![]() Inconsistent, wishy washy, and (once again) Soundcloud beats, but Chance shows an amazing amount of promise on this release and a lot of energy. The only thing that saves it is that Chance raps like he's alive while Kanye, who has clearly angered his ghost-writers beyond belief, does not. It's almost as if he listened to Life of Pablo and wanted to follow the model: this release has a similar lifelessness and total forget-ability. ![]() Summing up this release: Meandering, tired, bored guests and SoundCloud beats. ![]() What a shame.īrand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me He tries his hardest to make it worthwhile, the first five tracks or so are great and the last two (particularly "I'm Sorry") are some of the best stuff he's done, but a large chunk of the album is mediocre or worse and it all sounds like Boosie trying to conform to the world around him, when he spent so many years trying to make the world conform to him. Unfortunately, in Touch Down 2 Cause Hell, he takes every rap cliche and makes some Rap Album. It's no secret that he's never had a very good cohesive album, but that's never bothered me when he had a great palate for regional producers. Better at writing, as he's starting to develop a political angle, and amazing at emotion. And obviously every beat bangs, thanks to Exile.īoosie is one of the great rappers of our generation - forceful yet graceful, an aggressive snarl that conveys so much, and most importantly, he's getting better and better. Hopefully other media-hyped Illmatic 2 rappers like Fashawn or Elzhi do something similar soon. Blu won't ever be a top 10 rapper, probably not even top 50, but he's finally made a record that shows his strengths in a digestible way. This feels like a Blu record - it's messy, at points it has an improvised feel, but still feels like conscious rap, and that everyman feeling that Blu attempted on his other albums actually works here. But Blu finds himself somewhat on Give Me My Flowers, and it shows. Blu was a fine rapper in terms of technicality and skill, but truly couldn't stand out in a line up in terms of voice, styles, or energy. Overall, it's a cohesive album with not too much in name of highlights.īlu and Exile Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Themįor all the acclaim laid on the feet of the last Blu & Exile album, I thought that album was saved by Exile's production. Mos Def, whose flow and writing is both more musical and more compact than Kweli's, values his singing voice more than he probably should. But Mos Def and Talib Kweli both have their weaknesses on display here: There have been few, if any, occurrences where Talib Kweli did not utterly trample over the beat with his flow. Solid production throughout, strong song ideas, and is well rounded as an album release. marginally better than the average rap album. For all of her talk, there is just nothing going on on this album or anything else.īig Boi Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumorsīoth rappers at their best and it's. If her whole persona weren't so awful this would probably be a 2. "Trilla" is the best song that hack A$AP Nast (of "trillmatic" fame, one of the worst songs ever recorded) will ever be a part of. And for all of A$AP flaws, his inability to connect beyond bland clich?s and penchant for brand names, he's charismatic and has energy, which really works in this mixtape format. Credit that to the legion of internet producers like Clams Casino that give this album life. Better than his last one though, by a good margin.ĭespite A$AP Rocky's obvious follies, this record is quite good from top to bottom. ASAP Rocky still is the Blue Steel of Hip Hop - Constantly putting out the same old thing as something DIFFERENT and NEW. Holy fuck how did Ab Soul actually make a worse record than Schoolboy Q (the most underrated and easily the worst member of TDE, respectively)?Īndrew Bird I Want to See Pulaski at NightĪnimal Collective Merriweather Post PavilionĪriel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Mature ThemesĪriel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before TodayĪSAP Rocky still has impeccable taste, as parts of this album would sound absolutely amazing in the hands of a truly great rapper. II #METIMEĥ0 Cent is a great rapper, but c'mon, really? This album? Why?Ī Tribe Called Quest People's Instinctive Travels & The Paths of Rhythm Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name 2 Chainz B.O.A.T.S.
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