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Joe Mac said:
they have been already haven’t they? The January of rank mediocrity is Dirty Projectors, a Herbie Hancock album no one seems to be enthused by and something from rhh...
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radiodead said:
Give me Bitte Orca all day. It’s a classic.
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Agreed. I need that Bitte Orca. I don't own it and it's one of my favorite albums of the 00's. The 27th seems late to be announcing the ROTM but I guess that's the way it's been going.
 
I got B.B, Aretha, and RUN DMC today. I never got a shipping notice email like I used to do. I knew something was coming from NC because of informed delivery from USPS. When I check my account at VMP, it still says unfulfilled for Aretha. The only one that shows a tracking number is Fiona and I don’t have that yet. It’s scheduled for Monday I haven’t listened to them yet, but they look fine. Hope you guys get yours soon.
 
AudioAce said:
It was released by the same group so I feel like it deserves to be looked at on the same level as the rest of their discography.

I am an apologist for St Anger. To me, its on the same level as their output at that time. St Anger, Invisible Kid and The Unnamed Feeling were good songs. The thing I do hate about the album is that snare sound. Jesus christ that thing haunts me sometimes. When I got my drum set I changed my snare head to the same one as Lars used on this album and boy did i regret it. Also that movie that came out at that time.....uggh.
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I find it amazing how many albums they've put out with poor drum tones and/or overall sound issues. Also, that movie, not sure why they chose to release that, it seemed like it would be pretty embarrassing for them.
 
TransformerMan said:
I find it amazing how many albums they've put out with poor drum tones and/or overall sound issues. Also, that movie, not sure why they chose to release that, it seemed like it would be pretty embarrassing for them.
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That is true. But I feel like in St Anger it was their mission to get the worst possible snare sound.

That movie. Jesus, why do we now know what a Metallica group therapy session would be like.
 
AudioAce said:
That is true. But I feel like in St Anger it was their mission to get the worst possible snare sound.

That movie. Jesus, why do we now know what a Metallica group therapy session would be like.
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Full agree on both points - there are some pretty hilarious therapy moments in there.
 
radiodead said:
Give me Bitte Orca all day. It’s a classic. The other two are trash picks though.
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I don’t think Herbie Hancock’s Mr Hands is a trash pick at all! It’s a magnificent album! The last track - Textures - is a slow-motion, bouncy, galactic, slice of groovy early-morning sunrise music. The track is so lush and lightweight, yet has this subdued, hypnotic, dizzying wobbly-like feel. And then the second last track - is such a rapid, choppy, fast-motion, improvised, sweaty track but the dreamy, syrupy keys in the track give the track a semi-lullaby, contemporary, neo-soul feel! 🌼🍄☕

Hearing Herbie Hancock’s Mr. Hands reminds me of BADBADNOTGOOD’s first album. It is like jazz infused with hip-hop and electronic! The instrumentation on Mr. Hands is very bright and and is always changing rhythm. You get subtle quiet moments at the start of most tracks, and before you know it, your in a kaleidoscopic of playful, colourful sounds! 🍭🌈

It truly is a wonderful album and it’s being unfairly looked at, because it’s not one of the top-tier Herbie Hancock albums. I honestly would rank the album a 9.2/10! The instrumentation really jumps around each other playfully, and the improvisation is intense, but the music is still tight, funky, quirky and lavish! 💎

I can understand N*E*R*D’s Fly and Die being a trash pick. Even though I’m looking forward to spin the album, I kind of agree that it is a trash ROTM pick. It’s a bit half-baked, mellow-goofy, and just has weak vocals overall. It’s definitely a disappointing pick. BUT MR. HANDS BY HERBIE HANCOCK IS AN AMAZING PICK! 👨‍🍳🍹
 
Aretha is currently scheduled to arrive on my birthday (next Monday) although I'm hoping it'll show up on Friday. My five missing records from November are still listed as unfulfilled, but who knows if they'll show up with Aretha, show up randomly as a mystery box, or not show up at all,

btw the migration faq updated:

UPDATE 12/25/19

We have shipped approximately 90% of all open orders. Our warehouse is continuing to work today, and will be back up and running on 12/26. We are estimating all open orders will be shipped by the end of this week.
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Aside from them not knowing what day it is, it's interesting that for the first time they referred to it as "open orders" rather than December orders. Hopefully that means all our November and earlier shit is consistently going out as well.
 
NewsFedora said:
Aretha is currently scheduled to arrive on my birthday (next Monday) although I'm hoping it'll show up on Friday. My five missing records from November are still listed as unfulfilled, but who knows if they'll show up with Aretha, show up randomly as a mystery box, or not show up at all,

btw the migration faq updated:



Aside from them not knowing what day it is, it's interesting that for the first time they referred to it as "open orders" rather than December orders. Hopefully that means all our November and earlier shit is consistently going out as well.
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I am the 10%
 
Found out today a co-worker is waiting on her order to be shipped. All she had was Aretha and a Black Friday purchase of Laura Nyro which won't even ship until January lol
 
my backlog includes: aretha, black pumas, rose droll, bon iver, spoon, idler, and a couple pre-orders that I can't bitch about

all orders at least one month old
 
Siglet said:
I got B.B, Aretha, and RUN DMC today. I never got a shipping notice email like I used to do. I knew something was coming from NC because of informed delivery from USPS. When I check my account at VMP, it still says unfulfilled for Aretha. The only one that shows a tracking number is Fiona and I don’t have that yet. It’s scheduled for Monday I haven’t listened to them yet, but they look fine. Hope you guys get yours soon.
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I never received notification for those either, and I got all three today.
I DID look a few hours ago and EVERYTHING ELSE I was waiting on now has tracking numbers and marked as "fulfilled," but not the ROTM albums.

NathanRicaud said:
I don’t think Herbie Hancock’s Mr Hands is a trash pick at all! It’s a magnificent album! The last track - Textures - is a slow-motion, bouncy, galactic, slice of groovy early-morning sunrise music. The track is so lush and lightweight, yet has this subdued, hypnotic, dizzying wobbly-like feel. And then the second last track - is such a rapid, choppy, fast-motion, improvised, sweaty track but the dreamy, syrupy keys in the track give the track a semi-lullaby, contemporary, neo-soul feel! 🌼🍄☕

Hearing Herbie Hancock’s Mr. Hands reminds me of BADBADNOTGOOD’s first album. It is like jazz infused with hip-hop and electronic! The instrumentation on Mr. Hands is very bright and and is always changing rhythm. You get subtle quiet moments at the start of most tracks, and before you know it, your in a kaleidoscopic of playful, colourful sounds! 🍭🌈

It truly is a wonderful album and it’s being unfairly looked at, because it’s not one of the top-tier Herbie Hancock albums. I honestly would rank the album a 9.2/10! The instrumentation really jumps around each other playfully, and the improvisation is intense, but the music is still tight, funky, quirky and lavish! 💎

I can understand N*E*R*D’s Fly and Die being a trash pick. Even though I’m looking forward to spin the album, I kind of agree that it is a trash ROTM pick. It’s a bit half-baked, mellow-goofy, and just has weak vocals overall. It’s definitely a disappointing pick. BUT MR. HANDS BY HERBIE HANCOCK IS AN AMAZING PICK! 👨‍🍳🍹
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I mostly agree with you:

1. The Herbie album is not a trash pick, just lazy... probably the only one they could get the rights to, perhaps.
2. If we're looking at things happening at it's time of release, it has a lot in common with what Pat Metheny Group were doing at the time, aesthetic-wise. If you dig Mr. Hands, it is worth looking for the Pat Metheny Group album, or their album Watercolors.
3. N.E.R.D. is the first album in a while I cannot wait to swap. I wanted to get excited for this, I just can't.
 
My account states that I still have five unfulfilled orders. I’m waiting on Aretha, Run DMC, Slowthai, Fiona, and the Zuu restock. I’m only a state away from NC, so I assume mine haven’t even shipped yet. I usually get mine two days after the shipping notice.
 
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