its albums like this that painfully prove the point that numbers never mean anything in music, and those who constantly mention how an album sells will always be bums.
im not gonna say this is up to par with his other albums, but i do think this is overhated, however...
I feel like peggy has always had a love for shock value sure, but the way he takes advantage of it now doesn't hit the same because he isnt that same guy anymore. Maybe he'd make The 1st Amendment back then but whatever thickskulled insecure lyrics he has on Since I Met Ye wouldn't have been the same for most of his career, and I feel pretty confident on that.
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pretty solid album that just feels very bladee. common bladee w common whitearmor w, nothing id say seperates this from older work persay but it works so it doesn't need fixing. fits quite nicely into his discography.
the idea of "political hip hop" being a seperate genre is weird to me. think about it, hip hop, from the get-go, has always been political. It came from communities that were dealing with serious issues. even when rappers aren't directly talking about politics, they're often rapping about their own struggles, which 99% of the time flow like a river back to systemic problems. so, in a way, every hip hop song has a political undertone because it reflects the real-life ... read more
for what this album sets out to achieve, I think it does. generally sounds solid (although I am still not a fan of these types of vocals personally), I kind of wish Lil Baby wasn't on this, but whatever.
Still prefer older LUCKI, obviously.