Skip to main content

GLORY SOUND PREP: JON COMES CLEAN

                                 
 
     As I type this am almost done listening to Glory Sound Prep so I wanted to talk about what I could gather from the eight songs I’ve listened to so far. First of,this album feels like a mix-tape, it’s not trying to be over the top or mind blowing, It’s just Jon trying to pass a message and I get it. Granted, coming of the Human Condition I really wanted him to go big again but it’s all good….I think.
Maybe it’s just me(a fan) expecting a lot from him and that is one of the many things he doesn’t want at this point in his life and maybe that’s okay.


Glory Sound Prep is a really cool listen, with this paragraph am at track nine so let me just come out clean,my expectations are bloody high for the tenth and final track. I mean, it’s bloody 8 minutes long, He wouldn’t make something that long if he didn’t want to pull the rug from under my legs and blow my mind,right? I really think he’s tired because, after his last project he was blowing up and a lot of people started pressurizing him and saying things like he’s underrated and he says he doesn’t want to be popular. Jon says he doesn’t want to be famous but successful and it stuck with me because a lot of artists are out here getting pulled up into drama and the negative effects of Fame.


Guess what? I’m at the final track, it sounds good. A lot of dope instruments, cool voice overs. I like it….so far(I think). I really wish that this was like a set up for an album called “Glory Sound” and this could be like him prepping for it. Either way, this album basically tells us that Jon loves the ordinary life, he’s married now and He wants to live a calm and happy life. He talks about God, the internet and how he wants his life to be grounded and not feel controlled by people who don’t even care if he’s happy. Like a lot of other artists with beautiful minds, he sees through the bullshit side of being famous.


Yo! I can hear the tune from the first teaser he released but without the Stormzy voice over. Now that I’m pretty much done listening to it, This wasn’t what i expected, I’m not just enjoying  it as much as I thought I would but I guess it takes multiple listens to truly judge a musical project.
There is no Hand of God-esque outro but they are still heart warming songs like Stupid deep, Let’s begin, Cautionary tales and Conversation’s with me wife but, most of them are just so short and it really pisses me off. I don’t know if am disappointed or I haven’t just digested the message well enough yet.


Jon is one of my all time favorite artists, from Translation Through Speakers to The Seperation and then The Human condition, all of his previous work have stuck with me and so I really hope the personal issues he addresses in Glory Sound Prep aren’t in any way hinting at a retirement because, I want full videos for most songs on this album and hopefully they’re animated(all the promos were). I also want longer songs from time to time, features and many more projects from him


Glory Sound Prep didn’t resonate with me the way I would have hoped but maybe that’s on me for placing him on such an unrealistic high place, him wanting the album to be that way or maybe it was simply because of his long Hiatus, either way I’ll keep bumping to it louder in order to get more translations through speakers(see what I did there?) in order to fully understand the purpose of this record.

Have you listened to GSP? Did you like it? Did you hate it? Or are you stuck in the middle like me. Leave a comment and tell me what you thought of it and my semi live reaction blog post!. Au Revoir!

Comments

The Popular Posts

Wreck It Ralph: Ralph Breaks The Internet

Ralph Breaks The Internet is the sequel to Wreck It Ralph which i didn't know i needed. The film starts of six years after the first film with Vanellope and Ralph living their daily lives at the arcade with the only different thing now is the fact that Vanellope is tired of her own game. She wants to get a new exciting experience and so she ’s basically depressed about how repetitive her life is which is basically the struggle of every teenager and yes, she’s pretty much a teenager even though she’s stuck in the age of a child. When Ralph tries to make Vanellope’s game more exciting by creating a driving course,this ultimately leads to the gamer breaking the steering wheel when she can’t control her car due to Vanellnope driving of the controlled course to go to the one Ralph created. Without Cree 1stthe steering wheel, her game gets abandoned and without a game, she has no purpose so Ralph and Vanellope must travel to the internet to get it from E-bay. With such a...

Mowgli:Legend Of The Jungle

  Mowgli legend of the jungle is an adaptation of the book "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling which inspired the creation of the Disney classic of the same name.  That said Disney classic got the live action treatment sometimes last year and it got praised for it faithfully stating true to the Disney classic and for its incredibly photorealistic CGI.  Mowgli tells the story of the jungle book again but this time, it isn't based on the Disney film but rather the original source material by Rudyard Kipling.  Disney's the jungle book wasn't a straight up faithful adaptation but it managed to stick to major plot points of the book and this film tries to flesh out those plot points by giving all the characters a realistic backstory that doesn't make characters beside the Man Cub feel like they're only there for plot convenience.  I haven't read book by Rudyard Kipling but I know this film is a more faithful adaptation than the Disney film.   Dire...

Who Would Win? Batman Vs Spiderman

Okay before I start I'd like you all to know I am not being partial in any way at all. I had this argument with my friend Andrea a couple of days back and now I feel like sharing on who I think would win,but I realised they are two perspective 1-choosing a winner based on accomplishment 2-choosing a winner based on powers or strengths 1- this perspective is basically saying "oh look at this let's check out both characters accomplishments",they both have taken down a large amount of enemies ranging from smart villains to dumb ones,they've both faced foes that are big and strong. So it's only reasonable to think Batman would win here,not by a long shot though because Spiderman is a force to be reckoned with. Batman has basically done more important things,he has defeated Superman severally,dodged darkseid's omega beams,outsmarted braniac,I mean the man is a bit fluent in kryptonian and he knows several martial art skills and he's just a human......

Sex Education

    Sex Education is Netflix's latest addition to their list of unique top notch quality shows. Sex Education is a relevant coming of age show that revolves around teenage sexuality and it's complexities. I feel like most movies or shows that try to tackle subject matter like this end up focusing on glorious sex rather than the very common awkwardness that leads up to it. Sex Education is very raw and authentic, I say this because I relate to it based on the fact that I am a pervert and also a pubescent man-baby.   Sixteen Year Old Otis is an awkward teen living with his mother who happens to be a sex therapist.  Otis's best friend Eric is an openly gay boy in school and he's extremely funny and their friendship is true and strong. When The Headmaster's son who's known for being a big prick both literally and figuratively takes sexual enhancement drugs in order to be able to have great pleasure but he actually takes too much and ends up having an er...