Three albums in, the Chicago legend further pushes his astral brand of hip-hop, crafting GOAT-level rhymes that evoke conscious rap's golden era.
Few Good Things doesn’t do anything to change what makes Saba such a profoundly important artist, but instead expands our vision on who he is as a human being.
Few Good Things is a vibrant, technicolour celebration of life's triumphs and joys.
While the stories told within Few Good Things are definitely the focal point of the record, the musicianship that accompanies it matches and at times even exceeds it.
While Saba spends a lot of Few Good Things looking back at his humble beginnings in his grandma’s basement, there’s a real sense that this is his biggest leap forward yet.
There are a few tracks that fall short on Few Good Things like “If I Had A Dollar,” that relies on heavy autotune and pretty boilerplate verse, but as a whole Few Good Things is thoroughly enjoyable front to back for new and old old fans alike.
It’s a great project that reflects the headspace of an artist finding inspiration in the people and things that matter most.
While his previous album was a melancholic paean, this record sees the Chicago MC appreciate what he has.
There's still room for Saba to grow as a distinctive artist, but Few Good Things is a promising step forward.
Few Good Things has a few flaws, but it’s ultimately a really solid project with some nice production and really good writing and performances from Saba.
I have never listened to CARE FOR ME in full, but at the time I listened to some songs from it and really liked the ones I’ve heard. I just unfortunately never got around to listening to the full album. I have been excited for whatever Saba did next though, and after a few years it’s finally here. And with it here, ... read more
With this new album, you’re listening to an autobiography.
The unique story that each track tells, the way that they’re sequenced together - it’s like a bird’s eye view of all of the emotions that Saba’s gone through up until this point, all the forces he’s had to overcome. This is an acknowledgement of the bad, good and everything in between, and in the end, a statement that he can be happy on his own terms.
When the first single to this project ... read more
'Few Good Things' is Saba's third album, entering a world that's filled with light this time around as everything in our day to day lives are highlighted, especially working as that's basically what we spend our days doing. Saba reminds his fans to be smart with their money, remember to save and don't spend it all at once but at the same time, don't make your whole world revolve on money or you'll forget to actually live, telling us countless stories of how money has took control of his life, ... read more
I hope that one day Saba reaches his potential because I KNOW that he has it in him to make a classic. This album was good, just nothing to go crazy over.
I’ve had my issues with saba for a little while. I think up until few good things, his sound, whilst certainly having highlights, always felt a bit undercooked and overly derivative to me. The bucket list was a good statement of intent and worked as proof of concept, but by every metric was a mess.
Care For Me was an excellent album, and still is one of the best written hiphop albums of the past decade. Yet, for the Neo soul stylings, I thought then and think to this day a lot of the ... read more
1 | Free Samples 2:07 feat. Cheflee | 77 |
2 | One Way or Every Nigga With a Budget 2:45 | 80 |
3 | Survivor’s Guilt 3:42 feat. G Herbo | 80 |
4 | an Interlude Called “Circus” 1:02 feat. Eryn Allen Kane | 80 |
5 | Fearmonger 3:41 feat. Daoud | 72 |
6 | Come My Way 3:10 feat. Krayzie Bone | 80 |
7 | Still 3:45 | 81 |
8 | a Simpler Time 3:33 feat. Mereba | 68 |
9 | Soldier 3:05 feat. Pivot Gang | 82 |
10 | If I Had A Dollar 3:13 feat. Benjamin Earl Turner | 75 |
11 | Stop That 2:18 | 71 |
12 | Make Believe 3:41 feat. Fousheé | 82 |
13 | 2012 4:20 feat. Day Wave | 86 |
14 | Few Good Things 7:08 feat. Black Thought, Eryn Allen Kane | 89 |
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