Zaiden

modern, floaty, and transcendent. my body is hitting the ceiling listening to this. a fire collection of cloud rap backed up with excellent production. smoke dope only gets doper.

fav tracks: my chalice, smoking kills, banshee, forgiato

hey! been gone a while so lets fill in some albums i listened to while i was gone from writing. while perhaps not up to the quality of the past from blu and exile (miles is still one of my favorite hip-hop albums) I like this project quite a lot. very well produced as you'd come to expect, and blu does a pretty good job as a whole but has a few tracks where the energy isn't really there. as a whole, a great listen but I think other projects of there's do the same job better.

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powerful, visceral, tetsuo & youth is arguably the greatest comeback album ever. it's experimental and unique yet as laser-focused as it comes. some of the bars on this record are genuinely mind-blowing. lupé's flows are unreal, and while every track is long and loaded with features, there's not a moment I found myself bored. i love this album so much, and mural is one of my favorite songs ever.

fav tracks: mural, blur my hands, dots & lines, adoration of the magi

the eminem show is flashy, wild, and in many ways ahead of its time. i love how this record genuinely captures the show's essence. i usually get really bothered by skits, but i really love the experience and the era this album puts you in. a ton of the political messaging has aged insanely well, also, in my opinion, and this is a very well-aged record. if it wasn't for drips this would be probably perfect, sorry obie trice.

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