While the lyrics are excellent, Kendrick seems to disclude the white community from being able to enjoy this piece, with lines like, probably the most iconic on the album "I'm black as the heart of a f*ckin Aryan", with the liberal usage of the word Aryan. While I was not a fan of the production, personally, I can understand why people like it, and how it was something different. The off-beat flow only works sometimes, and other times it takes away from the songs.
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Great Album. Only giving it a 100 because the other users appear to have underrated it, so I want to try to bring the score up to where it deserves to be: 70s. While meek often contradicts himself and having points where he talks about how money is worth more than dreams (HotNewHipHop did a great article on that), he still is the voice of real gangster rap today.
Real Rating: 76
High Points: Lord Knows, Classic, R.I.C.O.
Low Points: Bad For You, Check, All Eyes on You
If you thought this album was all about women and drugs, then the whole message of the album went over your head. The reason there is no constant flow is because that is the mood Rocky is trying to provide, with the way he was feeling. The high points in his mood come with songs, such as LPFJ2 where he is happy to be who he is. The low points in his mood come in songs, such as Everyday, where Rocky even says to start off the first verse, "Off again, there he go to another dimension, my ... read more