An unrefined yet very real journey through how modernism can break one's individuality. The 15th Anniversary Remastered Edition (Which has a cooler cover btw) adds an unorthodox twist, where Whitey tells us to suck it up and push through with high hopes, because you can't whine about how unfair life is for your entire life.
You must face the train when it inevitably hits you.
Starts rough, but around "Lose It" it becomes really good, Ken putting out funny bars and just going off with it.
Not a trap connoisseur myself, but this LP actually sits well with me. I also appreciate the amount of gun references, being a gun nut n' all.
Was I the only one expecting a KD4? I mean, when Nas said ‘the next album is halfway’, I thought we was speaking about the next KD. But no, Nas sticks with the trilogies. That’s fine, it’s just... did we really need another Magic like, 2 months apart? Really? It's kinda sad how the identity of the Magic series has changed from impressive cuts made in a few weekends to a main series, shoulder-to-shoulder with King's Disease. I don't know how to feel about that, certainly ... read more
Mutu really puts himself out there as a hardcore, no censorship figure, almost like Paraziții, and he does resemble them in topic and style. The intro track has a strong The Eminem Show vibe, as he lets out all the bad language you can expect from him, and then the story begins. "Faliment" takes the usual upset Romanian style, talking about, you guessed it, being broke. And then, starting with "Uneori" and "Momente", it starts getting personal, psychological. The ... read more
A little less pretentiousness and focus was exactly what this album needed to attain the perfection it was aiming for.