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Album: Angel Haze - 'Dirty Gold'
Member Since: 8/1/2012
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Listened to it all the way through. Mixed feelings. The production is actually pretty good for the most part and when she actually raps its pretty good. Overall the album is a bit preachy... and I think her going from hard ass rap vocals to singing just doesn't mesh well on most songs. I think the lyrics play a big part in this too - the stuff she sings about lacks the same lyrical bite as her rhymes. I feel like I'm listening to a rap album by some nun in the hood. And lord the last half is way too slow for my taste. There are some really good songs though.
Fave tracks are Deep Sea Diver, White Lies/White Lillies, Crown, Vinyl & Black Synagogue.
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Originally posted by Nii.
Black Dahlia
[Intro: Natalia Kills]
You should write a song where the concept is…
You’re basically writing like a love letter, or like a piece of advice
To your mother, when she was your age
[Bridge: Angel Haze]
I don’t know
Maybe I would write you a happy ending
I would rearrange the pieces to your sad beginning
I would put you far away from the decaying roots that bore you
And let you experience all the ways that happiness could bloom before you
Or maybe I’m naïve…
Maybe I’m just a kid who thought that if she could plant a seed
It would somehow grow inside you
[Verse 1: Angel Haze]
Spent so much of my time wishing you were different
But reality is that, where life could never be provisioned
But if I could wish for one thing, I’d go back and I’d fix it
I’d tackle all your obstacles and kill them with precision
And better the intentions of every single person
Who play a part in you learning exactly what your worth is
I’d shower you with purpose, I’d wipe hate off the surface
I’d reshape all your pain and make it ****ing worth it
No more feeling worthless, no more ****ing searching
No more of that fraud ****, nobody else could hurt you
Yeah, said nobody else could hurt you
And if they ever tried too I’d wipe ‘em from the Earth too
Cuz I know that you hurting baby, I know that you tired too
I know that you been running from everything that’s behind you
I know that you’ve been burying everything deep inside you
I can see it killing you, wish that I could revive you
But I’m stuck sitting in this time frame
Struggling with my demons and playing these stupid mind game
One day it could get better, maybe it could get better
Maybe we could change ****, no more inclement weather
Know you hated your mom, know it went through your mind
You were just like me, wish that you had more time
To see life from a different angle, wrestle with a different angel
Wouldn’t lose your wings and fall from heaven like a cliffhanger
[Verse 2: Angel Haze]
Everything is different now, nothing is the same
And nowadays I swear it feels like you don’t know my name
But I look at the mirror and I see you every day
I’m you in every way, every hue and every shade
And maybe you should know, it’s the last thing that I wanted
Cuz what I hate about you makes me feel like I’m haunted
And I don’t wanna spend the rest of my time on the run and-
So I’m just gonna confront it, yeah I’m just gonna confront it
And tell you that I love you for everything you made me
And that you need to hear this even if it makes you angry
God lives inside you, you’ve already found him
The Devil lives in memories and you just let him hound you
[?] the church for everything that they taught you
It’s just a ****ing stain that I wish I could wipe off you
That I wish I could wipe off you
And I forgive you for doing everything that it cost you
Everything that it cost you
Fame is such a heavy price I wish it didn’t cost you
Losing a part of me that would follow you to Hell
Follow you to hatred, or follow you to jail
Followed you to patterns that I could never get out of
Now I realize that I could never make it with that love
Now I realize that **** is the alternative outcome
Never wanted you to save me, I just wish I count some
I just wish that you grew up with someone you could count on
I just wish you knew that you could never make it without love
For your goddamn self, and that you never ever find it in anybody else
Cuz I would help you find you
And if I saw it killing you I swear I would revive you
And if that meant the end of me
I’d do it all for you so you could have your happy end and peace
[Bridge 2: Natalia Kills]
Because, you are such a special thing
You’re not just my mom, but you’re the reason I exist
And the best life that you could’ve had for yourself without making a mistake
Would have meant I woulda had a nicer childhood
And even though my childhood wasn’t perfect and I still love you
I just want you to know that if I could go back do one thing for you
I would be one person for you
I would make sure, not just for my sake, but so that you could’ve had a nicer life
And a nicer childhood, that you know
You would not have made the mistakes that put us all in this bad situation
And not have the stress to leave
But just so that you would have been happier and stronger
Even if I didn’t exist, even it meant that I was never born
That’s what I would have wanted for you
[Verse 3: Angel Haze]
Yeah, and if that meant the end of me
I’d do it all for you so you could have your happy end and peace
Cuz I know that you hurting baby, I know that you tired too
I know you’ve been running from everything that’s behind you
I know that you’ve been burying everything deep inside you
I can see it killing you, wish that I could revive you
And if that meant the end of me
I’d do it all for you so you could have your happy ending
And if that meant the end of me
I’d do it all for you so you could have your happy ending
And if that meant the end of me
I’d do it all for you so you could have your happy ending
[Outro: Angel Haze]
I don’t know
Maybe I would write you a happy ending
I would rearrange the pieces to your sad beginning
I would put you far away from the decaying roots that bore you
And let you experience all the ways that happiness could bloom before you
Or maybe I’m naïve…
Maybe I’m just a kid who thought that if she could plant a seed
It would somehow grow inside you
And that I could hide you from the rain
So that it could be easier for happiness to find you
Or maybe I’m still a kid who’s caught in a dream
I’m the heir to the throne of a princess who’s still trying to be queen
Or maybe we’re all just caught in the winds of a massacre
The blackened leaves of dying, black dahlias
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Thank you
Can you type 'Angels & Airwaves' lyrics too? This is the last one I'll ask, I promise
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Member Since: 9/22/2011
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Does anyone know if there is a physical release?
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Member Since: 9/22/2011
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I need all the lyrics :crying:
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Member Since: 12/2/2011
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My favorites are: Echelon, Deep Sea Diver, Angel's & Airwaves, April's Fool, Battle Cry, Rose-Tinted Suicide, Crown & New York
Btw are predictions for the album's first week sales out
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jtyoung
Does anyone know if there is a physical release?
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Was just gonna ask this.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Battle Cry, Planes Fly, & Dirty Gold are the album trinity tbh
Honorable Mentions: Crown & Sing About Me
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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So many good songs to narrow it down to a trinity but:
Battle Cry, Deep Sea Lover and Black Synagogue
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Member Since: 9/22/2011
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I downloaded the album cuz I loved Battle Cry! And it's amazing I love every single song
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Member Since: 11/28/2011
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The trinity is UNQUESTIONABLY Angels & Airwaves, A Tribe Called Red, and Planes Fly.
How have you all gotten it so wrong
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Member Since: 1/11/2012
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I'm sorry, but it's Sing About Me, Deep Sea Diver, and Black Synagogue
And I want to say ATCR and Crown too but
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Member Since: 12/15/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jtyoung
Does anyone know if there is a physical release?
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18th of January
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
Posts: 3,048
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I'm listening to this right now. I'm really enjoying it, but all it makes me want is Azealia to drop her album.
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 8/2/2012
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Black Dahlia, Angels and Airwaves, and A Tribe Called Red is my trinity.
Perfection.
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Member Since: 9/22/2011
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I'm typing up all the lyrics now
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Member Since: 5/8/2012
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Marina omg
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Love it yesss
Fave track has to be White lilies/White lies.
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Member Since: 12/15/2011
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Member Since: 11/28/2011
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Just listened to On The Edge.
I cackle every time at "I bet my album's more done than yours and I just started a week ago."
January 3, 2013 was the day I got into Angel because of that lol. And now here we are, with a flawless debut album.
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Member Since: 1/11/2012
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What are its iTunes ranks right now?
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