Years of online myth-making have culminated with Lil B’s masterpiece Black Ken, 27 tracks of deep funk and hyphy that finally define the mercurial Based God.
From a musical standpoint, there’s no angle by which it stands out within Lil B’s discography.
EDIT: HOLY SHIT PITCHFORK BASED AS FUCK!!!
Strikingly good production and probably the best mixtape Lil B has put out since 6 Kiss. His subject matter within his raps is nothing special, but his flow is miles ahead of what it used to be, and the majority of this tape actually goes pretty hard. Absolutely based.
fav tracks: DJ BasedGod, West Coast
Time for another stupidly long discography binge! This time, it's the BasedGod himself, Lil B.
So, my first experience with Lil B was certainly... an experience. Black Ken has really good production, and Lil B has a good flow all throughout, but, with a run time of almost 100 minutes, it's far too long. Like, half the track listing could have been removed and it would have been a much better listening experience. But saying that, I definitely did enjoy the majority of this record. Say what you ... read more
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Woah, he had all 100s across the board on the song ratings, this tape must be legendary!!1!!!1!1!!!
It’s actually pretty good
1 | Produced by the BasedGod Intro 2:53 | 80 |
2 | Still Run It 3:33 | 82 |
3 | Bad MF 3:40 | 83 |
4 | Wasup JoJo 3:05 | 81 |
5 | Hip Hop 2:58 | 80 |
6 | DJ BasedGod 6:52 | 91 |
7 | Berkeley 5:09 | 87 |
8 | Free Life 5:09 | 87 |
9 | Pretty Boy Skit 0:38 | 74 |
10 | Young Niggaz 3:30 | 82 |
11 | Getting Hot 3:42 | 83 |
12 | Go Stupid Go Dumb 3:46 | 83 |
13 | Global 5:20 feat. iLoveMakonnen | 88 |
14 | Ride (Hold Up) 3:20 | 76 |
15 | Mexico Skit 0:45 | 65 |
16 | Zam Bose (In San Jose) 3:24 | 76 |
17 | Go Senorita Go 3:52 | 76 |
18 | Turn Up (Till You Can't) 3:31 | 76 |
19 | Ain't Me 3:18 | 75 |
20 | Raw 5:27 | 83 |
21 | West Coast 4:16 | 79 |
22 | The Real Is Back 4:26 | 79 |
23 | Rawest Rapper Alive 4:55 | 80 |
24 | Da Backstreetz 4:08 | 79 |
25 | Rare Art 4:18 | 79 |
26 | Show Promoter Skit 0:26 | 64 |
27 | Live From the Island - Hawaii 2:53 | 73 |
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