Really strong points on this album. From a vocal performance it might be his strongest with how he plays with distortions tones etc compared to anything else hes put out. The genre switch to more rap rock i think while creating a very unique sound with the guitar that you dont hear in most rap, can blend together on the album. Lyrically its also similar with extremely high points as well as more simplistic chorus based songs. Certain depths arent explored in ways they could be in the blend of ... read more
Putting tribe on modern production with the modern accessibilities to features from kanye, and kendrick truly just highlights how important of a figure this group is. With even standings they can rap bar for bar with fucking anyone andre 3k feature? Q tip is debatably better on that song!!!! the kendrick feature i think is the worst part of the song which is ridiculous. Genuine legends coming back for one last project and they fucking delivered.
Perhaps the most ambitious concept found within a contained album however i do think there are slight problems in comparison to his other records
For those listening without knowing japanese I BEG READ THE LYRICSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS absolute lyrical masterpiece with some incredible instrumentation
extremely ambitious, and it fucking paid off man. So many parts of this album are just sonically jaw dropping with lyrical class that can hold up to even the most pretentious of listeners. Good shit.
i still dont really mess with old rap that much as i just dont think its for me, but still even with that this is a great album