Trae The Truth - "Street King" Album Discussion Thread

[Lunatic]

Listening to this now. The guest list is amazing so I decided to check it out. Plus, I've always liked Trae on guest appearances. This is the first Trae solo album I'm hearing though.

1. Strapped Up (feat. Pyrexx)
2. Woke Up This Morning (feat. Rod-C & Jayton)
3. Inkredible (Remix) (feat. Jadakiss & Rick Ross)
4. Gettin' Paid (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
5. I am the Streets (feat. The Game, Rick Ross & Lloyd)
6. Keep on Rollin' (feat. Gorilla Zoe)
7. That's Not Luv' (feat. Lil Wayne)
8. Life (feat. Jadakiss)
9. Goes Out (feat. Scarface, J-Dawg & Brian Angel)
10. Slum Religion (feat. Wyclef Jean & Goldie)
11. Not My Time (feat. Lynzie Kent)
12. Hood Shit (feat. Shawty Lo & Young Ouis)
13. I'm Fly (feat. Yo Gotti)
14. Street King
15. It's All I Know (feat. Messy Marv)
16. I'm Gone Bus
17. Just Don't Get It (feat. MDMA)
18. I'm On (feat. Lupe Fiasco, Big Boi, Wale & MDMA)

[ABN]

STDD>Restless>Losing Composure>Life Goes On>Street King. I guess i gotta get used to hearing Trae rap about nonsense, but i still got STDD, LC, Restless, Rise, Resurrected and Life Goes On to bump. But if this is the first Trae album you're checking out then you should check his first 3 solo albums+Rise and Resurrected by Guerilla Maab.

[Lunatic]

Full review

1. Strapped Up - 4/5. Dope intro. Drumma Boy on the beat I think.
2. Woke Up This Morning - 4/5. - Another dope cut. These 2 guest rappers are cool.
3. Inkredible Remix - 3.5/5. - Nice southern cut. Ross sounds cool on it. Trae is nice here too. Jada was alright too.
4. Gettin' Paid - 3.25/5. Disappointed with this track. The chorus is terrible. Wiz' verse is pretty dope though.

5. I am the Streets - 5/5. This is dope. The beat fits Ross (who starts it off) perfectly. Lloyd's hook is dope. Trae spits nice too. Game is cool here too. Best track so far.
6. Keep On Rollin' - 3/5. Trae & Gorilla Zoe go good on a track together. Beat is mellow and fits there low voices lol. Overall it's not that enjoyable of a track though.
7. That's Not Luv' - 3.75/5. Nice soulful beat. The verses are pretty solid as well (feat. Lil Wayne).
8. Life - 4/5. Again, slow track that fits Trae's style. Jadakiss is nice on this too. Good meaningful track.

9. Goes Out - 4.25/5. Track I was looking most forward to due to the Scarface feat. Brian Angel is cool on the hook. The slow vibe continues. Trae's verse is nice. J-Dawg is so dope. I've noticed he features on tracks with Scarface quite a bit; they go well together. His verse is TIGHT. I love his delivery. Scarface kills it as usual.

10. Slum Religion - 3.5/5. You can tell Wyclef had a big influential role on this. It's got meaning and depth, but I can't see myself bumping it a lot outside of the whole album.
11. Not My Time - 3.75/5. The slow vibe continues; as well does the meaningful tracks. The girl singing on here has a tight voice.
12. Hood Shit - 3/5. Southern hood track. The slow vibe ends Shawty Lo's hook is cool; his verse is catchy. Young Ouis sounds A LOT like Tity Boi/2 Chainz lol. Cool hood cut.
13. I'm Fly - 3.25/5. Trae's verse is really dope on here. The beat is OK, hook is pretty cool (minus the "I'm Fly" repeating lol). Gotti is alright on here too.

14. Street King - 4/5. First solo track lol. I like the screwed hook; they sound good when they're not overdone on an album lol. The beat is straight too. Good track overall.
15. It's All I Know - 3.75/5. This is a cool collab. Beat is tight and the overall vibe of the track is nice.
16. I'm Gone Bus - 4.5/5. Another solo track. The beat is so dope and Trae is using his sing flow in the beginning which sounds perfectly over this beat. This is pretty tight.
17. Just Don't Get It - 3.75/5. MDMA is dope on this; they really destroy this hook in a great way. A cool slow vibe that fits Trae again.

18. I'm On - 4.5/5 MDMA on the hook again. Great posse cut to close out the album. Lupe Fiasco sounds great on the first verse. Trae is really cool on here too as he spits second. Didn't expect to see Big Boi on here, even with all the other great guests; you don't see a lot of Big Boi guest verses. His flow is so damn sick. He KILLS this right here. It seems like a short verse but he's going fast. Wale spits pretty nice too. A great track!

All in all, it's a pretty solid album. And my only complaint will sound odd, because I usually like a consistent sound as do most hip-hop fans, but I think some of these tracks sound too much alike; There's at least 6 songs that basically sound exactly the same.

Definitely worth checking out this album though. A solid 7/10 release.

[Lunatic]

STDD>Restless>Losing Composure>Life Goes On>Street King. I guess i gotta get used to hearing Trae rap about nonsense, but i still got STDD, LC, Restless, Rise, Resurrected and Life Goes On to bump. But if this is the first Trae album you're checking out then you should check his first 3 solo albums+Rise and Resurrected by Guerilla Maab.

Damn, all his other albums u think are better than this? I can't disagree because I haven't heard them but this is far from a poor release.

And I had to bold that sentence because the following songs are filled with depth and meaning, no nonsense at all:

Life
Goes Out
Slum Religion
Not My Time

It's not like it's an album filled with ignorance; quite a bit of substance too; a nice mix IMO

[ABN]

If you check out his previous albums you'll understand why i think the shit he's on right now is nonsense. Hope the new ABN album jamms harder then Street King or i'll be stuck bumping old Trae,Z-Ro,G-Maab and ABN shit.

[Lunatic]

^ I was really disappointed by the last ABN album. The production was cheap. I heard some of the OG songs that had samples that weren't cleared, and they sounded so much better.

[O.G A.Geesta'z]

i know Trae fell off hard especially with his flow... nothing will ever compare to Losing Composure that was his best album.... but his last mixtape 48 Hours went hella hard and bumped like crazy so im excited to hear this one out

[Blood$]

album has been on repeat for the past 2 days for me! I'm actually going to buy this, was pleasantly surprised

[sav]

On repeat for me too! Very good album.

[ABN]

for the people asking for links, all of Trae´s independent albums are available on Spotify(his solo albums, the Guerilla Maab albums and S.L.A.B´s album). check that shit then listen to Street King and you´ll see why i think Street King is garbage compared to his earlier work.

[3rd Coast]

lol gettin paid goes fed...lol...hit the block music...heyyyyyyyy ayyyyyyyyyyyy heyyyyyyyyyy ayyyyyyyy heeeeeeeeeeyayyyyyyyyyy ayyyyyyyyyyyy

[Dogg Ly Dogg]

Great record! Been a while I was waiting for this one and dope to see a MESSY MARV feature  

[K.Dub]

Damn Luna, I'm surprised this is the first Trae album you've heard, bit shocked actually!


Looking forward to hearing this.

[mrkmaidog]

this album knocks. im diggin it. much better than "life goes on." it's up there with "restless" might be better imo. still not touching "losing composer" and "same thing..." sucks that it wasn't on sale at best buy. paid 14.99 but it was worth it. damn double barcode sticker/wrapper made it hard for me to open my copy since he had to push it back 2weeks from the original jun 28th date due to the wrong barcode numbers LoL.

rating: 4 outta 5.

[K.Dub]

If anything, dude got awesome mic presence. Just checked it out for the first, and have to take another listen.

Oh another thing, don't ask for links