fucking jam, I'm only mad it wasn't longer. Could've easily squeezed in a bridge and a third chorus, with a short Damon appearance in that one. That one could've been in Demon Days for sure.

Overall I gotta sit on this one. It's all over the place but I like the tracks more than I don't and they get me wanting to groove. I couldn't predict their record would sound like this but then again Gorillaz wouldn't have been a very exciting project if they stuck to their laurels, and a slightly more simple album without the calculated concept that Plastic Beach had is a bit of a welcome change of pace.

>>72468444
It's a fucking joke you dipshit

gorillaz has always been 25% great 25% meh and 50% unlistenable garbage

>>72472091
>it is a joke therefore it can't be cringey
not even him but what?

>>72472091
OH WELL THAT MAKES IT OKAY THEN

I think there's nothing wrong with including all the different artists, it's what the album is about on a thematic level (yeah, yeah, calm down with that autistic shit about there being no theme the album is called Humanz for fuck sake). Now if they persist with the guests in a potential future album I might see the problem.

>>72471922
It's divisive as all fuck from what I can tell.

While you praise Momentz, Strobelite, and Charger, I'm seeing people shitting on those same songs.

Overall I would say it was good. A bit better than plastic beach, a bit worse than gorillaz, but it's not the shitfest a lot of people are making it out to be.

lmao Danny Brown's verse feels copypasted from RTJ3

>>72472229
In spite of some intrinsic flaws I do believe that divisive is the best way to sum the album up. I find that kind of exciting. I can buy an argument that it's one of their better records just as much as I can buy that it's one of their weaker ones.

>>72468444
>he doesn't like Steve Martin
To be honest I don't know why they used that though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTwV3vG73cU

>>72472352
Conformity isn't exactly a concept Gorillaz is new to commenting on, especially considering the content of this album.

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am i alone in thinking out of body is actually the shit? like sure some tracks are a bit better but fucking hell thats a sexy track lads.

>>72472557
Go back to /pol/ fuckboy shill

>>72472532
I agree. The album overall sounds the "band" is "fitting with in whats now".

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>>72471922
now this is what a call a 100% reasonable opinion
the album actually clicked for me after just a couple of listens. really liking every track, Charger and She's My Collar are fucking fantastic. I agree with you about Carnival as well, really good song, if not a bit too short.
I also thought the intro and interludes fit pretty well thematically, and aren't pointless as people seem to think.
overall a solid 8/10 for me, been playing it non-stop

>>72472585
>the "band" is "fitting with in whats now".
I don't know, sounds like everyone here hates it

Do you guys hate what's "in" now? What does that mean?

>>72472535
nah, i really dig it

>>72472535
Out of Body, Sex Murder Party and The Apprentice are all top tracks. Makes you wonder why they're only in the deluxe album

>>72472713
I find it hard to consider many songs from this album as what's "in".

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>>72472996
I actually really dislike sex murder party but the other two are great yeah, i dunno. have to give it a few more listens i think

>>72472996
Sex Murder Party is very underrated. I love Damon's vocals in it.
It's also not only in the deluxe album, it's in the normal release.

busted and blue
she's my collar
sex murder party
andromeda
strobelite
charger
Out of body
We got the power

are what stood out for me, not in any order. Out of Body is very sexy, and I think busted and blue may be my fav but we'll see.

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Great tier, extremely good
>Andromeda
>Busted and Blue

Good tier, quite enjoyable
>Strobelite
>Saturnz Barz
>Momentz
>Let me Out
>Charger
>She's my Collar

Mid tier, it's nothing too special
>Ascension
>Submission
>Sex Murder Party

Bad tier
>Carnival
>We Got The Power

Shit tier
>Hallelujah Money
>every interlude
>there are 6 fucking interludes
>and one intro
>that makes seven fucking non-songs
>for all intents and purposes this cuts the album from 26 songs to 19
>this is so fucking stupid

I think this is my listing so far. As you can tell, it tends towards either being shit or pretty good. As a matter of fact, as I keep listening, the bad tier songs will probably shift into the shit as they get more annoying, and the songs in mid tier will probably get better as I get used to them. It plays out to me a LOT like their first album, really loose and experimental. They've also changed their sound a lot, there's a surprising amount of really hard and aggressive beats in here. The result is a very hit-or-miss collection that's either hilariously bad or surprisingly good. I think I'll sleep on it a little before I try and rate it out of 10, but there's definitely more good than bad. I can confidently say that I like it more than plastic beach, but not as much as Demon Days. It might tie their first album, not sure yet.

>>72472713
The new album "Humanz" so far has mixed opinions. From the 1st. album and demon days to humanz you can tell the difference between the two main styles wise. As far as the Gorillaz with the "fitting in with whats now" people can say the majority of the new album sounds like what people are into today, "hood rap music"

Everyone who doesn't see Plastic Beach for the masterpiece it is are dead to me. Better than Demon Days in almost every aspect.

Humanz is a great album, easily not their worst. I'd say it's right up there with Demon Days and Plastic Beach. People are really forgetting how many good songs are on this one.

>Andromeda
>The Apprentice
>Busted and Blue
>Carnival
>Charger
>Let Me Out
>Momentz
>Out of Body
>Sex Murder Party
>Strobelight
>Submission

These are all amazing songs. The album had a very little of an overarching theme to it compared to Plastic Beach, but almost every song on it is great by itself.

>>72473361
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO HAS SEEN THE LIGHT

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I just sang my heart out to We Got the Power three times in a row, I have VERY little problems with this album

>>72473361
Hopefully this one makes people take back the complaints about PB being "too electronic"

>>72473318
I more or less agree with this whole post, except I also really like The Apprentice. And I don't think the shit tier songs are that bad. I more or less enjoy the whole album. But yeah the interludes are dumb as fuck, taking up a track slot just to say "elevator going up" with some reverb/delay. At least make them worthwhile to listen to with some atmosphere or something. These interludes didn't do anything to immerse me in the album, which to me is the only reason to include interludes at all. The intro to Demon Days was cool but this system falls really flat.

>>72473318
>Andromeda
>Busted and Blue
>"Great tier"
I consider it Gorillaz tier, because they are the only 2 on the album that represent the sound of the Gorillaz.

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>>72473318
Not a bad list, though:

Transcended tier, absolute pottery
>Elevator Going Up

Great tier, extremely good
>Andromeda
>Busted and Blue
>Momentz
>Out of Body

Good tier, quite enjoyable
>Strobelite
>Let me Out
>Charger
>Submission

Mid tier, it's nothing too special
>Sex Murder Party
>Carnival
>We Got The Power
>She's my Collar

Bad tier
>Ascension
>Saturnz Barz
>Hallelujah Money

Shit tier
>interludes save EGU

Hallelujah Money is unironically my favourite track

what the fuck is up with new world? its like they just threw a salem track in the middle of their album.

Listening to it right now, just started Let It Out.

The first few tracks are eh and a bit jarring, but everything since Submission has been pretty damn great so far. Hopefully it doesn't fall apart.

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>>72462407
you have to admit it can be done right in some cases.

even with the xx. their best song is an intro.

>>72462186
Just listen to Blur. They were always superior to Gorillaz anyway

>>72473607
I wish they kept the Spongebob sample at the end

Other than that I think it's a nice track to have near the end of the album

>>72473980
post some examples then. Because the reaons I like the Gorillaz is because of the hip-hop and electronic beat-centric style of it.

>>72474025
Then Blur is not for you

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>>72463909
how the hell did you even find the gorillaz? they have always been known for being different and giving other artists spotlights and what not. literally one of the interludes on humanz talks about not being a conformist. where the fuck did inbreds like you come from? stop listening.

>>72475322
You seem like an apologist for an Album below their level of quality.
I'm not the guy you're commenting on, but this Album has a lack of 2D, he's barely in this. Also Noodle isn't even in this.

>they have given up on the actual gorillaz characters so much they didn't even bother to use the characters in their late show performance
lmao

>>72475548
Hewlett seems not at all involved in the creative process. I think he's done with it and Albarn wants to keep making music under the idea.

>>72462186
Album is shit, but people are criticizing it for all of the wrong reasons. Really makes me think that the only Gorillaz album people have ever listened to is The Fall.
>>72464431
oh fuck off
the girl who sang DARE was black too

I had to stop after 3-4 songs, it sounded like spotify was playing a random forgettable playlist made by a 16 year old kid instead of an actual album

>>72475543
You know that Noodle isn't an actual person, right?

>>72462567
>To make the music about the music not the artists

If that's the case then why does each song have a bigass (feat. Literally Who) after each title

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Talkin' 'bout the kool klown klan

>>72464542
Or maybe some of us are just tired of so much of the media harping on this one thing over and over and over and over again over the course of a year and a half now. It's just so god damn mind numbing that out of all the issues in the world today he had to be one of the bandwagoning celebrities shouting the same shit that's been playing on loop for so long.

Trump is a bad candidate, but there's only so many times anyone can stand to hear it repeated before it becomes droning.

>>72475654
Nor is 2D.
One of the singers who sung as Noodle should be in here.

>>72475703
That's not how it ever worked.

>>72475543
The songs in the album are great. If all you want is the voice of Noodle, then I suppose the album doesn't fill you criteria of 'good'.

i cant believe elevator, a four fucking second interlude is worth 99p on Itunes, what a fucking troll

Tracks are garbage, not enough Albarn in 95% of them. Not a Gorillaz album.

>>72475707
I still would like a noodle centric track. Or a noodle themed track.

>>72475703
Hard to call yourself a fan of a band if you stop liking them the second your waifu isn't featured in an album.

various artists album

dont give me that bullshit about gorillaz always having loads of features

none of the other albums had the features overrun damon on nearly every track

>ITT: It didn't cater to MY genre of music so it's bad

>>72475828
I'm not sure its that, per se. It just feels rushed and unloved, and that's sad from a band that have pushed boundaries and challenged the mainstream. On this album, its as if they have completely bowed down to shitty EDM that is accessible anywhere on YouTube. It's just some kind of weaponised intertextuality that sells because it has the Gorillaz name on it.

The name being on it means ultimately nothing because there is very little of what was considered 'Gorillaz' there. Sure, Damon is on a good number of tracks and we've had artists feature on every album, but on this one there's next to no cohesion between tracks, no harmony between Damon and his guests, and the album contains 7 tracks that are purely talking.

It's easy to understand why people are upset, because it feels like they have given up on themselves

>>72462186
I will concede that guest artists have always been a part of Gorillaz, but the songs on this album feel like they were made only for guest artists, with Damon throwing in a chorus to make the song more "Gorillaz." The songs on the older albums felt like they were written songs, rather than just instrumentals made for guests. Just my take though

>>72475780
Youi'e being a fucking faggot. I own G-Sides, D-Sides, Self-Titled, Demon Days, and Plastic Beach. I all love them.

I think the main flaw is that it's lost it's catchy and funky vibe.

>>72475826
Sorry but there isn't enough 2D, it's pretty damn simple.

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>>72473543
Putting the best song on the album that low is criminal. Ascension is fucking fantastic.

>>72475942
That fuccboi rapstyle is what killed it.

>>72475826
Plastic Beach?

Damon has little to no vocal presence in:
>Orchestral intro
>Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach
>White Flag
>Superfast Jellyfish
>Glitter Freeze
>Sweepstakes
>Cloud of unknowing

And more than half of the vocals in these songs are a featured artist:
>Stylo
>Empire Ants
>Some Kind of Nature
>To Binge
>Plastic Beach

Hell, even tracks released around the album not directly included even followed this trend. Think Doncamatic and Electric Shock. I think your definition of Gorillaz is Demon Days and nothing else.

>tfw you make a cartoon band to mock idol worship and autists become obsessed with your cartoon band members

>>72476009
The Gorillaz have simply lost their charm. It isn't the wacky, unique, and catchy sound I love.

>>72464448
Stop yelling

>>72469374
this

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>>72475942
>West coast rapper
>Basic Hi hat and drum beat thrown through some computer affects
>Lyrics about whiteys and bitches
It's a mastahpiece!

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Humanz > Plastic Beach > Demon Days > D-Sides > Gorillaz > G-Sides > The Fail

>>72476119
Why didn't you say so? No need to make up dumb shit about how all these featured artists are ruining the Gorillaz.

>>72476212
This is a troll post. There's no possibility of someone hating the Fall and loving Humanz. That's just too much cognitive dissonance to fathom.

andromeda is good, everything else is shit

>>72476277
Strobelight would work if it were 2D singing instead, right?

>>72476321
Not nearly as well since [spoiler]Damon can't sing[/spoiler]

>>72476277
the Apprentice is amazing

>>72475733
I see /mu/ likes to strawman. I see you have also forgotten my point about the lack of Damon Albarn.

>>72462407
elevator going up

>>72476355
Yeah but that's part of the appeal. I mean listen to him on the Sounder doing backing vocals. It sounds good for it being bad singing.

>>72466125
>>72467720
You're both right. Gorillaz isn't always just about guest artists. But it also definitely isn't always about Damon's voice. For me it's always been more conceptual than that. But yeah, this album they really detached from any real concept. It doesn't feel like a gorillaz album at all, it's just Damon making an electronic record with some famous rappers. Heavily disappointed.

>Interlude: Elevator Going Up
What is this shit. Just make it the intro of the next song or the ending of the previous one. Is this some shit where Alburn gets paid more the more songs are on the album?

Plastic Beach > Gorillaz > Demon Days > The Fall > Humanz

>>72474025
Ambulance
Music is my Radar
On the Way to the Club
Ice Cream Man
My Terracotta Heart

pretty much all the songs off Think Tank

>>72462186
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uh9_Z3AOTM
BLAME DRUMPF

>>72476589
not this guy again

>>72476589
I actually liked it
fuck off faggot

>>72476589
He's right tho.

>>72476589
Eat a dick

>>72476663
that's because you don't hold the gorillaz to a high enough standard, or have shit taste.

>>72476694
Music has no shit taste or any high standard
I like most of their albums, especially demon days. The fall is my least favorite. I actually like this album and there's nothing you can fucking do judgemental cuck. If you honestly browse /mu/ all the time thinking that there is such thing as a "shit taste" then you should rethink your priorities.

>>72464347
I fucking love you! I've been saying this!

>>72476783
>judgemental cuck
This album is pretty much an upgraded version of the fall. So idky you're pretending it's good. It lacks gems.
I think a true cuck would convince himself that this isn't dog shit

>>72464502
This

I honesty like the album. However I can't say there is any S rank material on this thing. A few As and a lot of Bs no S tho

>>72476888
>>72476888
I know I'm hating on it, but thats just because I've got high expectations of the Gorillaz. In terms of modern music being churned out today this shit is a fucking masterpiece.
But in terms of a Gorillaz album it's fucking shit.

Man, I just listened to the deluxe version and like almost all of the deluxe tracks sound better than the standard version tracks. They should have just cut out Saturnz Barz, Momentz, Submission, and Charger, and made the deluxe tracks part of the regular tracklist. Would have made the album much more tolerable.

>>72476009
>Superfast jellyfish
Very much damons vocals are in that song. Also note that other than cloud of unknowing and give or take glitter freeze, no one liked those tracks. As for the second half of the list: Acclaimed and come from an ACTUAL diverse crowd. The legend Lou Reed, King of left handed guitar playing, underdog from out east Little Dragon. And just because a song isn't jam packed with lyrics, doesn't mean it's a half feature/not decent

>>72477164
>no one liked those tracks
What if I told you that not everyone in the world agrees with you?

>>72476589
PLEASE fuck off with your retarded opinions

>>72477164
agreed.

>>72476639
>>72476663
>>72476679
>>72477309
each of these posters had features on the album

>>72477346
got em

>>72477346
I honestly dont know why they think that guy's opinion is retarded. This album isn't bad in terms of being modern music, it's bad when you compare it to other Gorillaz albums. It's underwhelming and poorly written.

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>>72464753
>rebuttle
British education, everybody.

>>72462480

Because its been the Gorillaz trademark since the first album and it sounds better than his unaltered voice

Wow real head scratcher.
.

>>72477377
look at who you're responding to. It's the guy from the video. He keeps posting his dumbfuck video on every discussion

I MET IM IN A CROWDEDDD ROOM
WHEHE PEOPLE GO TO DRINK AWAY THEIR GLOOM

>>72477432
and if you read his response, he agrees with me that you have shit taste.

>>72477461
Agreed.

>>72473361
Agreed senpai. demon days is great, but plastic beach is GOAT

>>72477451
I wish pop music was more like that.

>>72473481
Exactly

This is one of those hype machine albums that will drift into insignificance 1 week after their official release. No one on /mu/ will even talk about this trash soon.

>>72477461
jesus dude. I don't like the album either. I just think you sound like a pussy and need to delete your youtube account

streets like a jungleeeee
so call the pooooliiiice
blm rallies
ruin our holiday
THUGS IN THE GETTO
MAKE ME PARANOID

cops who kill
thugs who hate
cops who kill thugs
ALWAYS SHOULD SAY THEY DINDU NUFFIN WROOOONG

>>72475548
Yup :/ that's part of what's ruining this for me

>>72477505
and I think you should kys.
We can't always get what we want

>>72475618
Yeah, most of the art for this project was made on an iPhone. Dude downloaded Glitché and Generate and loaded some art he already made and called it a day. The whole thing has been shit.

>>72477522
post a pic of yourself

>>72477516
no time for fun we have to GET DRUMPF

There was no reason to release this under the Gorillaz moniker other than $$$

>>72469336
Yeah it was "always about featuring guests" when their original CD had like 1 or 2 featured artists.

Oh, so youre all big Damon fans?

Name your top 10 non Gorillaz songs by him

>>72477522
Why do you keep posting your own video everywhere?

>>72475913
Best post itt

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>>72477540

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>>72475913
>there is very little of what was considered 'Gorillaz' there
I AGREE COMPLETELY!
BUT I CAN'T FUCKING FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY THAT GORILLAZ CHARM IS?
What is it /mu/?

[Verse 3: Zebra Katz]
Yo, new black king, New York dream
Tell these motherfuckers everything I'm seeing
My world's darker than the young black dream
Of the first black prince of a new white king
I just wanna play, have it my way
Make a bunch of fucking rules, then tell 'em obey
They can't fuck with me, yeah, yeah, Ojay
First name, government? No, him, I slay
New black king, oh
New black king, yeah
New black king, oh
Uh, obey, obey, obey

>>72477641
It's sounding like whatever your favourite gorillaz song is.

>>72477641

Cohesive original sounding albums where 2D is the star of the show and the guests feel like an artist bringing out guests as Coachella headliner

This album feels like Gucci Man's Coachella set, guests had more time than him, no cohesiveness

>>72477282
Please tell me what was so riveting about snoop dog's three lines in welcome to plastic beach? Or how sweepstakes is the patricianest thing to ever grace ears. Seriously, they had potential at best and Damon put square pegs in round holes.

>>72477576
Not in order, but some of my favorites:

Northern Whale
Everyday Robots
Mr. Tembo
Heavy Seas of Love
Kingdom of Doom

>>72468937
It wasn't, they've been producing this before Trump was even popular.

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>>72477576

>>72477741

Snoop Doggs track on there is objectively pure shit

Literally an intro track after an intro track

>>72477784
Trump has been popular since the 80s.

>>72477828
>Trump hasn't been popular since the 80's
fix'd

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>>72477845
the apprentice was a pretty big show.

>>72477576
blur sucks

>>72477860
Fair enough I don't watch reality TV.

>>72477767

northern whale sounds like fastball's "the way"

>>72477845
Trump was a huge philanthropist and seen as a great guy for a long time, and he was especially loved by people along the East Coast for his charitable contributions to NYC, like his rebuilding of the Central Park skating rink. He's had a ton of film and television cameos over the years.

I don't care what your political beliefs are, but it's ignorant to say that he was never popular.

>>72477576
End of a Century
Ambulance
Blue Jeans
Green Fields
Selfish Giant
You and Me (specifically Me)
Trimm Trabb
Beetlebum
Dying isn't Easy
Out of Time

WHY THE FUCK CAN'T HUMANZ HAVE A GOOD FUCKING GUITAR BASED TRACK!?
SERIOUSLY!?
IT'S LIKE THEY'VE JUST TURNED INTO FUCKING HOUSE MUSIC

SEE HOW BRILLIANT THEY WERE, SEE WHAT THEY MISS NOW.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHjUUYDmJs

>>72477924
Are you kidding? People have fucking hated Trump for ages. Especially in NYC.

>>72477960
Well sure, everyone's got people they're reviled by, but it sounds like you're projecting a bit there.

>>72477924
What fucking Kool-Aid have you been drinking dude?

>>72478029
Time for /mu/ to stop being so fucking stupid.
THERE WAS A TIME BEFORE THE PRESENT DUMBASS.

>SNL
>Oprah Winfrey Show
>Best selling author
>Top-rated Reality TV Show Star
>Business Icon
>http://conservativetribune.com/media-forgot-award-given-trump/

People are acting like he was always viewed in a negative light. No it's the fucking opposite. He was seen positively or neutral by most people, nowhere near as hated as he is today.

>>72478019
>>72478112
The only projection going on here is you projecting your worship of the man onto everyone else. He's always been at best a joke.

>>72478121
Anon, take away your negative feelings for the orange man and consider how much better at everything he is than you.
Look at his empire.
His golden tower.
He became the first president by his media power alone.
Where do you think you are?

>>72477164
My mistake on Jellyfish, belongs in the second list. I love most of the songs in both lists, and the argument wasn't Plastic Beach had more diverse features than Humanz, it was that Humanz has too many, too which I pointed out that Plastic Beach has a fuck ton of features and that guy probably loves it.

I don't get how so many people like Charger, it sounds fucking retarded. If I try to sing along to the "cha cha cha" in his retarded voice I just start laughing.

>>72478121
>He's always been at best a joke.
NO HE'S BEEN NEUTRAL YOU FUCKING MORON. NOBODY WAS SHITTING ON TRUMP REGULARLY THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER..

FUCKING GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS YOU DIPSHIT.

>>72478184
Exactly.

>>72478197
That's some delusion you've got.

>>72478197
Jesus anon, where did he touch you

>>72478216
Show some fucking evidence he was hated during the 80's dumb cunt.
do it I dare you.

>>72478231
Nothing i hate more than people who deny the blatant.

/mu/ - alt right babies cry about everything

>>72478256
I agree you're pretty hateable.

>>72475700
So harping on their harping is going to make the harping stop? Just shut up. Shut up you goofy contrarian faggot. It's like you and the media are in the 69 position and you're both pissing into each other's mouths. Leave them to piss on their own. If you don't like the Gorillaz album don't listen to it. Most people here think it sucks and almost none of them had to blame a vast political conspiracy for it. He won the election. You can stop feeling persecuted now.

>>72478273
He was never publicly shamed in the 80's he was seen as an american icon and mostly as a positive figure.

He was not viewed as a retard or a fucking "cheeto" as you cucks like to call him. He was not viewed a racist either.

All of the shit you hear about his past were made during the election. Find something from the early 2000's shitting on Trump.

You can't. Stop being a stupid cuck. You are delusional.NOT ME.
You've drank the media cool-aid and only see the present rather than looking at the past.

>>72478325
You're more entertaining than this album.

>>72478325
>NOT ME
Oh lord he's cracking

>>72478343
>>72478337
He's not wrong though. I never thought of Trump as an idiot or racist until the election. I did not think about him at all really. I never viewed him negatively at all.

>>72478388
Because he wasn't popular. We've circled back.

>>72478388
Trump is just as responsible for that as the media is. He's the one that chose to say the shit that people believed to be racist. Right or wrong what does this have to do with the Gorillaz album? Why are we even talking about this here?

>>72478388
Not having a clue who someone is really doesn't add anything to whether or not he was liked.

>>72478388
Which is exactly what this anon>>72477845
was saying. It's almost like this was a pointless off topic argument of a dying thread.

>>72478399
>>72478434
He was a celebrity. People knew who he was.
He had a huge reality TV show as well.
Do you really think the media was shitting on him like they do now? That's delusional.

We have all of hollywood, the mainstream, even the Gorillaz being anti-Trump. Don't be delusional and act like he was not famous before the election. Don't be delusional and act like he was always viewed so negatively. It simply isn't true.

>>72478481
Do a quick google search for the apprentice.

>>72478496
M8 the big thing that thrust him back into popularity in the first place was him making a fool of himself about Obama. Always a joke at best. Even on his TV show.

>>72478496
Do you think the media are to blame for that or Trump himself? If I went to my job and said the shit he said on the campaign trail what would happen to me? You keep saying the same fucking thing over and over. Every time someone says something different you circle back to the media boogeyman. Why would I have a negative opinion of Trump when he was just a reality TV cocksucker like Snooki or Paris Hilton? I don't give a shit what Spencer Pratt is up to these days either
He never ran for office you simple minded fuck.

>>72478549
>Do you think the media are to blame for that or Trump himself?
No. But they are responsible for blowing things out of proportion and misrepresenting them, and misleading people, and sometimes lieing about them.

He actually hasn't said anything racist yet he's viewed as a racist. What for the "Mexico's not sending its best" comment? That technically is not racist, people are just upset by it because there are many illegals in America that are good people. It still doesn't mean he hates mexican immigrants or dislikes all illegals.

This was a statement completely spun out of proportion.
>>72478529
>Always a joke at best
The fact you think that is a joke in itself. He had a positive public reception until election. Even his Obama statements didn't get him much heat.
Just stop being an emotional retard, view things more objectively and look at reality for what it is.

By the way music about the Trumps being racist is nothing new. Woody Guthrie wrote a song about Donnie's dad and his discriminatory housing practices loooooooong ago.

>>72478630
So if I get fired if one of my customers is an illegal and I tell them "you know, you really shouldn't be in this country, how do I know if you're a rapist or another type of violent criminal?" my employer is just blowing things out of proportion? You can't understand why nobody cares about what The Situation is up to even though he's a tax dodging criminal like Trump? I think you're a bit defective. I'll leave you be.

>>72478630
>Even his Obama statements didn't get him much heat
Are you serious?

>>72478702
I think you're a bluepilled liberal twat too partisan to observe shit for what it really is.
It's best you stay quiet, because you've provided no evidence to counter anything I've said.
You just make up ridiculous hyperbolic questions, that strawman my very statements.
>>72478715
They didn't ruin his reputation, and I don't even remember the media fixating on it much.

Also I knew about Trump's history of discrimination in his real estate business long before he decided to run his mouth about Obama on TV. I read a newspaper article about it in the last decade. I never had much respect for him. Why would you respect some pompous jackass who's mortal enemy is Rosie O'Donnell? But it was then I started to see him in a different light.

Nobody cared back then but he kept drawing attention to himself. It served him well and the media was aiding him not hurting him. What you bitch about is the reason he is president. I will never respect him and I will never respect someone as simple minded and easily manipulated as you either. I hope you have a shitty night anon.

>>72478759
I think you've given me a bingo.

>>72478702
>So if I get fired if one of my customers is an illegal and I tell them "you know, you really shouldn't be in this country, how do I know if you're a rapist or another type of violent criminal?" my employer is just blowing things out of proportion?

Do you know how much emphasis employers put on criminal background checks, yet hypocritically hire illegals who they can't perform a thorough background check on?
They don't want a U.S. Citizen to have committed as much as a misdemeanor.

Let me Out and Submission are the enjoyable, normie ones.

Andromeda and Busted and Blue are chill, good listening.

Saturnz barz and Strobelight fit somewhere in between.

She's my Collar is nice.

Rest is bretty bad

>>72472091
A fucking ham-fisted retarded joke that literally everyone has done before. Holy shit it makes me want to kill myself.

>>72473361
Demon Days isn't even great. I prefer both ST and PB over it. But Plastic Beach is the fucking best. I think that might be why I'm having a bit of a hard time with Humanz.

>>72464264
Kingdom-leaks. You need a login. You'll find it.