(I’m too tired to go into the album’s themes and shit)
After hearing this album, I can confidently say that Common is one of the most underrated and under appreciated rappers out there. Besides the opening track the first couple songs were a little slow and I wasn’t all that into (they will probably be growers in the future), but once it got to “the light,” the album got so much better and intriguing for me and went on a run of fantastic songs. The production ... read more
best hip hop album of all time
Favorite Tracks:
NY State Of Mind
Life’s A Bitch
The World Is Yours
Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park)
One Love
Represent
It Ain’t Hard To Tell
Least Favorite Tracks:
N/A
Favorite Track Run:
Fuck it whole album is a track run
Best Feature:
AZ on Life’s A Bitch (of course)
Rating:
💎 10/10 💎
Thoughts: To me at least, this is Kendrick’s best album. Yes even over TPAB. This is arguably the best concept rap album of all time and one of the best albums in the genre’s history. The storytelling and overall story progression is some of the best Kendrick’s ever done on tracks like Sherane, Art of Peer Pressure and of course, Sing About Me I’m Dying Of Thirst (which Kendrick apparently took a year to finish creating). Kendrick starts at the beginning of the album ... read more
Thoughts: Consistently great throughout, only thing keeping it from having a higher score is that nothing spectacular that reaches Nas’ peak are on this album.
Favorite Tracks:
Speechless
Meet Joe Black
Ugly
40-16 Building
Wave Gods
The Truth
Least Favorite Tracks:
N/A
Favorite Track Run:
Tracks 2-4
Rating:
⭐️ 8.5/10 ⭐️ m