Definitely some great high points on this project. I loved the track with Travis Stacey, Logic's contribution was cool, ADÉ was great as usual, and we got a cool JV&B track. I've heard better production from 6ix before but the instrumentals here are still nice. Overall, pretty good, not much more I can say about it than that. Maybe 6ix can get some even bigger features on his next album and really bring the heat.
hook is catchy but good lord I just don't think I've ever heard a Carti verse I liked
Christ this was good. I didn't know what to expect sound-wise, and I was surprised in a really positive way. The singing hooks are phenomenal and Lupe's rapping never misses a beat, with some crazy rhyme schemes littered throughout. This is probably tied with Logic's album for my favorite of this year so far.
EDIT - 2/12/2025
IT'S SO FUCKING GOOOOD
Definitely has some interesting tracks. I love Lost Freestyle, and Adult film & War Against Love are cool. Not near the OG Lost Tapes in quality, but OG Lost Tapes was prime Nas. Nas is one of the only artists that can put out a project with scraps and not have it be ass.
I've warmed up a bit to the project after the first listen, but I'm still not a huge fan. It's got a refreshing sound to it sonically, but the concept is executed somewhat poorly and the attempts to recapture what was Slim Shady were poor and repetitive in their attempts to be controversial. There are some high points but overall its just another modern mediocre showing out of my formerly favorite artist.
EDIT 1/22/25 -
Well what I thought was a refreshing sound was actually a ... read more
It's okay. If I take him at his often untrue word that these are Ultra scraps then these did definitely deserve to be scrapped. There were a few fan favorites like Upgrade II and Say Less the fans wanted off this that we didn't get, and instead we got this with 2 tracks that had already been released in his discord and a skit that was on Inglorious Basterd. Still, the music is alright.
Jesus christ this is so hard. Didn't know what to expect, but I am overjoyed at the sound Kendrick went for here. Just hardcore west coast shit that bangs for all 45 minutes. Not much else to say (better than Damn btw)
Solid little project by LL so deep into his music career, most of this album ranges from acceptable to great, with the best tracks being Praise Him with Nas, as well as Murdergram Deux with Em. Really interesting production the whole way through, but some of it falls a little flat.
Not my favorite work from him. There's a lot of forgettable music here and a lot of the time it seems like it's being sonically different just for the sake of it.
Apparently I need Metro production to enjoy this dude, because I hated this. Really boring for the most part and I couldn't really pick out anything that was more than just decent. Too long, and too much future music this year clearly.
This isn't my favorite Nas album. I loved the intro, and expected the album to sound more like that than what it actually did sound like. It's not bad by any means but there's really only 3 or 4 songs off here I truly like. The rest of this album feels like I'm waiting through decent music to get to the parts I think are great like Cherry Wine and Reach Out.
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Well I was impressed at the start, but later on the songs start to dip in quality. He uses autotune here and there poorly and a lot of these tracks should be reduced in length. I really can't stand sloppy toppy. Overall though this is still a good project that does a good job at showing how far Travis has come in skill.
Some of my favorite lines to describe an album too good for a real in-depth review:
When shit hit the fan is you still a fan?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Critics want to mention that they miss when hip-hop was rappin' - Motherfucker, if you did, then Killer Mike'd be platinum
oh god this is not good
This is literally like what a parody of bad rap and heavy metal would sound like but this dude is serious
Not really for me, especially the two bizarre Japanese/Otaku songs. I like Megan's voice and the style she's going for, but I think the production could be better overall and the hooks still need some work. I didn't dislike and I don't think it's bad but it's probably not something I'm going to revisit.
Also surprise Logic feature on Moody Girl
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