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Post by HamedM1 💔 on Sept 22, 2023 10:41:43 GMT -5
After finishing my 2nd listen, honestly just move WYM Freestyle anywhere else and the album goes off from start to finish. Every song I was more neutral to has now grown on me.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Sept 22, 2023 14:54:43 GMT -5
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Post by Codex on Sept 22, 2023 15:10:14 GMT -5
she switched like a male who is into other malesgot but so did I, we love u again Doja
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Post by tazzman on Sept 22, 2023 15:11:20 GMT -5
Eh. It's not a bad album, but where is the "Rapper's, Rappers" rap album she promised that she wanted to do because her other stuff was pop fluff and she wanted Rap respect and cred?? Overpromised and under delivered, this isn't too far off from what she has previously did sonically. While adding a lil horror styling on top of her usual style.
This is just the same ol same. Not bad.
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Post by Codex on Sept 22, 2023 15:14:16 GMT -5
Why did I laugh so hard at this? She is such a troll with this merch. omgg she confirmed she’s in the illuminati @avabrooke
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Post by born on Sept 22, 2023 15:17:45 GMT -5
First listen: 1. Paint The Town Red (9/10) 2. Demons (7.5/10) 3. Wet Vagina (6.5/10) 4. Fuck The Girls (FTG) (5.5/10) 5. Ouchies (6/10) 6. 97 (6/10) 7. Gun (7.5/10) 8. Go Off (8/10) 9. Shutcho (7/10) 10. Agora Hills (9/10) 11. Can't Wait (7.5/10) 12. Often (7.5/10) 13. Love Life (6.5/10) 14. Skull And Bones (7/10) 15. Attention (7/10) 16. Balut (6/10) 17. WYM Freestyle (7/10)
Overall, I think I'm only gonna use half of this album (but that was also the case for Planet Her). "Agora Hills" is an instant favorite, I wish we had a couple more dreamy alternative r&b influenced tracks. I appreciate the vision though. A lyricist!
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Post by wavey. on Sept 22, 2023 16:18:09 GMT -5
It's cause yall aren't bl-
Loved the first playthrough. Going to give it a 2nd spin later.
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Post by tazzman on Sept 22, 2023 16:31:11 GMT -5
It's cause yall aren't bl-Loved the first playthrough. Going to give it a 2nd spin later. Lol you crazy as hell if you thinking the average black person is gonna be spinning this. She got her gay fanbase and white fan base that will most likely support this.
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Post by wavey. on Sept 22, 2023 16:40:08 GMT -5
It's cause yall aren't bl-Loved the first playthrough. Going to give it a 2nd spin later. Lol you crazy as hell if you thinking the average black person is gonna be spinning this. She got her gay fanbase and white fan base that will most likely support this. I was joking, but You never know 🤷🏾
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Sept 23, 2023 0:27:58 GMT -5
WTF why are we calling people crazy in this thread. Simmer down, please. she switched like a male who is into other malesgot but so did I, we love u again Doja LOL malesgot I hate you. Round 3 Bye to everyone else. I'm so sorry to the musty dusty bitches, but this is Album of the Year material. Real artistry on display. Also, the bass on this album is too much for apartment living. I need a fucking mansion to boom this shit out loud properly. Oh...and Doja said y'all are going to listen to this long-ass album and be intrigued every second. No TikTok clips masquerading as songs. Ouchies and FTG make sense to be that short, but everything else is given space to marinate sweetly. 1. Attention - wow, who knew that, after getting this far, her opening shot is still the absolute star of the album. this song has only gotten better, especially now that we know what comes before it. 2. Guns - sooo nassshty and I love it. 3. Wet Vagina - a modern-day classic. 4. Demons - a modern-day classic. 5. WYM Freestyle - fuck this beat. she SNAPPED. 6. Can't Wait - OKAYYYYYY DOJA. Never knew I needed this from her but here we are. 7. Go Off - so sweet! 8. Ouchies - this is so wild. 9. Paint The Town Red - a bop 10. Agora Hills - chill and weird at the same time. I had a jump scare and thought there was a different rapper on the track, LOL. Doja does sex jams so well. 11. Shutcho - shut your goofy ass up is a vibe. 12. Fuck The Girls (FTG) - This is so catchy and it shouldn't be. The production SLAPS. 13. 97 - chill, smoke vibes. the bars here, too. 14. Balut - what the fuck does she put in those hits? 15. Love Life - -the way she mined from some of the best days of hip-hop but also put a new spin on it and adds her signature vocal style. simple yet effective. hopefully, this song shuts up the whole "DOJA HATES ALL HER FANSSS ZOMG!!!11! narrative once and for all. most critics have caught on by now though, thankfully. 16. Often - belongs on another album but also fits right on this one, so I don't know. What can't Doja do, honestly? 17. Skull and Bones - doesn't exist but nice gowns beautiful gowns. The instrumental is RICH, OMG. I wasn't that engaged until she started rapping.
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Post by wavey. on Sept 23, 2023 8:23:25 GMT -5
Often and Can't Wait gave me Doja Badu and 90's Doja J. Blige. I'm really diggin this album.
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Sept 23, 2023 8:50:40 GMT -5
I love how it is either ratchet or very sophisticated sounding.
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Post by NeRD on Sept 23, 2023 12:26:51 GMT -5
She sounds absolutely fantastic on Often and Can't Wait.
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Post by Envoirment on Sept 23, 2023 13:35:27 GMT -5
Standouts for me:
"Paint The Town Red" "Demons" "Agora Hills" "Can't Wait" "Attention"
Not fussed about the rest of the album. Hopefully "Agora Hills" becomes a big hit/another top 10 hit for her.
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Post by Choco on Sept 23, 2023 14:17:20 GMT -5
HDD predicts 50 to 55k for opening week. Roughly half of Planet HER.
Hot Pink eventually peaked at 37k IIRC correctly but opened below 10k.
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Sept 23, 2023 16:02:05 GMT -5
WHAAAT?!
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Post by tazzman on Sept 23, 2023 16:08:03 GMT -5
I'm not that surprised because when I looked last night and seen that no tracks besides PTTR was in the top 150 on Apple music(the hip hop dominated streaming platform also) and the entire album was missing let me know what time it was, but I am shocked it's projected to do this low.
This time last week I seen 100K minimum coming off the Planet HER era, maybe we underestimated the damage her antics did.
She can have legs, but from what I heard I don't hear it, what do you guys think? I can be wrong.
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Post by wavey. on Sept 23, 2023 16:27:11 GMT -5
We don't know what can blow up after PTTR(which is still doing well in streaming.) Maybe "Agora Hills". She's going on tour, so the album will be supported somehow.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Sept 23, 2023 17:21:28 GMT -5
The opening is a disappointment. And it wouldn't be difficult to unpack the reasons why. She deliberately lit these fires herself. The entire album/era is a gauntlet thrown down on her toxic stans, like track after track, lol. Even the love songs are a middle finger. All of the imagery has been incredibly divisive. Her social media presence has been a giant "f**k you" for months. And she's not serving guaranteed TikTok fodder, where she always manages to blow-up. "PTTR" has done fantastically there, but the other three pre-release tracks did nada.
But as stated in the chart threads, Doja has never been a huge opener. For all we know, five songs will take off on TikTok in the next few weeks and keep the album afloat. Or maybe they won't and she'll only land one hit with PTTR. Having a worldwide smash breaking records in the female rap category ain't nothing to sneeze at.
Either way, homegirl served a quality ALBUM. I'm enjoying it way too much to let the charts get me too bothered. Although please let "Agora Hills" be a hit, lol.
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Post by Ty on Sept 23, 2023 17:39:02 GMT -5
I can't say I understand the album well enough to enjoy it. This sound is out of my comfort zone. "Paint the Town Red" was immediate to me and after I played the album twice it remains the highlight. I also like "Demons" and "Wet V" but everything after track 3 sort of blend together to me.
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Post by SHOOTER on Sept 23, 2023 20:21:40 GMT -5
Listened on the plane and the whole album rides so smoothly! Haven’t pinpointed favorites just yet but I think it’s sequenced perfectly.
Also not surprised at the sales projection; during its peak performance, if I recall correctly, PH was averaging 40-50k SPS a week which means she was consistent but not a behemoth. Plus the overall sound of Scarlet is pretty much a 180° from the hits that dominated her last two eras; there’s nothing very poppy or trendy demanding to be playlisted here. PTTR is a #1 hit, yes, but it doesn’t check the same boxes as another rehash of SS/KMM/Woman (or even NTK/YR/Streets) would have so I think a good chunk of her listening base wouldn’t immediately hop onboard this era even without her antics throwing salt on her fire. Agora Hills may be the dark horse for this era though; time will tell.
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Post by irvine22 on Sept 24, 2023 5:30:37 GMT -5
The album is a dud to me and the energy behind it does it no favors in terms of pushing me to sit with/through it. I can appreciate the pushback and autonomy in her essentially saying I’m not your Barbie doll but everything is so ugly also lol. I’ll pass
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Sept 24, 2023 11:52:46 GMT -5
The way I am pushing this album on everyone I know. Doja really did a phenomenal job.
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Post by wavey. on Sept 24, 2023 12:12:25 GMT -5
Balut is a sleeper too. That beat is such a vibe and the way that she raps whew.
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Post by HamedM1 💔 on Sept 24, 2023 15:05:55 GMT -5
Idk about ya'll but this easily outclassed her other projects
Scarlet (Her most consistent and focused effort by far, nothing feels out of place or like active filler)
Amala (Consistent solid underrated album, very vibey and I love the R&B lite touches)
Hot Pink == Planet Her (Largely both are carried by the singles and like 2 album cuts, flooded by a sea of some mediocre basic cuts)
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Post by kimberly on Sept 24, 2023 16:33:47 GMT -5
I'm a slut for Planet Her. It remains pretty much flawless to me, besides the obvious involvement of a certain non-medical doctor. I even love the deluxe cuts like Ride, Tonight and Up And Down.
1. Planet Her 2. Scarlet 3. Hot Pink 4. Amala
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Post by HamedM1 💔 on Sept 24, 2023 18:00:44 GMT -5
I forgot about them deluxe cuts on Planet Her...wish it stayed that way.
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Post by kimberly on Sept 24, 2023 18:33:32 GMT -5
I forgot about them deluxe cuts on Planet Her...wish it stayed that way. oh shut up Where is your jealousy? Why won't you cry? This is what's telling me, you took me for a ride And baby, you wind me up, took me for a ride And baby, you drive me up the wall and down with lies
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Post by wavey. on Sept 25, 2023 9:57:00 GMT -5
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 25, 2023 15:27:29 GMT -5
“Agora Hills”…DAMN. That was SEXY…not me starting to get flustered at times. Whew!!! And those ad-libs in that valley girl voice were fucking hilarious. What an album. There’s a few songs here that I probably won’t use, but this is overall her most cohesive project to date, and it’s a shame that it’ll see such a weak debut, although she brought that upon herself leading up to the era. Living for ”Often” and that Doja J. Blige moment! PTTR, “Demons,” “Wet V,” “Gun,” and “Go Off” are also immediate standouts to me off the top of my head.
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