Ah yes they got Benny Blanco in the documentary. The producer known for producing 2 notable Juice songs. Nick? Nah.... heβs not important f*ck him we gotta put on for the smaller less mainstream producers!
This week, the boys are continuing their Los Angeles tour with superproducer, songwriter, record exec and actor, the legendary Benny Blanco. Benny was kind enough to host us in his wall-to-wall velvet pool house for an intimate and absolutely absurd conversation about the new season of Eat Out America, his cohost and BFF Matty Matheson, chomping on pubes, handmade jawnz, the secret to staying humble, his friend groupβs wild cast of characters, rumors of his beautiful cock, what he wonβt eat, beefing with Charlie Puth, the most difficult artists to work with, collabing with anyone throughout history, wack music trends, understanding TikTok, ghost credits, the joys of cunnilingus, his love of bidets and much more on this invasive and sex positive episode of The Only Podcast That Mattersβ’.
##Thoughts?
what do you think of them working together?
So whatβs the deal with Charlie and Blanco? They just messing or actually not friends anymore?
That shit was legit intimate lol. You canβt do a bunch off gay stuff then be like Iβm not gay
Thats like saying I fly a plane but iβm not a pilot β¦. It doesnβt make sense.
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Just so we're clear as a prelude: I am not sh*tting on any of these albums. I adore them all. Trilogy is still one of the greatest albums of the 2010s in terms of influence and Abel is a wizard for making a 2 hours 40 minutes triple album with 0 skips. Think of this as an explorative guide into why going through the discography in order with a focus on production and mixing details might be a cool exercise. You will appreciate Abel's growth as an artist much more, and this might contextualize what to expect from The Dawn.
Recommend listening along on higher-end headphones if you have them just so you can pick up on all the layers of instrumentation and little mixing details. I personally listen on a pair of Sony XM4s with a custom EQ (400 @ +6, 1k @ +7, 2.5k @ +6, 6.3k @ +5, 16k @ +6, clear bass +10) for a louder sound. ***EDIT: forgot to mention I also have LDAC turned on to get as close to lossless as possible. There are youtube videos on how to switch your XM4s to LDAC if you need help.
There is a progressing complexity in Abel's sound that I think flies under the radar of a lot of people. Abel's vocal style, the layers in the production from his producers, the actual bar-for-bar arrangement of the songs themselves, or most notably the mixing. There are enormous jumps in sonic quality from every album to the next, even when it may not seem like it (I know some people aren't too fond of Starboy). With a higher budget and higher expectations comes more refinement. I thoroughly believe every successive album has been an upgrade in terms of raw production quality over the last even though certain themes and styles in his albums may change the order of individual peoples' best to worst lists.
Trilogy is filled with experimentation and two-part song structures. It's noticeably very dark and confined, even in an auditory sense - if you listen closely to the vocals, you can hear that the studio Trilogy was recorded in is much smaller and the mic is sh*ttier than on future albums. It has kind of an amateurish quality to it which makes sense because the mixtapes were the first proper releases from Abel so the refinement and confidence of later albums was replaced with lots of experimentation as Abel tried to find his sound. I think this is why so many people love Trilogy, it's unlike any other album you'll hear even now just because it was very willing to go out-of-the-box in a way that later Abel albums aren't. My favorite examples of this creativity are th
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