Best Ever Albums

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

babyBlueSedan — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:22:04 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 10/31/2020 03:22

Flesh is moving on, Bloods are not

Grimes wins 11-7

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

travelful — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:56:47 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 10/28/2020 14:56

I preferred both of my rap submissions over this excellent YG track. Still, I'll take YG in this matchup without a doubt.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

baystateoftheart — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 23:55:52 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 10/28/2020 03:55

LedZep wrote:

Grimes. I like this YG track, but honestly Flesh Without Blood is the second-best pop song left in the tourney.

Made some edits to get my take.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

RoundTheBend — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 22:37:41 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 10/28/2020 02:37

Gowi wrote:

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

RoundTheBend — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 22:36:36 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 10/28/2020 02:36

Twist My Fingaz easy.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

cestuneblague — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:23:05 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 10/27/2020 23:23

I can always groove with Grimes and like the beautiful tonal balancing act here but Twist My Fingaz is just sheer perfection, not necessarily as ambitious but nowadays I just find it the better listen as it's catchy as hell but still has plenty of bite to it as well.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

LedZep — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:32:52 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 10/27/2020 14:32

Grimes. I like this YG track, but honestly Flesh Without Blood is the best pop song in the tourney.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

Skinny — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:44:27 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 10/27/2020 08:44

As I said last time, 'Flesh Without Blood' leans on some fairly garish, maximalist sounds that I'm not really fond of, but is then also super fussy and subsequently lacks the clarity of, say, Hannah Diamond's best songs. I also praised Grimes' ability to shove a bunch of earworms into a song last time, but I've found that this time around I couldn't remember them from the first time, making this a peculiarly forgettable effort as far as she's concerned. I don't think it's a bad song, per se, but it doesn't sit amongst her top tier.

'Twist My Fingaz', on the other hand, is a total beast of a song, a series of instantly chantable sledgehammer flows and mantras over luscious, lovingly recreated g-funk (courtesy of Terrace Martin, also responsible for a number of Kendrick's best, most explicitly West Coast songs), capturing everything that makes YG a great rapper: his underdog paranoia; his stubborn allegiance to Compton's great rap heritage; his economy of words and total clarity of message; his forceful, conflicted personality, a rapper who wants to represent everybody on the streets, as Tupac once did, even if it will get him shot. As I said last round, this is music to soundtrack drive-by shootings at sunny, joyous, neighbourhood barbecues, music that is both warmly triumphant and coldly indifferent to the ways of the world, music about the strength of street knowledge that pays homage to all the great Californian gangster rap of the past whilst proudly, defiantly standing alongside it, forging a way forward and dragging the best bits along with it. Plus, it slays at parties.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

mickilennial — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:57:24 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 10/27/2020 06:57

NewsFromHome wrote:

Easy vote to YG. It's just a classic track and maybe the best thing he's ever done. World Princess Pt. II or Realiti are some of the best songs of the decade but Flesh Without Blood, like California, never really did much.

Re: (Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:11:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/27/2020 06:11

Easy vote to YG. It's just a classic track and maybe the best thing he's ever done. World Princess Pt. II or Realiti are some of the best songs of the decade but Flesh Without Blood, like California, never really did much for me.

(Closed) 2015-2019 Round 3: Grimes vs YG

babyBlueSedan — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 23:01:09 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 10/27/2020 03:01

Flesh Without Blood by Grimes

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Year: 2015
Nominating user: Exist-en-ciel

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Twist My Fingaz by YG

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Year: 2015
Nominating user: Skinny

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