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Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Young Thug vs Sufjan Stevens

babyBlueSedan — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 23:20:21 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 09/25/2020 03:20

The fourth quarter just ended for Young Thug

Sufjan wins 16-3

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Young Thug vs Sufjan Stevens

baystateoftheart — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 21:00:18 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/25/2020 01:00

Halftime is really good but far from my favorite 2015-19 Thugger track. I think the Slime Season trilogy is his peak in terms of projects, and he also has some excellent singles like Pacifier. All coming after Barter 6.

Fourth Of July has my vote.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Young Thug vs Sufjan Stevens

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:06:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/24/2020 22:06

Skinny wrote:

'Halftime' wouldn't have been my personal pick from Barter 6 - which, incidentally, is the last time Young Thug felt truly exciting, before his style was co-opted almost wholesale by an as yet neverending stream of younger, less imaginative, though often wildly successful rappers - but it still has a freshness and spontaneity, as well as an incredibly dextrous command of flow, that emphasises most of Thug's strengths. I really like this Sufjan song too, but vote to 'Halftime'.

Yeah this. Barter 6 is the last time Thug felt fresh and the Fourth of July is pleasant and all but it's also the precursor of the washy post Call Me By Your Name type Suf sound that's been slowly driving me away from him.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Young Thug vs Sufjan Stevens

Skinny — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:18:08 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 09/24/2020 15:18

'Halftime' wouldn't have been my personal pick from Barter 6 - which, incidentally, is the last time Young Thug felt truly exciting, before his style was co-opted almost wholesale by an as yet neverending stream of younger, less imaginative, though often wildly successful rappers - but it still has a freshness and spontaneity, as well as an incredibly dextrous command of flow, that emphasises most of Thug's strengths. I really like this Sufjan song too, but vote to 'Halftime'.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Young Thug vs Sufjan Stevens

Purplepash — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:43:14 GMT

Author: Purplepash

Posted: 09/24/2020 08:43

There is something about the wooziness of Halftime that appealed to me. Not sure I've ever really enjoyed a Young Thug song before.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Young Thug vs Sufjan Stevens

travelful — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:11:38 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 09/24/2020 04:11

I actually voted against my own nomination this time. Simply a bad draw for Thugger against what I see as a potential victor.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Young Thug vs Sufjan Stevens

RoundTheBend — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:11:47 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 09/22/2020 04:11

Sometimes I feel like hip-hop has gotten just as stale as dad rock.

Easy vote for Sufjan.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Young Thug vs Sufjan Stevens

babyBlueSedan — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 22:40:39 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 09/22/2020 02:40

Fourth of July is my favorite song off Carrie & Lowell, and one of only a few songs that can make me tear up just by thinking about it. I think the repetition of Sufjan and his mother's pet names for each other is pretty genius, and the "my dragonfly" and "my little loon" lines in particular always make me lose it.

I like Thugger a lot and this is another reminder that I need to check out more of his pre-Jeffrey stuff but I can't vote against Sufjan here.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Young Thug vs Sufjan Stevens

LedZep — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:41:15 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 09/21/2020 18:41

I like Halftime, but I just like Fourth of July better, even if it's not in my personal Sufjan S tier.

(Closed) 2015-2019 Round 1: Young Thug vs Sufjan Stevens

babyBlueSedan — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 23:37:46 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 09/21/2020 03:37

Halftime by Young Thug

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Year: 2015
Nominating user: travelful

vs

Fourth of July by Sufjan Stevens

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Year: 2015
Nominating user: AwaitingAndrew

Matches closes end of day Thursday September 24th