Quality vs. Eardrum

Terry's being a hoez, so which is better?

LOL, why i gotta be hoez?

Becauze you iz. I don't know why you iz how you iz, foo

I vote Quality.

You're still a hoez though, Terry...

"I vote Quality."

Don't worry, Terry. I'm at that line, too.

I like Eardrum better.

Quality gets my vote.

Quality

I use to say Quality but it does lose some steam toward the end of the album. Its real front load heavy. But Eardrum has the dopeness spread out well, the aiight songs are spread out well also. So i'll go Eardrum just a tad but I haven't listened to Quality in awhile so it may change as soon as I do...lol.

Eardrum is decent, but it's a bloated, scatter-shot effort. It's as least 20 minutes longer than it should be, it's full of recycled idea and it never really gains a good flow. Quality has some of the same issues, but on a lesser scale, and Kweli was a better, more inspired rapper when he made Quality. He really hasn't had a fresh idea since.

I do agree with Jason that it was long winded and Quality just struck real fast but real good. Thats some good points.

Jason wrote:

Eardrum is decent, but it's a bloated, scatter-shot effort. It's as least 20 minutes longer than it should be, it's full of recycled idea and it never really gains a good flow. Quality has some of the same issues, but on a lesser scale, and Kweli was a better, more inspired rapper when he made Quality. He really hasn't had a fresh idea since.

Cosign.

Jason wrote:

Eardrum is decent, but it's a bloated, scatter-shot effort. It's as least 20 minutes longer than it should be, it's full of recycled idea and it never really gains a good flow. Quality has some of the same issues, but on a lesser scale, and Kweli was a better, more inspired rapper when he made Quality. He really hasn't had a fresh idea since.

I disagree. Ear Drum is one of my top albums in the past 5 years. There isn't a track on it I don't like. There are standouts, but I can listen to the whole album straight through and always do every time I bump it from the day I bought it. It's only gotten stronger with time.

I'd probably give it the personal classic tag. So Ear Drum wins easily for me since Quality is 4 stars IMO.

Quality

Quality

I have both rated @ 4.5 stars, but Quality has doper standouts IMO.

Eardrum

I don't think many has heard EarDrum

Dang! Trotter wrote:

I don't think many has heard EarDrum

I own EVERY Talib Kweli album

Alan wrote:

Jason wrote:

Eardrum is decent, but it's a bloated, scatter-shot effort. It's as least 20 minutes longer than it should be, it's full of recycled idea and it never really gains a good flow. Quality has some of the same issues, but on a lesser scale, and Kweli was a better, more inspired rapper when he made Quality. He really hasn't had a fresh idea since.

I disagree. Ear Drum is one of my top albums in the past 5 years. There isn't a track on it I don't like. There are standouts, but I can listen to the whole album straight through and always do every time I bump it from the day I bought it. It's only gotten stronger with time.

I'd probably give it the personal classic tag. So Ear Drum wins easily for me since Quality is 4 stars IMO.

Indeed.

Sorry I'm late with this one, lol. Quality is the better album IMO, although Eardrum is very good in its own right. It's better that The Beautiful Struggle.

I'll have to go with Eardrum. I have Eardrum at a 4.5 and Quality at a 4. I will give Quality another listen because it has been a minute. I need to get Recovery out of my head anyway..lmao

Thank you, Highsmith. You iz indeed, not a hoez.

Both suck

There

Naw

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