#Chords for just as long as you love me series#

#Chords for just as long as you love me series#

On N95, the tone of his delivery changes so dramatically and so often that it sounds less like the work of one man than a series of guest appearances. On Worldwide Steppers, LamarвЂ™s words rattle out at such a pace that they threaten to race ahead of the backing track, a muffled, dense, relentless loop of Nigerian afro-rock band the Funkees that suddenly switches to a burst of laidback 70s soul and back again. Its opening tracks donвЂ™t so much play as teem, cutting frantically from one style to another вЂ“ staccato piano chords and backwards drums a frantic, jazzy loop with a bass drum that recalls a racing heartbeat a mass of sampled voices thick 80s-film-soundtrack synth and trap beats. Mr Morale & the Big Steppers is absolutely crammed with lyrical and musical ideas. Anyone who learned to be wary of rappers who confused quantity with quality in the CD era, when every hip-hop album came stretched out to a discвЂ™s maximum playing time, should note that there isnвЂ™t a moment of padding here. The album is 18 tracks and nearly 75 minutes long.

Clearly his prayers were answered in no uncertain terms: on the evidence here, the block ended like a dam bursting.