Chance the Rapper - The Big Day (July 26, 2019) Album • Page 35

Listening through for the second time and there’s so many times where it seems like he’s trying to do Chance versions of Drake

 

Its really clear to notice with Chance, who always had a very clear message throughout his albums. This one feels real aimless in comparison.

 

I wanted to love it, but didn't. It feels flat to me. The punchlines felt cheesy to me, and the constant joyous vibe makes it all blend together. Even if things are all peaches and cream, it felt very surface level. Probably won't come back to it unfortunately

 

Handsome might as well be a Drake song

 

I mean... It's ok at best, there's a lot of bad songs on the album, a lot.

 

Thank you I came here to find someone who condensed so I could have a better listen next time lol

 

I think it suffers from a “first-time director syndrome” where they throw in everything because it might be their only shot. But obviously, that’s not gonna happen with Chance. It could use a healthy amount of tightening up, especially with the theme of the album.

Like he did the awkward debut, and the drug and gospel albums, and clearly this is the wedding LP. But the songs don’t seem to be parsed out where it feels like it’s telling a story, as I assume was his intention with the skits helping with the framing of it. It feels like a playlist on random.

That said, I think there’s a solid 45 minute album that be carved from this. Lot of jams on here and good guest appearances.

 

it really really bugs me that he tossed "Work Out", "65th and Ingleside" and "The Man Who Has Everything" off as loosies when they would have been some of the strongest songs on this

 

There are a lot of criticisms to be made with this album but this is a weak one

 

I think that's a core issue with it. This feels like a vanity project, an album for the sake of an album. So much of it is hollow that the little bits of meaning he has etched in here feel weightless. It says nothing and never really tries to.

 

I mean you can keep saying that but I dont see it. There are plenty of meaningful bars on here. If you could be more specific in saying HOW this is aimless, I might be able to get on board with this criticism, but just calling it aimless without citing why you feel that way doesn’t make a good argument.

 

I'm not feeling this at all really. except for Hot Shower

 

...that's the worst song by far

 

How Many Streams Is a T-Shirt Worth? Breaking Down Chart Dilemmas.

In this new episode of the Popcast they at some point, in the context of why the album charts in their current form are nonsense, crunch some numbers to demonstrate that rap in fact already is a back to being a singles genre, unlike indie rock and country. Just thought I post it here because it was addressed before and because people are really hung up on the term album.

 

Elaborating on my post about how this should have been two separate projects, this is how I would have separated them


The Big Day (album)

1. All Day Long
2. Do You Remember
3. Eternal
4. We Go High
5. I Got You (Always and Forever)
6. Photo Ops (Skit)
7. Roo
8. The Big Day
9. Let's Go On the Run
10. 4 Quarters in the Back (Skit)
11. 5 Year Plan
12. Sun Come Down
13. Found a Good One (Single No More)
14. Town On the Hill
15. Our House (Skit)
16. Zanies and Fools

Length: 57 minutes


Bangers (mixtape/EP)

1. Groceries (I'll throw it on)
2. Hot Shower
3. Handsome
4. Big Fish
5. Ballin Flossin
6. Get a Bag
7. Slide Around


I listened to the first one earlier today and it feels a LOT more like a Chance album

 

Mixtapes is only one song dude even though it feels like it goes in forever

 

apart from Mixtape, I could never hang with the All Night/How Great/Smoke Break trio, just felt like three straight hits of filler. Coloring Book slaps otherwise though, some of my favourite Chance songs are on there

 

it’s crazy that the best song on coloring book is d.r.a.m sings special

I just need to know I’m special sometimes ok

 

I’m listening to this right now while cleaning the house and I’m pretty sure the issue is that all these years listening to sad white boys left some people unable to cope with sincere happiness

 

Also this is full of great genre internal and genre adjacent references and its awesome.

 

After listening to the whole thing my final take is that it is great.

I have some sympathy for the collection of “too long/too inconsistent/too many filler” arguments, but I would like to say a few things about that: 1. Filler is so subjective, as we can even see from the reactions to Hot Shower in this thread. 2. It’s the streaming era. This is how it’s going to be for the foreseeable future. Maybe get over it and just make your own playlist. 3. I might be wrong, but I read somewhere that the concept behind this record (or its structure) is like a wedding party (or celebration, whatever people call it) playlist? If that is the case, I think it’s actually very well thought through and executed.

Also Nicki’s closing verse is great.

 

lmaoooo

 

hahahaha omg I'm dying

 

That would have been the best song on the album wth