Feb 7, 2019

Have we done dying to live

 

Feb 6, 2019

We gotta do an 03 Greedo album next

 

Feb 4, 2019

everything I love about Future in 1 album. Every track is an experience, not a single boring a--- skippable song on this one, which is amazing considering the lenght of this project. 9/10

 

Feb 1, 2019

Futures Best project since DS2. Been playing this all day since the release. This the kinda disrespectful future we love, none of that Hndrx love song pop crap.

9/10

 

Feb 1, 2019

i cant say its settled with me yet, i still need more time with it
so instead of a rating ill say its very good

 

Jan 30, 2019

8.1/10

Might be overrating this but at the same time this is among my favorite tapes of this decade. Uzi is probably one of the best stylistic rappers, where he might not have the most profound substance but his ability to change rapid flows to melodic goodness is pretty remarkable. His voice is surprisingly malleable much like Thug but to a different capacity, whereas Thug's is a myriad of unhinged chaos, Uzi has a more pop-punk anthem style and he's well aware of his range by keeping it simple.

It starts off very strong but sort of loses a bit of steam towards the middle, but right when that monster of a track Enemies comes in it finishes fantastically. It feels much more focused and the highlights on here resonate me more than on his other tapes for some reason? Much like BC said above, Luv Is Rage set the groundwork for what Uzi does best in making catchy tunes with that hedonistic aesthetic that's come to define one of the premier acts of the late half of this decade.

The culture needs Eternal Awake, don't leave us hanging like that

 

Jan 29, 2019

8.9/10
one of the best things to ever come out of soundcloud, this was uzi's peak
contrary to what sav said, the original 16 track version is essential, as it has some of the best songs, cant miss out on that
cadences, hooks, flows, all are some of the best uzi's ever done
fav songs are: NuYork Nights at 21, Paradise, Super Saiyan, 7AM, etc

 

Jan 29, 2019

10/10

 

Jan 27, 2019

9.5/10

Mos' classic body of work. Cover's Iconic & don't get me started on "Mathematics"

 

Jan 26, 2019

10/10

Another of the easiest ratings I ever had to give, much like my brudda @Ordinary Joel im a huge stan of the original Pretty Flacko. Mos is a poet when it comes to his raps, they're tapestries full of abstract metaphors and clever turn of phrases, combine this with his effortless sharp flow and you get one of the most nimble and almost elegant writers to have graced hip-hop. Back when he was popping up on tracks with the Bush Babies he even had a couple of smooth singing hooks and cadences, he really was a jack of all trades and sounded nothing like his other Native Tongues contemporaries.

BOBS follows the enigmatic spirit of Mos, taking all the elements that made him such a heralded underground figure with Black Star/Rawkus Records and delivering one of the crown jewels of late 90s alternative rap. The themes don't deviate too far from what ATCQ did (plus it comes with the signature Busta feat & Vinia vocals!) it's just as unique for the combination of cafe jazz and dusty boom-bap that inhibits incredible performances like what Mos Def did on Mathematics or the shape-shifting Brooklyn. Umi Says is food for the soul, g.d. I love this album I could talk about it forever. This album is as cool and dapper as the clothes he rocks, love live Yasiin Bey

 

Jan 26, 2019

#IFKYK

He's fallen back to the shadows, and while his influence is/was big, I can't help but see an alternate timeline where he was up there as one of the biggest and best had he focused all his energies on music for instance or not had label troubles that resulted in True Magic or any other egregious s--- that resulted in him not being able to capture the magic again like he did on BS and BOBS. The Ecstatic on some days challenges for my favourite project from him tbh so I'm truly thankful for that, but like you said it's been a decade since his last good project. I hated Dec 99th but yet I want his parting gifts to see the light of day soon like OMFGOD with Mannie and Negus in Natural Person. And of course Black Star 2.

f---.

 

Jan 26, 2019

was waiting on reading your take! he absolutely could have had a much bigger influence but i think his influence as it is is already tremendous and often goes undetected. this and the Blackstar album especially. Very glad we got The Ecstatic as well, even though its been 10 years now

 

Jan 25, 2019

alright, quick blurb because I haven't got so much time these days. sorry for the sloppy writing and the broken english.
This is one of the albums that I remember discovering during long bus trips. A little filler there but I can live with that: this is the best album Lil Wayne has ever put out. And it's kinda cruel, really, that the man never put out a real classic, because four bodies of work are so close to being perfect... Tha Mobb and Fly In are some of Wayne's best tracks ever, I still listen to Lock and Load a lot, and the full album listen is a long, funky travel in Wayne's incredible charisma and sense of rhythm. Loving it, loving it, loving it. 2nd best Wayne project. I give it a 9.3/10!

 

Jan 23, 2019

9/10

It's not often an rap album of 20+ tracks is ever so wildly entertaining for the whole experience. Lil Wayne accomplished that feat, I mean it's funny looking back at this cocky New Orleans dude proudly calling himself the best rapper alive in such a competitive climate as 05 was. But once you lean closer and listen to C2 it's hard not to deny it; at 23 years old Wayne already was a seasoned rap veteran that continuously found a new ways to rhyme in the likes few have ever been seen before. Once Tha Mobb starts playing, you're strapped in for a ride through Lil Wayne's drug-fueled imagination.

C2 marked the departure of the Manny Fresh era of Cash Money and we find the more soulful + mafioso soundscape for Lil Wayne's stream of conscience thoughts and clever wordplay. Whatever momentum he carried on from C1 and The Prefix mixtape (the one where he bodied Hov's Black Album instrumentals) was tuned to a higher frequency, Lil Wayne continued the experimental methods that C2 solidified into boundless classic mixtapes and another fantastic Carter addition in C3. Tha Carter 2 marked an epoch into what was possibly the most exciting run of any rapper period.

 

Jan 21, 2019

Will give this a spin and rate accordingly later, been a while since I last heard it

 

Jan 18, 2019

done. and done.