KrisYa

I don’t know if I'd say I'm disappointed with this album, but it’s extremely mediocre. While it is a step up from most of Kanye's work in the past two years, this tracklist doesn't do very much for me. Every now and then you get a song that has decent potential, yet still feels unfinished whether due to bad vocal mixing, unfinished sounding production or just an unpassionate Kanye performance. Overall while this album isn't bad, the fact that this is all ... read more

I wasn't very sure of my expectations coming into this, but I'm somewhat disappointed. While the album starts on a pretty strong note with some nice, chill production and some strong rapping performances, towards the 2nd half of the tracklist the quality dip is pretty significant. The entire backend is made up of very short 2-2.5 minute long songs, which feel like they significantly lack content. From these songs, all you get is a single verse with production that doesn't get ... read more

Doing this as my first Pre-Flower Boy Tyler album, this was pleasantly different. The production on this album (specifically on the first half) is unlike anything I've heard from Tyler. While a lot of songs in the first half are really cool and experimental, the tracklist does fall off in the 2nd half, with less risk-taking production and unnecessarily long songs. 2SEATER, FUCKING YOUNG / PERFECT & OKAGA, CA are just not worthy of being almost 7 minutes long, and due to them all being ... read more

[ALBUM #100] Unexpectedly but pleasantly relaxing album. While this album does have some great highlights, it has a concerningly inconsistent tracklist quality. The rapping on this album is average when it comes to Jay. I wouldn't say his flows or lyricism stick out to me on a majority of the tracklist, but the rapping is still good and when combined with relaxing instrumentals it works well. The lows and highs of this album can both be derived from the production. The production on the ... read more