I have an honest question that doesn't *have* to get P/R as long as we keep to "yes" or "no"....
Be honest...
The people that hate Scarsick. Is it really the album you hate? Or does America stick in your craw and you just hate the rest of the album because of it?
Scarsick is a mixed bag. But I just have a hard time believing people could hate the entire thing unless it's out of some sort of political bias. (I didn't say it was impossible...I just said I have a hard time believing it)
Spitfall in itself is just amazing because I think it's incredible irony that the *entire rap community* just got completely owned by a white boy from The Netherlands.
Flame the the Moth is equally amazing. I get why people would not like Disco Queen...but I still think it's brilliant. And the lyric sheet for Kingdom of Loss is amazing as well (with all the "tm's" by everything).
Honestly, I would say that I am someone who would largely agree with a lot of the message of Scarsick, BUT the delivery of said message just rubs me the wrong way. Daniel just comes off like a smug douchebag. Subtlety can go a long way in delivering a message and Scarsick is like the exact opposite of subtle. Scarsick is like tying a hammer to your dick and wapping it in the face of your audience. Yet, the political aspect of the album isn't even
that big of an issue for me. The larger issue is that the music is just not that great overall. 'Mixed bag' is a perfect way to describe the album. Also, I really,
really do not like Daniel's 'rapping' on the album.
Despite those problems, I'd say Scarsick still isn't that bad. It's got some pretty good songs. I really like the title-track, Mrs. Modern Mother Mary, Flame to the Moth, and Enter Rain. Disco Queen would be one of the most amazing songs ever created.... if it was just a bit shorter. I don't think it's worth being over 8 minutes long. Kingdom of Loss is just... there. I never remember enough of it after it's over to criticize. The only thing I remember is the vague feeling of disappointment that it's a 'sequel' to King of Loss.' Spitfall, Cribcaged, America and Idiocracy I could happily go without ever hearing again.
That's about half the album I like so not completely worthless but definitely not as consistent as RL, TPE, RS2 or Entropia. I probably like it more than BE and maybe even RS1. It doesn't deserve all of the crap it gets but I can understand why people wouldn't like it.