First 3 tracks is one of the greatest runs on any album ever. An unmatched combination of some of the best beats and rhymes ever recorded. The rest of the album is pretty darn good as long as Rakim is rapping.
Pretty much everyone else involved in the album trying to keep up with Black Thought
Pigs heads uknowwhatimsayin. Elucid and woods come with bars as always. Alch provides solid classic production, although maybe a tad less engaging then some of their darker, stranger beats on other projects
aged terribly, 50 has to be one of the least engaging MCs of all time, only held up by a few production highlights
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Wails of suffering and industrial cacophony make trans people go hell yeah!
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