ColleGrove peaks when it stumbles onto potential hits off sheer energy but it never sparks the same fervor that songs about their old stomping grounds could.
More often than not, ColleGrove plays out like 2 Chainz pulling his friend and mentor up by his bootstraps while ceding a bit of the spotlight in the process. It’s a generous gesture, but a costly one.
When Collegrove is good, it's very good. Unfortunately, it's tough to hear this project as anything but a crude marketing move to keep both rappers relevant until their next solo projects.
ColleGrove isn’t necessarily a letdown but doesn’t exactly exceed expectations. There are some moments of brilliance from both sides but overall, a collaboration of this magnitude should have stronger replay value across more songs.
Throughout ColleGrove, the dominant statement that seems to be made is one of discordancy and dullness. Wherever these two succeed, there is always an antithesis to mute the momentum.
A budding 2 Chainz mixed with a solid Wayne results in a pretty good collab project that is scarcely mentioned. The production is good but the real highlight is the rapping. While Chainz would release his magnum opus only a year later, he still raps pretty well on here, bringing the goofiness and bigger-than-life caricature that I very much love from him. Both talents shine on Bounce as it encapsulates the unpredictable and free-flowing nature of both, especially Wayne. The solo 2 Chainz tracks ... read more
I remember holding off on this album when I went through all of Wayne's album discography earlier this year with my reasoning being "I wanna get into 2 Chainz" and since I heard negative things about it I didn't wanna ruin my experience with him. Which is kind of stupid on my end given I knew Chainz likely has better so unless this was abysmal it wouldn't really influence how I view him and listening to majority opinion rather than just listening to it myself was kind of ... read more
1 | Dedication 4:57 | 71 |
2 | Smell Like Money 4:50 feat. Lil Wayne | 78 |
3 | Bounce 4:17 feat. Lil Wayne | 69 |
4 | Gotta Lotta 3:34 feat. Lil Wayne | 79 |
5 | MFN Right 3:24 | 63 |
6 | Blue C-Note 2:50 feat. Lil Wayne | 55 |
7 | Not Invited 3:14 | 69 |
8 | Bentley Truck 4:35 feat. Lil Wayne | 65 |
9 | 100 Joints 3:36 feat. Lil Wayne | 61 |
10 | Rolls Royce Weather Every Day 3:05 feat. Lil Wayne | 62 |
11 | What Happened 4:57 feat. Lil Wayne | 48 |
12 | Section 3:55 feat. Lil Wayne | 70 |
13 | Watch Out 3:28 Bonus Track | 74 |
#29 | / | Complex |