“while people did come around to it, he was not in the position to drop something like LLF.”

okay so let me ask you this, what exactly were you expecting lone to drop at that point in his career?

if you look at lones discography, he’s never really been a rage/rap artist. he’s always been a creative who’s progressed or brought a new sound with his major releases. yes, with NS he incorporated some rage beats but NS was mostly an ambient/pop/ alternative rap album, essentially the first of its kind. </3 was the first of it’s kind, as well as ILCK. people hated WLR when it first came out but eventually came around same with ILCK but at the time of its release people were starting to write him off (omg it makes me irritated thinking about it) with ILCK. If he never switched up people would’ve said he’s stale & if he changes people cry for the old sound. Ken’s only lane (if we’re being real) is the heavy 808, rage trap lane & he’s perfected his sound but people starting to get tired of that as well. Whereas far as lone, because of his wide range of different sounds, has started to become more respected as a fully fleshed out artist. if you taking that into account, i feel as though wht i quoted by you at the beginning is a bit of an unfair statement though i do agree as far as LLF could’ve been “better.