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[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

SERIOUS QUESTION: Do you ever really get overwhelmed by how our current reality is a genuine dystopian nightmare yet everyone still acts like it is completely normal ??

[J @sourmlk]

@MetaReflexive Midsommar

[J @sourmlk]

@YesMissCharlee Being “woke” isnt what it used to be. 90s & early 00s it had a real meaning. now its just been twisted & weaponized.

[J @sourmlk]

@NFL @Giants @NFLLegacy I SWEAR this play was a 4th down lmaoo

[Reed @ReedMySole]

If you don't like Cry Baby by Vince Staples then you are not angry enough.

[J @sourmlk]

@afroangellic Yeah but that’s why prima donna worked so well.

[The Mad Rapper @RappMaddd]

CRY BABY is built on a contradiction Vince Staples understands better than most. It paints a grounded picture of fear, systemic failure, and survival in a country still selling dreams it was never designed to deliver for everyone, yet it never feels crushed under that weight. Vince has always been exceptionally talented at making hell sound like heaven, and that quality is the reason this album works as well as it does!

His previous work found Staples turning inward across the self-titled 2021 record, Ramona Park Broke My Heart, and Dark Times. CRY BABY is a deliberate turn outward. Built around the scuzzy sounds of noise rock and post-punk, its ten tracks use the well-worn touchstones of Americana to turn the American dream inside out, and the album cover announces all of this before a single note plays. A blond-haired baby in a US flag diaper, a provocation that sets the tone for everything that follows!

What separates this record from anything else in his catalog is how completely the sound serves the subject. Staples built each track around live instrumentation, and hints of funk, post-grunge, punk, and disco surface across the ten tracks without any of it feeling like genre tourism. The music carries the same unease found in the writing, giving CRY BABY a friction that never lets up!

He stated his purpose plainly before the record dropped: “It is my unwavering belief that it is the artists’ duty to burden themselves with the weight of the world. We have been blessed with a lens that unveils the truth, and in respect of that blessing, we must look through it and never turn away. So as the world burns, I have decided to release this album.” CRY BABY delivers on that without ever becoming a lecture. The melodies linger, the hooks stick, and the energy keeps pulling you back even as the album confronts things most people would rather not look at directly. Seven albums deep, and this is the most he has ever asked of both himself and the listener!

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[CHUCK INGLISH said it. @Chuckisdope]

Vince made one of the best albums I’ve heard in a very long time.

Its up there with
Toro’s - Anything in Return or Childish - Awaken my Love.
as my one of my favorites off first listen

Thats my real brother fr fr
But this is aint off bias.

This album is really that good

[BUTCH GAWD⭐️ @ButchGawd]

Vince making his first album after leaving def jam about the inherent contradictions of American exceptionalism and capitalism is kinda the most Vince thing that could have happened.

[J @sourmlk]

@ByDobson hard since stolen youth

[J @sourmlk]

@xlr8harder They been knew

[Aujour @Dramidan]

Him throwing up the set on a Call of Duty stream lol

[J @sourmlk]

@Teller_Banks357 Thats an engagement farming list

[Ukdiche Moduck @k0ol1]

@shri_shobhit They are so intelligent that they knew evolving would mean getting jobs and paying taxes, so just stuck to moving however they want and perfectly camouflaging themselves while doing so.

Smart move, tbh.

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

Lord Jamar has publicly came out and says he used to manage Stove God Cooks. According to Jamar, Stove God was never in an unfavorable contract situation. In fact, it was Jamar who facilitated his introduction to Babygrande Records as his manager and Stove God never paid Lord Jamar for his services.

Jamar further alleges that Stove God's current push to exit his contractual obligations with Babygrande Records is not rooted in any legitimate grievance, but rather an unwillingness to fulfill the terms he originally agreed to.

(Via 🎥 Quiet Part Out Loud)

[Andrew Barber @fakeshoredrive]

A true gem:

Roc Marciano killing the booth on Rap City: Tha Basement when he was part of Busta Rhymes' Flipmode Squad

Summer 2000...

[J @sourmlk]

@WillBlackmon Salt them some and lettem sit to get some moisture out. sauté w a lil oil and add whatever sauces after they’re charred up

[Nicholas Craven @NicholasCraven_]

if max b’s success doesn’t fill you with joy you gotta look inward

[☀️👀 @zei_squirrel]

Anthony Bourdain: "Listening to you people makes me want to go join the communist party. You're living off the labor of a repressed underclass."