Having finally heard this all the way through the first time and already starting to revisit it, it's not hard to say this is one of the best rock albums of all time, if not at least of its era. The tone shifts from hard and edgy to soothing, calming, inspiring, and the running themes of emptiness and disbelief and fear but of love and tenderness trickled sparingly in there gives it profound layers.

Logic's album is more of an Idea expressed over music. A voice filtered through the lens of racial obscurity and millennial confusion, he has a unique discussion on everything and everybody. He doesn't profess to be a visionary-- as you can tell his styles are merged from other inspirations, but it stands out amongst the crowd of senseless hip-hop that he is contemporaries with. Probably too idealistic to be taken overly serious, but an impressive message in his own unique style of ... read more

Usually when an artist makes a more politically/socially-conscious album, it doesn't quite work. But T.I. executes like a champ. The flow of album isn't perfect, but it's timely and surprisingly consistent.

Yes he's given his props, but not enough. Spacey, unorthodox production, seamless flow from song to song despite a stunning variety of tracks. Excellent blend of southern musical style and Outkast-like ethereal brilliance. Hard to describe, but very good.