Everyone who says this isn't a good album, listen to it completely a few more times, you're still sleeping on ab. It's a perfect interpretation of these days, with actual lyricism.
Ive never commented on anything before on youtube but I saw this dude in my hometown (Philly) AMAZING performance. Him and Pro Era. Much Love to everyone who respects real hip hop FREE MAX B
Dont Know yh and in these days there was some other song that had a pikachu reference. also jay rock referenced goku. i think tde is all bout that anime grind
thats the beauty of tde, theyre always including each other, whether its an outro, interlude, background vocals or as simple as just a word here or there they always got a different member of tde in on it
"Got your lady with literature in her Louis bag/got your kids studyin' outside of class/every project I dropped she bought 'em/so now she read more than she Red Bottom" If you think Ab-Soul is anything other than a genius, please make appointments with both your ear doctor and psychiatrist.
lakaiisk8er Certainly. Ab-Soul is known for his conscious, enlightened and intelligent raps. Of all the other mainstream artists out, he is recognized as one of the most intelligent. He says that he has managed to get your lady with literature in her Louis Vuitton bag (in other words, though she is inclined towards materialism, Ab's music has sparked an interest in reading and information for her). He then says he has gotten kids to study outside of school, once more affirming that his raps are of an intelligent caliber, so much so that they have influenced children to study outside of school (something most kids loathe doing). The last (and best line) has Ab saying that the lady has purchased all of his albums and because of her listening to his music, she's reading more than she "Red Bottoms". Red Bottoms are very popular women's shoes designed by Christian Louboutin. Ab-Soul is, in effect, cementing the fact that he has caused a gravitation in her mind from materialism (yearning after something as shallow as shoes) towards intelligence and enlightenment (represented by her newfound interest in reading). Not only are the lines themselves great, the wordplay is terrific.
I always felt like the line, "got your kid studying outside of class" is like he's saying, my rhymes have a lot of double meanings, metaphor's and very clever wordplay that if the kid wants to enjoy Soul's music he has study to figure out what he means, hence, he studying outside of class.
this album keeps getting better as i play it again and again.. ab soul's lyricism and word play is insane.. shit confuses me sometimes i have to look up the lyrics
This is my second listen to it this album is actually dope if you get what he's saying Kendrick summed up this album in his song i "These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation" Ab Soul is just showing us how he sacrificed this album to show us how hip hop is "These days"
i remember when this dropped i had just graduated high school and was visiting colleges for orentiation and i never even attended the schools lol wish i would have focused on my music since then
This album is awesome!!!! One I did not understand at first, but after I did the research it made more sense It is a roller-coaster of an album. I did not like that with my first listen. It was quite disturbing and uncomfortable. After the interviews and the more I listen the more creative I believe this album actually is!! He did a very very good job with song placement even though it was a little unconventional. The roller-coaster became smoother and more enjoyable with experience!! Some may think it is just a collection of songs randomly put together, but I think these songs were very strategically placed!
W.R.O.H ft JMSN es de lo mejor del disco y ya no es casualidad que esté JMSN como en Nibiru o You´re Gone, este disco de Ab-Soul te inspira y te abre la cabeza. Gracias TDE por el Hip Hop.
Ride Slow is my shit and that whole part at the end of the mixtape with ab-soul just freestyling some straight up poetry with his friends. I can feel the vibes through my headphones
***** is anyone else having a problem wit playing some tracks on the album on itunes it like only time i can play certain songs is when my ipod is connected to the internet
What are you people listening to? I have played this album more than a handful of times wile I study... Pretty dope full listen or songs by themselves.. Great tape from Ab, SOUL!
Here's my 2 cents. Soul made this transition from control system to this because its simply whats going on these days. Either him talking from personal experience or whats being seen through his eyes. If you listen to the first song you'll think am i listening to control system because Gods Reign would fit perfectly in Control System. The intro being the way it is set up is because its where he left off at after Control System. Tree of Life before Ab even starts rapping he says "LT3 shit nigga look" which clearly gives you an introduction to what type of work that will be done in Long Term 3. The first 2 songs in this album should shock you the most because it doesnt seem like it fits with the rest of the project and he did do this on purpose so yall can realize that Soul hasnt "sold out"or change for the worst and is just growing just like a rapper should be trying to do to get better. As soon as you hit Hunnid Stax maybe you should look at the title of the album again and let it sink in. Titles are very important and overlooked by many. So if your going to critique any album or project as a whole look at the title first, then give it a listen without much analyzing. Then look at all the songs and see how they correlate to the title or how they dont. My point im trying to make is to not overlook the title of the album and jump in the songs because if your lost of what this album is trying to say or its purpose simply just look at the title. Your answers will probably be answered 9/10.Titles give you the insight of the bigger picture of everything. Lets take it past music. You read an article online and the title is called "10 most important mind hacks to know" .The article will be most likely related to the title. See what i mean?
If you can get the point of the project and still not like it, that is perfectly fine. My comment above is just for the people who think this sucked because its way different from all his other projects. Every album tells a story. He's making another long term soon. That is 3 similar stories. Control System has a different story than these days and the long terms. Just like all stories your not gonna them all but i like the ones that Soul has made so far and im not disappointed at all.
Think of it this way. Ab Soul was the best hip hop artist alive already. hes been there done that. now hes the best mainstream artist, AND IT WASNT EVEN A MAINSTREAM ALBUM. thats talent
Honestly, when I first heard this shit I was like it's okay. But honestly, I went back to it and I'm completely in love. There's a lot of substance here. For a sacrifice, satire album it's fucking amazing. But honestly what made me come back is the fact that EVERY SINGLE LINE in Kitty Flip is a hard ass bar. I've given up on 2016 in every aspect, just waiting for the new Soulo project.
scipio2009 i hear you, but it is so.ewhat satire, because he is copying/mocking rap these days and using other rappers style bests and flows while shitting on them.
quixxx05 ... except that he's not though. Though he's using current sounds (basically what any rap fan would've been hearing since Control System was released), the content is still trying to hip folks to what's up. The man is mixing honey in the medicine, imo.
Peace to the God Soul,He really came along way and proud my Brother lightening up the world w/ his vision and love for the music..if you scared go to church!
God is a word for highest form of energy , alot of religious stuff is true but they are told in a figurative way so God was the best word for people of earth to kind of understand that high energy that we still cant understand in logical way. hope im clear peace
I don't know why people gave Soul so much Hate for this Album this is definitely As Conceptual As Control System and Soul is still Soul. The only track that I don't like is "TWACT" and the Battle Rap just Breathes Hip-Hop. I fucks wit this shit Heavy. #SouloHoe
Because this isn't what music is these days. Sure it is if you listen to crap. But I never listen to rick ross (couldn't even name a song), or any rapper like that. I only listen to underground independent hip hop and these days things are a lot different with the popularity of independent hip hop. I think solo should of kept the album title but went hard as fuck like he did on control system to be like "these days, things are different, I'm taking over"
Morgan ///AMG certainly? Well, considering his lyrical prowess, his unfaultering attempts to build minds, and his creative versatility I'd have to disagree with you.
Ab soul is went hard the whole album and the concept is golden.production on point the vibe and undertones are there with certain songs and the flows are tight . big ups
Yall are tripping hating on this album Absoul way more intellegent and interesting then most rappers on this album. I thinlk a lot of y'all just aren't smart enough to hang. He has the same interesting bits of nerdy knowledge throughout the whole album. This album flows way better musically than control system. He has a lot of the same vibes just better production and why should it be exactly like the last album then he would be stuck and people would label him. This way he alows himself the ability to switch it up. look at all the tracks that are dope yall crazy
Samuel Sjöstedt Gonzalez your one of the slow non reading Floyd gayweather types. The illiteracy rates of some people is unreal. You can't grasp AB soul unless you know what meta cognition means.... Do you know? Probably not go read a book then listen dumb nigga
Think of it like this God is infinite. Infinite in mathematics is 1/0, meaning something exists when nothing exists. That means that he has no dependency, there need be no conditions for Him to live. That also means that God has no limits, no beginning, no end. His essence and being are one and the same, unlike the Universe and matter which basically has celestial bodies, deriving essence and existence from greater essences and existences. Look at us, we get our existence from the earth every element in our bodies come from it, and it from the solar system, and that from the milky way and so forth. But it ends with God His essence and existence are the SAME. So he can be here in spirit, which is fine, or be here with his being, but infinite energy would destroy the universe and He doesn't want that (I don't think any of us would). Also, like I said He is infinite in every sense of the word. How can there be knowledge for example, if God was the only being at one time that only existed? He must be the original infinite knowledge, strength, wisdom, independant, good all those traits. Also some side notes, can there be something greater than infinite? No. What if I offered you infinite chocolate bars, great right. What if I gave you infinite chocolate +3, the fact that there is a +3 is contradictory because the infinite will never end. Can there be more than one God? No, because logically He is omnipotence, all-powerful. If you have another being that is all-powerful neither can be all-powerful, they cancel each other out. Two beings have two wills, one god might have an opinion on a topic, and the other has a different opinion on that topic and one would have to forfeit. Your god(s) would be powerless in that situation. See what I mean. Anyone who reads this big ups to you, I hope you find the peace you seek, God is one. We all know. I just made it more apparent, and try to help you like he helped me, more times than I can recollect. Monotheism all the way, God>Everything that's the way it is, don't let materialism, propaganda, media, and people's doubts and insecurities deter you from the truth.
This is probably not relevant, but 1/0 is actually undefined. If you look at the basic axioms that numbers are constructed from it just doesn't mean anything. Like "turquoise somersault" or Gh^^%DC. It's just meaningless symbols. Look up Michael Spivak's "Calculus" if you're interested. And there are some infinities that are bigger than others. The mathematician who discovered this spent the rest of his life trying to catalogue all the different infinities because he thought it would reveal God's essence. Look up George Cantor. I think he lost his mind and died in an insane asylum.
jeremy diesel yeah its good bro, was vibing more with control sysem. But like he said he's growing as an artist so I like that, I'm excited to see what else he comes out with
Phelan Jackson thanks for your input and yeah it is undefined, but as the denominator does approach 0 the overall value closer to infinity. so I take it rather literally I didn't try to define it I just tried to realize it. I see how it could be interpreted as a symbol. But I believe that symbols carry meaning with them, I mean people use them all the time to explain things. If I'm in school I might say subconsciously "this class is taking forever" where forever would be a symbol, used to explain the longest perceivable time. I looked up George Cantor, one of his issues was with his colleagues unrest with his works, and their criticism weighed on him even from his younger years. He wasn't in a society that supported his theories he was rejected by intiutionists and finitists (obviously), but also by Christians and neo-thomist thinkers and that's why he faced depression he had no one's support. Their arguments were that 'mathematical entities cannot be reduced to logical propositions, originating instead in the intuitions of the mind. Secondly, the notion of infinity as an expression of reality is itself disallowed in intuitionism, since the human mind cannot intuitively construct an infinite set', what they're really saying is we cannot understand math, and infinity is incomprehensible in reality, which it kind of isn't. He did work on infinite sets and separated them into denumerable (or countably infinite) sets and UNCOUNTABLE sets. The way I look at it, if you were count to infinity you might start counting: 1,2,3,4 but you wouldn't count all the way to infinity people usually put '...' for what they can't count and then say infinity. Later on the sudden death of his son, and the public criticism of Julius Konig sent him over the edge. All the meanwhile he MOMENTARILY QUESTIONED God's existence. I don't think the problem was God, but his life trials. Michael Spivak, I watched his lecture on differential equiations? That was the one I saw and he talks about that really briefly, he mentioned that the value when x = 0, or undefined in the denominator doesn't have to follow the rules of the function meaning as it approaches the origin it could enter from one point and leave through another point, meaning it is unpredictable.
I like this album more when i listened to it a few more times. But i think my expectations were really high following Control System. That album and OD by Kdot are my favorite TDE albums. Then schoolboy Oxymoron
I think the concept of this album was to show where he is at compared to where he was, also with a little satirical mix of the music we hear these days, he dropped a good amount of gems in a trendy way, which is actually pretty impressive, maybe that's why he's Jesus, he's gonna take a lot of criticism for this album, but its going to be appreciated in the future, just my theory on this
+Noah Sims ey I hella agree dude I feel like people slept on this ones value because they were expecting to get new mind blowing information but it's like you woke up on Control System but this is what happens in your awoken dream world like life still moves on n he really was still dropping gems on some slick shit it's crazy so many people talk down on this album
not everyone woke up with Control System, though; God's Reign and Tree of Life sound exactly like stuff that you could've expected on Control System. From the second half of Tree of Life on, he acknowledges the world that he's facing and imo, he goes back in to try and wake some more folks up (with sounds that they've already grown used to hearing during the time since Control System).
You really have to listen to this more than once. I was so disappointed with it when i first heard. Try it again today, and I'm really liking it. It's not his best stuff but if you listen carefully you'll hear the Ab-soul that we all love -quirky, different, original and lyrical. My personal favourites are track: 1, 3, 11, 14 & 15. Enjoy :)
This album is just as good if not better than Control Systems don't argue because you might not be a real Ab Soul fan to dismiss this opinion it's mine n you have yours
The album is dope! I was afraid that it would pale in comparison to Control System. He definitely did not disappoint with this one! I've been playing it nonstop for the past 3 weeks. I'm waiting on Pilot Talk 3......
Such a beautiful piece of art. I remember when i first heard this i would've 360 no-scoped it into the trash bin and cursed Ab for straying away from his Control System shit. However you learn that artists have a limit as to what they can say and as Ab said, revisiting Control System would be kind of "ill". However, now i find myself visiting These Days more often than Control System. This album is so good. It's like Ab isn't straightforward with his concepts, he kind of just lets the songs do the explaining themselves (if that makes sense). His mixing techniques aren't random, if you just flow with the song it'll pull you in when it wants to convey something. No one can piece a song together quite like Ab-Soul (DWTW is a great example of the musical ability of YMF)
Tracks 3-8 are parodies of the bullshit you hear "these days". He's dressed as Jesus to symbolize that he sacrificed his album to save us from this bs hip hop. He's making fun of Rick Ross with Rick Ross on the track. He's making fun of Wayne with twack. And drake with have fun.
Wale Onakomaya he quotes drake in a silly way on just have fun, then has a skit where a guy is talking like drake and his name is jimmy which was drakes name on degrassi. Then he raps the same flow as drake did on versace remix and used the no new friends line. Again he is using drakes flow but is showing better lyrics and skill. On twact he raps just like Wayne. Just like him, even says the long hair don't care line lol. And in Never mind that, the whole song is saying don't listen to the lyrics just move your body, cause that's what people do. Then when rick ross says fuck niggas im hot, ab soul says nevermind that just move your body. Finally after dissing drake he let's Kendrick rap and then explains on stigmata how he sacrificed his album to save music. Which is what Jesus did for all people. I don't agree with him comparing himself to Jesus but im just pointing out that the album was satire and he has his real album LT3 coming out in December
TheIcantbelievethis god dose exist because people have souls a lost soul is a ghost and animals dont have a souls they just copies souls just make people unique
Honestly Ab- Soul is one of the best rappers out there. These mainstream rappers are big because they sold out and rap about really stupid shit sex/money/drugs its the same old shit he gives messages . And that is why he hasn't blown up the world doesn't want people to open there eyes its all brainwash really sit back and think about it.
I hope y'all do turn your backs on soul.. Because if you do you don't understand his movement.. And it won't be a big deal losing non supportive fans. LT3 shit in decembuuurr!!
Highlights: Gods Reign, Tree of Life, World Runners, Just Have Fun, Kendrick Lamar's Interlude, Closure, Stigmata, Ride Slow, W.R.O.H. Overall it's a 7/8 in my opinion. Pretty much a disappointment after Control System
I’m here because they took this masterpiece off of Spotify !
I'm so mad about that
does anyone know why??
thats why im here WTF they should be ashamed
@@ianl.8810 same ! Some BS
@@basielu no I’m trying to look into it
Does anybody listen to this today and feel it's gotten better with age. Im so feeling it right now!!
2023 this slapssss
Everyone who says this isn't a good album, listen to it completely a few more times, you're still sleeping on ab. It's a perfect interpretation of these days, with actual lyricism.
the foreshadowing of TPAB in kendrick's interlude... these days playing right after just have fun... tree of life... stigmata.... what an album!!!!!!
Ive never commented on anything before on youtube but I saw this dude in my hometown (Philly) AMAZING performance. Him and Pro Era. Much Love to everyone who respects real hip hop FREE MAX B
"You looked shocked when I took a Peek at chu" (Pikachu) Ab Soul has some of the best world plays in hip hop today
that was daylyts line...
Ab has reference Pikachu a few times lol like in Mascoto
Dont Know yh and in these days there was some other song that had a pikachu reference. also jay rock referenced goku. i think tde is all bout that anime grind
Hulk8222 that's just the era they grew up in the 90s baby
elchucofried i know im not complaining. :P btw the other reference was in dub sac he says im enlightning like pikachu
the fact Ab-soul gave Kendrick an interlude just as Kendrick gave him an outro on section. 80 is dope and basically using same song style. wow
thats the beauty of tde, theyre always including each other, whether its an outro, interlude, background vocals or as simple as just a word here or there they always got a different member of tde in on it
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been bumpin ab / sbq n jay rock for the last 3/4 yrz n im from LDN .... good music will attract ppl from wherever.
"Got your lady with literature in her Louis bag/got your kids studyin' outside of class/every project I dropped she bought 'em/so now she read more than she Red Bottom"
If you think Ab-Soul is anything other than a genius, please make appointments with both your ear doctor and psychiatrist.
can you explain please? i still dont understand the line
lakaiisk8er Certainly. Ab-Soul is known for his conscious, enlightened and intelligent raps. Of all the other mainstream artists out, he is recognized as one of the most intelligent.
He says that he has managed to get your lady with literature in her Louis Vuitton bag (in other words, though she is inclined towards materialism, Ab's music has sparked an interest in reading and information for her). He then says he has gotten kids to study outside of school, once more affirming that his raps are of an intelligent caliber, so much so that they have influenced children to study outside of school (something most kids loathe doing). The last (and best line) has Ab saying that the lady has purchased all of his albums and because of her listening to his music, she's reading more than she "Red Bottoms". Red Bottoms are very popular women's shoes designed by Christian Louboutin. Ab-Soul is, in effect, cementing the fact that he has caused a gravitation in her mind from materialism (yearning after something as shallow as shoes) towards intelligence and enlightenment (represented by her newfound interest in reading).
Not only are the lines themselves great, the wordplay is terrific.
thank you. just proved to me that absoul is better than i thought in the first place
I always felt like the line, "got your kid studying outside of class" is like he's saying, my rhymes have a lot of double meanings, metaphor's and very clever wordplay that if the kid wants to enjoy Soul's music he has study to figure out what he means, hence, he studying outside of class.
that was wack, homie. just shows you how obsessive these stans can be.
2023 and im still here soul 🥂
2024*
this album keeps getting better as i play it again and again.. ab soul's lyricism and word play is insane.. shit confuses me sometimes i have to look up the lyrics
This is my second listen to it this album is actually dope if you get what he's saying Kendrick summed up this album in his song i "These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation" Ab Soul is just showing us how he sacrificed this album to show us how hip hop is "These days"
+Darren Katumba pretty fuckin dope haha
+Darren Katumba yep. It's emphasized more by having the cross as the cover and him being all bloody
+Darren Katumba ur a fucking idiot
+SantaCruzBay oh god, I saw your profile picture and was really confused because I didn't remember commenting that lmao.
+cosyg1234 *You're
The first track is FIRE !!!!!!! Ab-soul is too underrated
i remember when this dropped i had just graduated high school and was visiting colleges for orentiation and i never even attended the schools lol wish i would have focused on my music since then
that spiral you go down when your innerself is struggling which path to walk on.........
This album is incredibly, so many messages and Ab Soul and Kendrick Llamar are both geniuses
Daam, need to buy this one out. master piece.
Just Have Fun is my favorite track.
This album is awesome!!!!
One I did not understand at first, but after I did the research it made more sense
It is a roller-coaster of an album. I did not like that with my first listen. It was quite disturbing and uncomfortable.
After the interviews and the more I listen the more creative I believe this album actually is!! He did a very very good job with song placement even though it was a little unconventional.
The roller-coaster became smoother and more enjoyable with experience!! Some may think it is just a collection of songs randomly put together, but I think these songs were very strategically placed!
I 100% agree I disliked the album a lot at my first listen then saw content relating to it and started to see the view and now I think its phenomenal
Ab Soul is officially top 3 rappers In my list right now
1. Kenny
2. Abs
3. Lupe
Simon Mitchell what do you think of jay rock?
+Simon Mitchell who the fuck is kenny?
+MrExit15 Kendrick. I think he is the only one who calls him that tough.
+President Jeb Bush lol word i was like who tf is kenny? I think ab is better than kendrick tho, but you know, to each his own
Tech N9ne too
This is magic. This is why I love TDE. Kendrick's Interlude gives me life.
W.R.O.H ft JMSN es de lo mejor del disco y ya no es casualidad que esté JMSN como en Nibiru o You´re Gone, este disco de Ab-Soul te inspira y te abre la cabeza. Gracias TDE por el Hip Hop.
The is a classic album ... Tree of Life is my favorite.
Best ablum I've heard in a while!. So Underrated.
Ride Slow is my shit and that whole part at the end of the mixtape with ab-soul just freestyling some straight up poetry with his friends. I can feel the vibes through my headphones
It's a rap battle with daylyt lol..
word haha
Album of the year!
*****
is anyone else having a problem wit playing some tracks on the album on itunes
it like only time i can play certain songs is when my ipod is connected to the internet
then what the hell, i cant play none of my favorite songs on the album without a internet connection
What are you people listening to? I have played this album more than a handful of times wile I study... Pretty dope full listen or songs by themselves.. Great tape from Ab, SOUL!
TDE is a team fulla poets & real lyricist hands down!!! -salutes-
i fuck with these beats, these flows these fucking songs are nice im high as fuck this sounds fresh
lol, blaze me out, i dont have no tree right now :/
+Luevano Menez Get yo own fire nigga
This album right here got me getting through a lot....
Here's my 2 cents. Soul made this transition from control system to this because its simply whats going on these days. Either him talking from personal experience or whats being seen through his eyes. If you listen to the first song you'll think am i listening to control system because Gods Reign would fit perfectly in Control System. The intro being the way it is set up is because its where he left off at after Control System. Tree of Life before Ab even starts rapping he says "LT3 shit nigga look" which clearly gives you an introduction to what type of work that will be done in Long Term 3. The first 2 songs in this album should shock you the most because it doesnt seem like it fits with the rest of the project and he did do this on purpose so yall can realize that Soul hasnt "sold out"or change for the worst and is just growing just like a rapper should be trying to do to get better. As soon as you hit Hunnid Stax maybe you should look at the title of the album again and let it sink in. Titles are very important and overlooked by many. So if your going to critique any album or project as a whole look at the title first, then give it a listen without much analyzing. Then look at all the songs and see how they correlate to the title or how they dont. My point im trying to make is to not overlook the title of the album and jump in the songs because if your lost of what this album is trying to say or its purpose simply just look at the title. Your answers will probably be answered 9/10.Titles give you the insight of the bigger picture of everything. Lets take it past music. You read an article online and the title is called "10 most important mind hacks to know" .The article will be most likely related to the title. See what i mean?
If you can get the point of the project and still not like it, that is perfectly fine. My comment above is just for the people who think this sucked because its way different from all his other projects. Every album tells a story. He's making another long term soon. That is 3 similar stories. Control System has a different story than these days and the long terms. Just like all stories your not gonna them all but i like the ones that Soul has made so far and im not disappointed at all.
+Matao Williams Lol, just reading this... nicely put dawg.
thanks man
THANK GOD FOR AB SOUL #ForeverLiveAbSOUL&TDE
Most are finally getting the lyrics on this classic gem ⏳🔥📖📚🔐🗿
Think of it this way. Ab Soul was the best hip hop artist alive already. hes been there done that. now hes the best mainstream artist, AND IT WASNT EVEN A MAINSTREAM ALBUM. thats talent
Honestly, when I first heard this shit I was like it's okay. But honestly, I went back to it and I'm completely in love. There's a lot of substance here. For a sacrifice, satire album it's fucking amazing. But honestly what made me come back is the fact that EVERY SINGLE LINE in Kitty Flip is a hard ass bar. I've given up on 2016 in every aspect, just waiting for the new Soulo project.
Same here dude...I really appreciate this album as a whole the second listen compared to the first time.
You've got to sit with the words and ideas for a while; to call the album some form of satire is lazy thinking and lazy appreciation of the music
scipio2009 i hear you, but it is so.ewhat satire, because he is copying/mocking rap these days and using other rappers style bests and flows while shitting on them.
quixxx05 ... except that he's not though. Though he's using current sounds (basically what any rap fan would've been hearing since Control System was released), the content is still trying to hip folks to what's up.
The man is mixing honey in the medicine, imo.
Peace to the God Soul,He really came along way and proud my Brother lightening up the world w/ his vision and love for the music..if you scared go to church!
i'm lovin some of the features on this. Da$h is tight, Action Bronson is tight, Mac is tight. Rick ross cracks me up
oh and fuckin earl nigga
rip mac
0:01 - 1:30:29 is the best part Absoulutely the best rapper around.
W.R.O.H. is probably my favourite track.
Yo it's crazy good
mine too:)
TeakySnee For me it's WROH and God's Reign. Interestingly, the albums opening and closing tracks. Both are so great.
Derek Jones same
God is a word for highest form of energy ,
alot of religious stuff is true but they are told in a figurative way
so God was the best word for people of earth to kind of understand that high energy that we still cant understand in logical way. hope im clear peace
I dig the creativity
Best Album From Ab-Soul he kills Oxymoron lyrically
Best singer ever
that word play in the last song when he is freestyling is badass!
Every M you N up with is O. Absoul got it
Like Ab Soul said: ''These days is about me following the Control System''
Damn this dude thinks deep
Any one of TDE's rappers could win album of the year in my book, each one was fire.
"And that's a colorful touch like homosexual hugs"
LOL fuggin genius
Can't believe some of yall hating on this album. Shit is real rap hip hop me got all of TDE on it. Nuff said
I don't know why people gave Soul so much Hate for this Album this is definitely As Conceptual As Control System and Soul is still Soul. The only track that I don't like is "TWACT" and the Battle Rap just Breathes Hip-Hop. I fucks wit this shit Heavy. #SouloHoe
most slept on underrated album of 2014........same as lupe tseuto and youth
That Lupe album goes hard!!!!slept on forsure
more truth in one verse than i have seen on some WHOLE ALBUMS
dunno why so many people said they were upset with this album, of course i took a listen for myself and it is nothing short of amazing..
Y'all don't understand the album . its supposed to be a parody of modern day rappers. Satire at its best
That's why its called "these days" . its talking about the state hip hop is in right now
That's just what solo said after all the bad reviews it was given. Bad excuse for an album. Should of been a mixtape!
Then Why is it called these days?
Because this isn't what music is these days. Sure it is if you listen to crap. But I never listen to rick ross (couldn't even name a song), or any rapper like that. I only listen to underground independent hip hop and these days things are a lot different with the popularity of independent hip hop. I think solo should of kept the album title but went hard as fuck like he did on control system to be like "these days, things are different, I'm taking over"
Yeah You're right. If he was going to do that he could've at least went hard.
ab soul is one of my favorite personalitys in the rap game
Ab Soul is the best rapper ever!!!!!!
Agreed
Lupe Fiasco.
Tyrelle Reed lupe is nice but he's certainly certainly not the best
Soul goes hard
Morgan ///AMG certainly? Well, considering his lyrical prowess, his unfaultering attempts to build minds, and his creative versatility I'd have to disagree with you.
Ab soul is went hard the whole album and the concept is golden.production on point the vibe and undertones are there with certain songs and the flows are tight . big ups
lmao i literally got kicked out of my house for this album
What you mean?
He probably means he played it too loud too often. That....or he has suburban parents that hate rap.
Or for its ideas
Maybe one day he'll let us know how it went 🤷
Legend has it he still kicked out
Ab Soul, the best😙👌
Yall are tripping hating on this album Absoul way more intellegent and interesting then most rappers on this album. I thinlk a lot of y'all just aren't smart enough to hang. He has the same interesting bits of nerdy knowledge throughout the whole album. This album flows way better musically than control system. He has a lot of the same vibes just better production and why should it be exactly like the last album then he would be stuck and people would label him. This way he alows himself the ability to switch it up. look at all the tracks that are dope yall crazy
Samuel Sjöstedt Gonzalez your one of the slow non reading Floyd gayweather types. The illiteracy rates of some people is unreal. You can't grasp AB soul unless you know what meta cognition means.... Do you know? Probably not go read a book then listen dumb nigga
dmoney5276 and you just showed mme how dumb you are. How old are you? If youre grown up then thats sad
Samuel Sjöstedt Gonzalez your one of the dumb ones case closed
Its not bad, but this is my least favorite album so far. Don't like the beats or topics as much as the others. Still a pretty good album .
dmoney5276 hey hey hey you don't forget the dash or you'll get left behind.
That joey quote in the middle of tree of life got me so hyped... 1999 was on repeat that shit was gold. This is gold too
Think of it like this God is infinite. Infinite in mathematics is 1/0, meaning something exists when nothing exists. That means that he has no dependency, there need be no conditions for Him to live. That also means that God has no limits, no beginning, no end.
His essence and being are one and the same, unlike the Universe and matter which basically has celestial bodies, deriving essence and existence from greater essences and existences. Look at us, we get our existence from the earth every element in our bodies come from it, and it from the solar system, and that from the milky way and so forth. But it ends with God His essence and existence are the SAME. So he can be here in spirit, which is fine, or be here with his being, but infinite energy would destroy the universe and He doesn't want that (I don't think any of us would).
Also, like I said He is infinite in every sense of the word. How can there be knowledge for example, if God was the only being at one time that only existed? He must be the original infinite knowledge, strength, wisdom, independant, good all those traits. Also some side notes, can there be something greater than infinite? No. What if I offered you infinite chocolate bars, great right. What if I gave you infinite chocolate +3, the fact that there is a +3 is contradictory because the infinite will never end. Can there be more than one God? No, because logically He is omnipotence, all-powerful. If you have another being that is all-powerful neither can be all-powerful, they cancel each other out. Two beings have two wills, one god might have an opinion on a topic, and the other has a different opinion on that topic and one would have to forfeit. Your god(s) would be powerless in that situation. See what I mean.
Anyone who reads this big ups to you, I hope you find the peace you seek, God is one. We all know. I just made it more apparent, and try to help you like he helped me, more times than I can recollect. Monotheism all the way, God>Everything that's the way it is, don't let materialism, propaganda, media, and people's doubts and insecurities deter you from the truth.
I hear you bruh... so did you enjoy the album or no.
This is probably not relevant, but 1/0 is actually undefined. If you look at the basic axioms that numbers are constructed from it just doesn't mean anything. Like "turquoise somersault" or Gh^^%DC. It's just meaningless symbols. Look up Michael Spivak's "Calculus" if you're interested.
And there are some infinities that are bigger than others. The mathematician who discovered this spent the rest of his life trying to catalogue all the different infinities because he thought it would reveal God's essence. Look up George Cantor. I think he lost his mind and died in an insane asylum.
jeremy diesel yeah its good bro, was vibing more with control sysem. But like he said he's growing as an artist so I like that, I'm excited to see what else he comes out with
Phelan Jackson thanks for your input and yeah it is undefined, but as the denominator does approach 0 the overall value closer to infinity. so I take it rather literally I didn't try to define it I just tried to realize it. I see how it could be interpreted as a symbol.
But I believe that symbols carry meaning with them, I mean people use them all the time to explain things. If I'm in school I might say subconsciously "this class is taking forever" where forever would be a symbol, used to explain the longest perceivable time.
I looked up George Cantor, one of his issues was with his colleagues unrest with his works, and their criticism weighed on him even from his younger years. He wasn't in a society that supported his theories he was rejected by intiutionists and finitists (obviously), but also by Christians and neo-thomist thinkers and that's why he faced depression he had no one's support.
Their arguments were that 'mathematical entities cannot be reduced to logical propositions, originating instead in the intuitions of the mind. Secondly, the notion of infinity as an expression of reality is itself disallowed in intuitionism, since the human mind cannot intuitively construct an infinite set', what they're really saying is we cannot understand math, and infinity is incomprehensible in reality, which it kind of isn't.
He did work on infinite sets and separated them into denumerable (or countably infinite) sets and UNCOUNTABLE sets. The way I look at it, if you were count to infinity you might start counting: 1,2,3,4 but you wouldn't count all the way to infinity people usually put '...' for what they can't count and then say infinity.
Later on the sudden death of his son, and the public criticism of Julius Konig sent him over the edge. All the meanwhile he MOMENTARILY QUESTIONED God's existence. I don't think the problem was God, but his life trials.
Michael Spivak, I watched his lecture on differential equiations? That was the one I saw and he talks about that really briefly, he mentioned that the value when x = 0, or undefined in the denominator doesn't have to follow the rules of the function meaning as it approaches the origin it could enter from one point and leave through another point, meaning it is unpredictable.
Been sleeping on ab soul TOO LONG ! Too dope and chill all the way through 👌 🎨
I like this album more when i listened to it a few more times. But i think my expectations were really high following Control System. That album and OD by Kdot are my favorite TDE albums. Then schoolboy Oxymoron
I think the concept of this album was to show where he is at compared to where he was, also with a little satirical mix of the music we hear these days, he dropped a good amount of gems in a trendy way, which is actually pretty impressive, maybe that's why he's Jesus, he's gonna take a lot of criticism for this album, but its going to be appreciated in the future, just my theory on this
also show no matter how hard the struggle better days will come, I just listened to the speech at the end of w.r.o.h lol
+Noah Sims ey I hella agree dude I feel like people slept on this ones value because they were expecting to get new mind blowing information but it's like you woke up on Control System but this is what happens in your awoken dream world like life still moves on n he really was still dropping gems on some slick shit it's crazy so many people talk down on this album
Saul Good exactly I'm pretty sure it will be appreciated more in the future
Also think of it in an inspirational way, if you listened to his old shit. this album is crazy inspiring such a slept on album
not everyone woke up with Control System, though; God's Reign and Tree of Life sound exactly like stuff that you could've expected on Control System. From the second half of Tree of Life on, he acknowledges the world that he's facing and imo, he goes back in to try and wake some more folks up (with sounds that they've already grown used to hearing during the time since Control System).
You really have to listen to this more than once. I was so disappointed with it when i first heard. Try it again today, and I'm really liking it. It's not his best stuff but if you listen carefully you'll hear the Ab-soul that we all love -quirky, different, original and lyrical.
My personal favourites are track: 1, 3, 11, 14 & 15.
Enjoy :)
"Now she read more then she red bottom (read bout 'em)" MYGOOODDDDD
This and control system best albums of the century no question mans not from here🔂
The journey to LT3 begins
This song is cool and I enjoy your bests and understand this world we live in is dangerous
Ab-Soul over Kendrick. Sorry not sorry, bruh.
Agreed
Ab-solutely
Zed Khalifa I love em both beautiful voices of this generation
Same
“They act like 2 legends cannot coexist “
One of my fav rap albums, always present in my Iphone since 2014
He kinda shouts out J. Cole in sapiosexual , still waitin on something from them!! That would be the sickest track ever!!
Cole produced the song
My Fav 5 tracks (no specific order)
Gods reign
hunnid stacks
just have fun/these days
World runners
stigmata
that first song is bae... ugh love that fuckn beat
Yea bruh
+Kronzrr SZA was great in the song.
What a way to end an album...Jesus Christ.......those bars in the Ab-soul vs Daylyt battle, can we even still call that level of rap bars anymore?
I really wish he had rashad on this
Rashad Was on the little bridge on Sapiosexual. But I agree he shoulda had a few bars in this.
World runners is just fiiiiiiiire, i herd it from my cousin and i was looking for it and i found it here
Soul!
Definitely Not the mainstream propaganda...Music is an expression of art,self,and the world...Ab Soul, Respect brethren...
+Raw Fats Can't respect a man that practices and preaches blasphemy.
ab soul best hip hop or naah...?
Up in the top 100
TOP 10
+Jay reyes meme pic
lol keep up
as expected- all beats nice! some are even real pearls. Thanks!!
compliments from Germany
8:40 favorite song on the album , and it's not even a song.. should of been longer :(
+Alexi123skate for real the beat was hard
I pray he truly finds God and begins a relationship with Jesus.
This album is just as good if not better than Control Systems don't argue because you might not be a real Ab Soul fan to dismiss this opinion it's mine n you have yours
No Fear because it's my opinion and you have yours so what is there to argue over? Nothing
No. This can't be compared to Control system. And you can't stop me from saying my opinion dude.
I still won't say this album is better than Control System tho but this album is still hard AF. I don't get why people hated this album
The album is dope! I was afraid that it would pale in comparison to Control System. He definitely did not disappoint with this one! I've been playing it nonstop for the past 3 weeks.
I'm waiting on Pilot Talk 3......
The rebirth of Kundalini.
Such a beautiful piece of art. I remember when i first heard this i would've 360 no-scoped it into the trash bin and cursed Ab for straying away from his Control System shit.
However you learn that artists have a limit as to what they can say and as Ab said, revisiting Control System would be kind of "ill". However, now i find myself visiting These Days more often than Control System. This album is so good. It's like Ab isn't straightforward with his concepts, he kind of just lets the songs do the explaining themselves (if that makes sense). His mixing techniques aren't random, if you just flow with the song it'll pull you in when it wants to convey something.
No one can piece a song together quite like Ab-Soul (DWTW is a great example of the musical ability of YMF)
Tracks 3-8 are parodies of the bullshit you hear "these days". He's dressed as Jesus to symbolize that he sacrificed his album to save us from this bs hip hop. He's making fun of Rick Ross with Rick Ross on the track. He's making fun of Wayne with twack. And drake with have fun.
that's hilarious but what makes you say that
Aaron Porche' the album was satire and he has his real album LT3 coming out in December
I think this album is dope tough even if he didn't take it seriously
That is the most in accurate explanation ever you may me really pay attention you might wanna re listen to those tracks
Wale Onakomaya he quotes drake in a silly way on just have fun, then has a skit where a guy is talking like drake and his name is jimmy which was drakes name on degrassi. Then he raps the same flow as drake did on versace remix and used the no new friends line. Again he is using drakes flow but is showing better lyrics and skill. On twact he raps just like Wayne. Just like him, even says the long hair don't care line lol. And in Never mind that, the whole song is saying don't listen to the lyrics just move your body, cause that's what people do. Then when rick ross says fuck niggas im hot, ab soul says nevermind that just move your body. Finally after dissing drake he let's Kendrick rap and then explains on stigmata how he sacrificed his album to save music. Which is what Jesus did for all people. I don't agree with him comparing himself to Jesus but im just pointing out that the album was satire and he has his real album LT3 coming out in December
Chill, very different to Control System, two opposing styles that compliment eachother
"No cat in this (Katniss ((Everdeen)) i volunteered for these hunger games"..
Anyone peep that triple entendre?
Ab-soul's so cool. He's my favorite rapper.
dont leave God Ab Soul, it will be a big mistake
shhh you forgot the dash
u better stop believing tht
God Definitely exist... it may not be a "all knowing being" but god is the creator and something obviously created us....
Ab should've had Joey Phoenix on Tree of life
TheIcantbelievethis god dose exist because people have souls a lost soul is a ghost and animals dont have a souls they just copies souls just make people unique
Honestly Ab- Soul is one of the best rappers out there. These mainstream rappers are big because they sold out and rap about really stupid shit sex/money/drugs its the same old shit he gives messages . And that is why he hasn't blown up the world doesn't want people to open there eyes its all brainwash really sit back and think about it.
I hope y'all do turn your backs on soul.. Because if you do you don't understand his movement.. And it won't be a big deal losing non supportive fans. LT3 shit in decembuuurr!!
Thank You For Posting This Full Album. Now I Dont Have To Pick My Phone Up While I Smoke. MUCH LOVE
Highlights: Gods Reign, Tree of Life, World Runners, Just Have Fun, Kendrick Lamar's Interlude, Closure, Stigmata, Ride Slow, W.R.O.H.
Overall it's a 7/8 in my opinion. Pretty much a disappointment after Control System
This album sick af, ab soul killed this one!
gimme some
First listen, didn't sit well. Listened to it again, dope project.
Is Kendrick Lamar interlude payback for Ab-soul outro ?
Yeah