I can’t help but hear Kendrick throughout the album.
I don’t want to hear about the fact they are cousins and so of course he’s gonna take inspiration from him. This is true, but there comes a point where it just starts sounding like a knock off product of the original. Even if certain lyrical content IS good I cannot bring myself to enjoy it as much with the feeling in the back of my mind that the verse could just be mostly written by Kendrick.
I’m also just not a fan ... read more
As someone that lost my best friend last year this album resonates with me on a super deep level and I completely understand the stylistic choices as well as the meaning behind many of Ritchie’s verses. Love it.
It’s really not bad as an overall album, there’s just not many individual songs I see myself going back to anytime soon.
He still got it. This album is the exact reason I don’t listen to leaks before a release. I’ve seen too many fans feel the album is a disappointment because their favorite songs didn’t make the cut and/or songs sounding different than the leaks. Without being blinded by that you can see this album for how it is and it’s a classic Rocky album.
Not a big fan of the autotune on the intro, kinda ruins the song for me unfortunately but it’s still an okay intro track. ... read more