West Coast

So I just came back from a car drive...

aren't you the stan holding some stupid grudge against Interscope/Polydor though? Talking about excuses.

You do realize that critics are literally just starting to soften up to Lana, right? Like up until LFL most of them held some stupid grudge against her based on all the bullshit that happened and was said in 2011/12. Which clearly tainted their judgement of all her music. West Coast is a revoluationary song (mark my fucking words) but it didn't really create the waves it should've. Song of the year in 2014. I venture to say that if Ultraviolence came out this year it would probably have a rate near 90% on Metacritic.

The standard version would like to have a word with you ok, sis

I mean you can, already... they're called Ultraviolence and Honeymoon

The only thing we know for fact is that Interscope were hesitant to fund Ultraviolence, until Paul Epworth came in and said he liked it, from that point I don't think she had a problem with the label? Also, she seemed to be pretty much doing whatever she feels like ever since Honeymoon, which like Ultraviolence, was not meant to be a so called "commercial" album.

Tame Impala Fleetwood Mac Pink Floyd

It's such a beautiful track I love the mix of actual beautifully produced trap beats and classical/jazzy instrumentals!

I can't help it, sorry Ma

it's still cheap ass beats

It's definitely in the same vein though, badly produced trap beats and bad mixing

Agree, I feel like it sounded kinda cheap. Especially after listening to a perfect album such as Honeymoon where everything was well balanced and beautifully intricate. Lust for Life fell pretty flat imho. Def not a worthy runner up and/or follow up

I don't think that was anything wrong with the production or mixing per se, it's just that it was overwhelmingly trap beats-ish and the lyrics sounded like she tried too hard. More often than not it sounded really bad and cringey.

traaaash

didn't know there were that many good songs on L*st for Life, I usually skip them all until I FIIINALLYYYYYYreach Get Free.

Syphilis in my teeth From your kiss You're touching me

I looove HIAB, but my only problem with it is that it feels like she mashed up two songs together, it also sounds like an acoustic version of Wait For Life by the dearly departed Emile Haynie

No need to, it's already a well known fact

Personally it bothers me on on the other tracks I just feel like she often sound like a whisper.

then again a lot of the tracks have this demo-like quality

Annie is annoying af with her irrelevant questions, she always ask artists "Why aren't you political??!!1!" Like Lana went political on one album and it was also arguably her worst, I don't understand the fascination with artists going down that road.

like around the time she also let Giorgio Moroder hang in there after he actually praised her in an interview. 2014 Lana was a mess oof