Whether this is his last album or not, I’m truly impressed with what Cole delivers here. This double album shows Cole at his brightest artistically.
Most tracks show great penmanship, flows and the beat selection is sublime. This honestly feels like an ode to hip-hop in its essence due to the numerous samples sprinkled throughout.
Despite my high praise, this record is far from flawless. The singing on some songs feels lacklustre and the tracks have a tendency to drag on a bit.
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Sometimes you listen to an album and this immense wave of emotions and feelings just some crashing down on you.
I don’t know how and I don’t know why, but yesterday this album clicked for me in a way that music hasn’t done in a long time. I’ve must have played this 10 times yesterday, I’m not joking.
The songs are intricate yet grand, beautiful yet introspective and musically brilliant with a witty view on life and society.
Honestly I’m blown away, I ... read more
I had tremendous fun with this mixtape tbh, was nodding my head and feeling myself all the way through.
Look I get it doesn’t have the quality of a heroes and villains, but isn’t meant to. It’s meant to be a classic antlanta mixtape with some bangers and a summer feeling sprinkled on top. And in that sense it obviously succeeds.
It’s no surprise that the production is the real highlight on here, I find metro’s beats fitting, energetic and overall pretty good. ... read more
This album just shows how much Tyler has grown as an artist over the years. He’s obviously just having fun, but the quality of music he’s putting out stays at an extremely high level.
This isn’t a concept album like his previous projects, but it’s hella fun and engaging. Production remains top tier, Tyler is going off and overall the record brings a feel-good vibe with it.
I’m going to need a few more listens to rate it properly, but for now I can say I’m ... read more