Ok I waited a little before I could type a real review. First listen this album felt wonky, like it went against everything great about Cole's last albums. But after registering, this album grows amazingly. Instead on focusing on being cohesive and pushing messages, Cole returns to his mixtape days where he focuses purely on proving his penmanship and stance as a legend. He does this amazingly, having great lyrical performances on "Applying Pressure", "Punchin the Clock", ... read more
Never thought I’d dislike a Cole feature…Joyner always finds a way…
Track Consistency: 87
Performance: 75
Features: 70
Cohesiveness: 85
Production: 80
Nitpicks: N/A
Overall: 79.4, beautiful album. The only skips are Scoop and the boring Life After Salem. Lil Nas X is really doing a great job at shortening the gap between pop and rap without sacrificing his creativity and staying faithful to a concept.
This album falls off bad after the first few tracks and the only thing consistent about it is the production. Other than that Keem does nothing specific to his brand like we saw in his last project, yet he focuses more on taking from others.
If anyone is rating the album at this point they’re either following trends or stanning Ye
Track Consistency:76
Production: 80
Features:65
Performance:75
Cohesiveness:65
Nitpicks include the disappointing features and his trash attempt at dancehall on fountains. Other than that the only misses are Way 2 Sexy, Girls Want Girls, Fountains, Fucking Friends, and that Cudi song. High points include You Only live Twice, 7AM, Get Along Better, All Love, Fair Trade, and Pipe Down.
Beautiful projects, the high points are amazing and there's few low points.
TRACK CONSISTENCY: 77
Overall, for the albums unbelievable 27 tracks the quality of the tracks are fairly consistent. I think there's only seven skips in the project(Junya is controversial, Jail Pt.2, Ok Ok Pt. 2, Ok Ok, Junya Pt. 2, and Tell The Vison). The rest of the tracks outside of that are great songs.
FEATURES: 80
The features on this album were amazing to start with, the only things holding it back are the ... read more