While I love the messaging and production of this album, there's a few curation decisions that just confuse me. There's three songs thatI have an issue with, GO!, Testify, and The Food. I think GO! (along with the other two if these songs) is still an amazing track in it's own right, but it does NOT need to be on the tracklist. I DO NOT want to hear how freaky Common gets, and I also don't love Kanye's hook, but that's whatever. Testify is a really interesting ... read more

I struggled a lot trying to figure out a rating for this album, just because it's very different from a lot of the music I typically listen to, but I can't in good concious give this album an average rating.

I think the production, messaging, and Simz's rapping was fantastic, I really appreciate how much this album speaks on subjects of personal growth, and accepting yourself. The production is really interesting as well, there's a lot of variety in the tracklist, with a ... read more

Warren G's name is said exactly 50 times on this album, an average of about 4 times per song, 5 if you don't count interludes. The most on one track was 13 times on 'Do You See'.

I never really understood why this album was praised so much, I mean yeah the production is good and Nas rhymes pretty well, but I never fully understood. So I decided to do a deep dive into the writing to see what the whole deal was. It was surprisingly fun checking out all of the verses and seeing what Nas packed into them lyrically, even if it took me like three hours. I'm not gonna act like the greatest music critic or analyzer or anything, this is just what I thought.

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While this is still a decent album, it's kind of lost the essence of what made the first Streams of Thought so interesting, and this project overall sounds way too normal, and a bit uninspired. Black Thought is still rapping and writing at a high level, but that is to be expected.

This project feels more fleshed out than the first Streams of Thought, with more diverse production, and some hooks. Black Thought's rapping is still excellent, though some would say that this project starts to lose some of the charm of the first installment.

Just five songs of masterful lyricism and great rhymes, I wish I could rank this higher, but it lacks the sheer content of a full length LP.

All around great stuff, one of the best recent Nas albums.

It's crazy to think that this caliber of an album was made with primitive recording equipment by today's standards. That being said however, the production on this record is absolutely timeless, an elite line of underground producer legends, mixed with live instrumentation, really makes for some of the best jazz rap beats of all time. On top of this incredible production, you have Black thought and Malik B showcasing some incredible rapping skills, and also having incredible chemistry ... read more

This album is one of the most well thought out albums of all time, conceptually, and sonically. Every verse delivered plays into the narrative of the album, and progresses the character being portrayed. The production is nothing short of amazing as well, the jazzy boom bap beats, the sample flips, and the instrumental breakdown concluding the album. This project is an absolute masterpiece no matter how you look at it.

Another great collaboration between Freddie Gibbs and Madlib.

This is such a neat sounding record, it's crazy how well this project worked out for Vince

Madlib killed the production on this album, the sample flips are beautiful, and of course Gibbs has some phoenomenal rapping as well.

This album is by far the best thing to come out of modern day politics

Run The Jewels is addictive to listen to, like hip-hop crack.

A big improvement on an already great album, this project embodies everything that makes hip-hop great.

-1 point for the gangsta boo verse
+1 point because crown is fucking awesome

This album has the feeling of an old school hip-hop album, whilst having experimental sci-fi production. Killer Mike and EL-P somehow fit so well together on a track, and the energy that they bring is exhilerating.

I remember hearing somewhere that Kendrick Lamar is better at rapping than anybody is, or ever will be at anything ever. Now whether or not that's true, I don't know, but I do know that this album is the reason that statement is even slightly plausable.

This album cements Nas as the greatest rapper to ever do it, from the production, to the lyrics, song concepts, and every thing else, this is an impressive album for anyone, let alone someone who's been in the game for 30 years

This album is somehow a classic, while having quite a few skips on the tracklist. Wayne's rapping performance on songs like Mr. Carter and A Milli are really impressive, especially when you think about how he doesn't write his verses down. There's some cool song concepts on here, and I love Wayne's creativity, but the amount of weak songs on the second half of the tracklist really brings down the score for me.