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Quick ratings after one listenOver My Dead Body - 4.25/5Shot for Me - 3.75/5Headlines - 4.25/5Crew Love - 3.75/5Take Care - 4/5 (gonna be a massive single)Marvin's Room/Buried Alive - 4.5/5Underground Kings - 4.25/5We'll Be Fine - 4/5Make Me Proud - 4.25/5Lord Knows - 4.5/5 (GOD DAMN that Just Blaze beat)Cameras/Good Ones Go - 4/5Doing it Wrong - 4.5/5The Real Her - 4.25/5HYFR - 3.75/5Look What You've Done - 4.25/5Practice - 4/5Will go more in depth with a review (and ratings will change) later.
I think this is a pretty dope album after three full listens. It feels like ONE project, it flows very well and has an extremely cohesive sound overall. That alone makes it better than his first album to me. I feel like "Thank Me Later" had more "standout" tracks (it's hard to pick what my favorite songs are here) but that's because "Thank Me Later" just felt like a collage of good songs where-as this really flows like an album should. It's like picking your favorite scene from a great movie overall, instead of a decent movie that had 2-3 fantastic scenes.Don't get me wrong, I dig "Thank Me Later" but I think this is better.
Quote from: Lunatic on November 07, 2011, 01:28:41 PMI think this is a pretty dope album after three full listens. It feels like ONE project, it flows very well and has an extremely cohesive sound overall. That alone makes it better than his first album to me. I feel like "Thank Me Later" had more "standout" tracks (it's hard to pick what my favorite songs are here) but that's because "Thank Me Later" just felt like a collage of good songs where-as this really flows like an album should. It's like picking your favorite scene from a great movie overall, instead of a decent movie that had 2-3 fantastic scenes.Don't get me wrong, I dig "Thank Me Later" but I think this is better. this
^ It's funny because I feel like the two singles thus far "Headlines" & "Proud of You" are the two tracks that although I dig, kinda' sound out of place with the rest of the album. Don't worry about singles, those two are already huge and "Take Care" with Rihanna is gonna be massive.
Quote from: Lunatic on November 07, 2011, 09:28:13 AM^ It's funny because I feel like the two singles thus far "Headlines" & "Proud of You" are the two tracks that although I dig, kinda' sound out of place with the rest of the album. Don't worry about singles, those two are already huge and "Take Care" with Rihanna is gonna be massive.I don't know. That song has no catchiness to it.
Quote from: Chamillitary Click, literally. on November 07, 2011, 06:22:12 PMQuote from: Lunatic on November 07, 2011, 09:28:13 AM^ It's funny because I feel like the two singles thus far "Headlines" & "Proud of You" are the two tracks that although I dig, kinda' sound out of place with the rest of the album. Don't worry about singles, those two are already huge and "Take Care" with Rihanna is gonna be massive.I don't know. That song has no catchiness to it.The hook is mad catchy.
Quote from: Lunatic on November 07, 2011, 08:00:18 PMQuote from: Chamillitary Click, literally. on November 07, 2011, 06:22:12 PMQuote from: Lunatic on November 07, 2011, 09:28:13 AM^ It's funny because I feel like the two singles thus far "Headlines" & "Proud of You" are the two tracks that although I dig, kinda' sound out of place with the rest of the album. Don't worry about singles, those two are already huge and "Take Care" with Rihanna is gonna be massive.I don't know. That song has no catchiness to it.The hook is mad catchy.You thought the same about "Castle Walls", we'll see
Quote from: dubsmith_nz on November 08, 2011, 12:00:42 AMQuote from: Lunatic on November 07, 2011, 08:00:18 PMQuote from: Chamillitary Click, literally. on November 07, 2011, 06:22:12 PMQuote from: Lunatic on November 07, 2011, 09:28:13 AM^ It's funny because I feel like the two singles thus far "Headlines" & "Proud of You" are the two tracks that although I dig, kinda' sound out of place with the rest of the album. Don't worry about singles, those two are already huge and "Take Care" with Rihanna is gonna be massive.I don't know. That song has no catchiness to it.The hook is mad catchy.You thought the same about "Castle Walls", we'll see& "Lift Off". Yet to hear that song played on the radio.
Quote from: Chamillitary Click, literally. on November 08, 2011, 07:30:20 AMQuote from: dubsmith_nz on November 08, 2011, 12:00:42 AMQuote from: Lunatic on November 07, 2011, 08:00:18 PMQuote from: Chamillitary Click, literally. on November 07, 2011, 06:22:12 PMQuote from: Lunatic on November 07, 2011, 09:28:13 AM^ It's funny because I feel like the two singles thus far "Headlines" & "Proud of You" are the two tracks that although I dig, kinda' sound out of place with the rest of the album. Don't worry about singles, those two are already huge and "Take Care" with Rihanna is gonna be massive.I don't know. That song has no catchiness to it.The hook is mad catchy.You thought the same about "Castle Walls", we'll see& "Lift Off". Yet to hear that song played on the radio.Huh? I never said anything about "Lift Off." I hated it from the moment I heard it.Atlantic dropped the ball on not making "Castle Walls" a single. Would have DESTROYED radio.