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9 - Amazing

This song is like audio crack. It weirdly reminds me a lot of Frank Ocean's Chanel - it's full of little hooks and catchy vocal inflections that keep it so fresh. I've probably listened to it ten times a day in the past week. Jim Legxacy has so much potential.

𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬

5 - Decent

JID really tried with this album, but he simply can’t get past his inability to craft a front-to-back enjoyable song. The best moments come when he plays to his strengths as an exceptional lyricist with impressive flows, something he seems to have forgotten after The Forever Story.

The majority of the beats across this album are AWFUL. I genuinely think JID YouTube to mp3’d an entire playlist of type beats to make this album. Almost all of them are obnoxious, lazily ... read more

9 - Amazing

Ace Trumpets is one of the coldest rap songs of the decade. Malice’s comeback verse is absolutely all killer, no filler. Push’s verse and chorus are catchy and full of great bars. Before their album, I was worried Pharrell wouldn’t bring it on the production side. While this beat is totally different from what he used to give Clipse, I absolutely did not question his involvement further.

UPDATE (December 29, 2025)

8 - Great

I still love this song, but it's ... read more

7 - Good

Of Blue is one of the better songs on God Does Like Ugly, mostly because it sees JID go no-nonsense and cut out the fat the majority of the album's tracks have. However, I'm not in love with the structure of this song - it's mostly pointless. JID's verses are great, though.