The perfect song doesn't exi- Comment by Izzy gardener Hey can yall check out my song “Today” Comment by bl00dy_pr1nc3ss Just got the vinyl and danced afound my room to this and now im listening again Comment by ikrr Comment by aiden Just commenting to say this will ALWAYS be a bop Comment by Izzy gardener Listen to it at night when your going to bes Comment by DeadAccount698 Getting obito vibes from this Comment by NGB Lxgendxry La La LA LA □ Comment by MDKSJAX Comment by Shanita Banjoman StokesĮveryone disappeared of this comment section Comment by disconnect Thank you tik tok Comment by Kendall Imus No body move there blood on the floor Comment by Tocxld_von ⚡⚡□⚡⚡ Comment by real nigga faggot Comment by The heartbroken phase. Pre-order the new album 'It Is What It Is', released 3 April on Brainfeeder: Photo Creds: /noisey.vice.'No More Lies', out now on Brainfeeder: /no-more-liesSo And I'm confident that all it will take is one listen for y'all to feel the same way I do. I feel lucky to have these guys in the musical era I'm growing up in. Thundercat needs to sing more because when he sings his truths do a whole lot. Moments in the song give me chills and some offer up cheers with an overall space of freedom to feel something. There's a boom of black excellence in the music. The decisions of Flying Lotus are bursting through every nook and cranny of the song. Them Changes is a song of astonishment to me, the highest level of live instrumentation. His keys literally dance around Thundercat's vocals but still highlight the high notes he hits or emphasizes when he drops off lower notes with more dour lyrics about the way he's feeling. If I had to describe how I heard Hamm's keys, I'd have to say they were like the highest level of playing that could come out of an improv jam session taking place in a ragtime musical space. And so does the final piece to the production puzzle, Dennis Hamm. Like with Dot's classic, he leaves his mark on this track. Again it's a sound I've come to completely love with the damage he did on TPAB. Kamasi Washington's playing is so beautiful. Kamasi's sax emits a gorgeous jazzy language of wallowing that he ends with a flawless, yet crazy booming playing style displaying a juxtaposition to everything that's been said. Kamasi Washington, on the other hand, nearly speaks as loudly as Thundercat's vocals. Those shadows speak to the break-up Thundercat went through at the time, as well as a personal connection for me to The Beyond/Where Giants Roam's cover art. FlyLo's almost undetectable synths give Them Changes a shadowy atmosphere that is later exposed to glimpses of light. The dashes of synths thrown in by Flying Lotus (as well as his partially uncredited artistic decisions) completely alter the nuances of Them Changes. I swear it continues the interstellar voyage of Parliament. There's nothing like it in today's musical space. His playing moves in a coily type of way with a very elastic sound. The way he makes it bend playing through a moogerfooger envelope filter truly does remind me of a snake. Thunder's baseline is wavy, funky and intergalactic. But the part that drops my stomach every time I hear it is that baseline. Thundercat's custom 6-string maple neck and body bass (that Lotus prefers) shuffles in a "bright tone" that I've come to fully love living with To Pimp A Butterfly nearly every day. That sliding gave me a jolt of anticipation mid song. Hearing the sliding from string to string I believe gives his playing texture. Thundercat must have extra fingers or something because his playing is inhuman here. Them Changes immediately blends so many genres and pulls from so many different sources, eras and feelings that I believe it can sound familiar and be nostalgic for anyone. It's the same excitement, inner celebration, pride and natural groove I had that mirrors what I experience living and listening to J Dilla's rework of the same sample on Won't Do. The feeling is something that has to be felt through the music, and all I can say is it feels fantastic. The effervescent closed hi-hat and jolting drums have a certain flare to them. The immediate smooth ride of sampled drums from The Isley Brothers' instantly recognizable classic Footsteps in the Dark bring the laid-back grooves, while still existing in a jazzy, funky soulful hip-hop space. I love Them changes and I've never stopped loving Them Changes. And I don't know of a slicker, more deserving song than Them Changes. The direction needs praise and the music damn sure warrants love. Because of it, the craft needs to be admired. You guys take us to a special place through your music. When you, Flying Lotus & Kamasi Washington collaborate there's absolutely nothing like it.
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