While it isn't as consistent as Take Care- nothing was the same is drizzy's most ambitious effort to date; as he reaches a point of mastery with his pen game and finds an identity with his voice. However, the second half of the tracklist is ever so slightly lacklustre compared to the first- but not enough to take away from this gem of a project.
A$AP Rocky brought cloud rap to a new stage with his debut solo mixtape- live love asap- and its psychedelic and hedonistic atmospheres were meticulously crafted by the likes of spaceghostpurp and clams casino. On LONG.LIVE.A$AP- he shares the same charisma of his classic debut to make an album with hit after hit. It's hard to hate this- and it's def top 3 rocky.
Piñata is quite simply the best of gangsta rap. Madlib's production with the dusty sample loops and more perfectly complement one of the most technically gifted emcees of the last decade. it makes you feel like your in the streets of Indiana. Every feature delivered to perfection.