[DISCUSSION] Flying Lotus - You're Dead! (10 Years Later)

The Los Angeles producer released his fifth album on October 6th, 2014, via Warp Records.

Like his previous two albums Cosmogramma and Until the Quiet Comes, You're Dead! features extensive contributions from Thundercat, who plays bass guitar on nearly every track and provides vocals on several.

The album peaked at number one at the US Dance/Electronic Albums and at number 19 at the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 17,000 copies in the United States.

Tracklist:

  1. THEME
  2. TESLA
  3. COLD DEAD
  4. FKN DEAD
  5. NEVER CATCH ME (FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR)
  6. DEAD MAN'S TETRIS (FEAT. CAPTAIN MURPHY & SNOOP DOGG)
  7. TURKEY DOG COMA
  8. STIRRING
  9. CORONUS, THE TERMINATOR
  10. SIREN SONG (FEAT. ANGEL DERADOORIAN)
  11. TURTLES
  12. READY ERR NOT
  13. EYES ABOVE
  14. MOMENT OF HESITATION
  15. DESCENT INTO MADNESS (FEAT. THUNDERCAT)
  16. THE BOYS WHO DIED IN THEIR SLEEP (FEAT. CAPTAIN MURPHY)
  17. OBLIGATORY CADENCE
  18. YOUR POTENTIAL//THE BEYOND (FEAT. NIKI RANDA)
  19. THE PROTEST

Discussion:

  1. Where do you rank this in Lotus' discography? Where would it end up in your 2014 Year-End list?

  2. Do you see the album as a companion piece to To Pimp A Butterfly? Which other great albums do you think came out of this moment in Los Angeles' musical scene?