Nothing Compares is fantastic and could have easily fit on the album, rest I could take or leave but I'm glad we have them
pretty interesting, Ricky Reed posted on IG about Nothing Compares, he produced the track and wrote that he mixed it during quarantine. In other words, it's entirely possible these 3 songs weren't even done by the time the album came out.
Oh yeah I thought the line "I've tried my best not to get high again, but I've been stuck inside this place for days on end" sounded like it was written this week, and if i recall when he played these on IG live there was some dummy melodies in there with no lyrics in spots so they must have just banged these out. Rad
Abel done a livestream on IG on Thursday/Friday playing these 3 + 2 others and was reading the comments and during one of the 2 others, said "I can't drop it, I'm still working on it" so this matches up. The other two, particularly one of them, sounded just as good. The 3 released all sounded more finished with lyrics and these are the one's that have followed but there still could be 2 others to come... Can't get over how good Abel sings baby boo in Missing You.
As a complete project I do consider "After Hours" to be some of his finest works. I loved the fact that he has 14 song with no features, he was an executive producer for some of the tracks as well. Deluxe songs were OK, tome, could've been better. I wrote an album review for After Hours, you can read it and share what you think.
Not a song I expected a video for but I'm stoked. I love the aesthetic of this era so much that I want one for every song lol At least give us one for Hardest to Love
I feel like he's done more press than ever for this album, I barely even knew what his speaking voice sounded like before Uncut Gems and I've been a fan for like 7 years lol
we talked about it in another thread, R&B I think, about how terribly clickbaity and sensationalized this whole thing was. Legitimately no drama actually happened.
I’ve heard his singles on the radio over the years, but this is my first full album listen from him. I’m really digging it. Snowchild is my current favorite track.