Major Lazer

Unherd

So this has hit teh interwebz. No thread yet? Take that shit to the hollaerbored? I can't pass judgement yet. I forgot to bring it with me to work today, so I've only listened once, but parts sound cool to me, better than I was expecting...

Deegreez

I don't know, I am not into watching DJ's "perform" on a giant stage. It sounds cool and though I like a lot of Diplo and Switch's stuff it's just not that exciting. The beats are good but it's not very fun or natural sounding, kind of contrived. I think they love and appreciate dancehall but they don't have to re-do it, it is and always was itself and will be after they are done with it. And in that same way Switch speaks in interviews like dancehall is a planet and he arrived on it and is bringing back specimens. It's a little insulting to the long line of Jamaicans who could wipe their ass with him.

selperfuge

didnt Diplo invent favela baile funk?

johmbolaya

And in that same way Switch speaks in interviews like dancehall is a planet and he arrived on it and is bringing back specimens. It's a little insulting to the long line of Jamaicans who could wipe their ass with him.

Hotsauce84

I like it. It's nowhere near as gimmicky as I thought it would be. Granted, the whole marketing campaign is gimmicky and cheesy as heck (and yes, probably a bit insulting), but the album itself is pretty solid.

I could've done without the the Nina Sky song. I don't think it fits in at all. Plus it's not that good. I guess some people would think that the autotune infant/"baby T-Pain"-sampling skit is gimmicky due to it's recent web presence, but I wouldn't even have recognized that sample had they not built up to it with that intro.

Lamont

I don't know, I am not into watching DJ's "perform" on a giant stage. It sounds cool and though I like a lot of Diplo and Switch's stuff it's just not that exciting. The beats are good but it's not very fun or natural sounding, kind of contrived. I think they love and appreciate dancehall but they don't have to re-do it, it is and always was itself and will be after they are done with it. And in that same way Switch speaks in interviews like dancehall is a planet and he arrived on it and is bringing back specimens. It's a little insulting to the long line of Jamaicans who could wipe their ass with him.

Switch already did a dancehall collabo (not so great but whatev) in 2004 when people were still psyched about AEIOU, yet Wes gets a ghettopass and Dave stays at the Kingston Hilton ?

It's a fresh LP that will appeal to a lot of people, dunno if it will stand the test of time but the real dancehall crowd isn't the target audience anyway, they're too busy wiping their ass I guess.

I'm gonna listen to Jon Carter Live At The Social now. Lordavemercy.

Aser

Switch and Ms. Thing are a good combo, their past work indicated this. I like most of it, minus the Crookers hipster rave stuff.