Nov 18, 2018

agreed there are a few skips on LAD. Especially on Disc 2. But the highs more than make up for it.

 

Nov 16, 2018

I remember when this soundtrack first came, I was left feeling pretty underwhelmed but that might have been because of all the big names/expectations. I’ve since gone back to it & several songs have grown on me. The project is a bit of a mess in how it’s put together. It sounds like a a bunch of songs just thrown together but at the end of the day it is a soundtrack. I think Kendrick did nice job in putting artists on tracks that fit their styles/strengths. There are several stand out performances, Kendrick did his thing on most tracks, schoolboy was cool, Anderson .Paak was cool, Mozzy did his thing. Then of course there were the Bay Area natives that completely stole the show — SOB x RBE. These kids (yes..kids, a couple of the members were still in high school at the time) from Vallejo knew this was their moment to make an impression on a wide audience & they did not let down:

“22 or 23 I’m heavy with the heat, hit with you this chop, paramedics can’t save you, really in the field, com’on bro, I know that ain’t you, 2018, h--- no I ain’t gon’ fade you, gon’ paint you, TDE and SOB, we can’t lose”

“California n----- and I’m heavy in these streets, if you don’t keep a pole, how you ready when it’s beef?”

“One whole wood to the neck, it’s a 8th in it, new baby chop, let it sing, it’s a Drake n-----”



Hardest song of the fucken year. Project over all is a 7.5/10.

 

Nov 16, 2018

Guess Who's Back was so great. Had Life's on the Line, U Not Like Me, Ghetto Qu'ran. Plus there was that G Unit remix of that Wu Tang song, Take That I think it was called. Need to give it another listen one of these days, good memories

 

Nov 16, 2018

This was originally one of the songs on guess who’s back. U not like me is legendary. A top 5 50 song for sure. Song doesn’t get enough love. Happy you mentioned it. I didn’t even realize this was also a song on GRODT.

Also, 50’s As The World Turns >>> Hova’s Big Pimpin

 

Nov 15, 2018

For nostalgia reasons I want to say 10/10 but it’s probably like a mid 8 to 9, I’ll say 8.5. Generation defining album. If you mid twenties to thirties, 50 probably one of the first rappers you got into. Don’t think any rapper has ever been as big as 50 was at his peak in the mid 2000s.

 

Nov 15, 2018

cac

 

Nov 14, 2018

Growing up my sister had 2pac posters on her wall and my brother had Biggie and nwa. They loved hip hop. But there was a age gap between us and me being younger I didn’t really get it. But when Eminem came through and 50 fallowed to run the rap game.... this is what made me fall in love with him hop. This is one of the albums that gave me a passion for the culture.

10/10 I still bump it

 

Nov 14, 2018

Very impactful album for the culture. At the time Shady was hot as h---. In Da Club was f---in' hot and p---- is still even playing in clubs today... Production is great, hooks were pretty good. It got one of the best Eminem features ever. Even though, I overplayed the s--- outta this album, I can still bump that s--- from front to back without skipping a song.

10/10

 

Nov 14, 2018

7.5/10

Production is outstanding, and 50 sounds hungry and is great at crafting catchy melodies. Lyrically, apart from a few notable spots, it kinda bores me though. I like gangsta rap, but I don't feel 50 did anything new with it. Still a good and enjoyable record, but I don't think it's a classic.

 

Feb 29, 2020

would need to actually go back to this to speak specifically; off the top it's like my fifth favorite kodak tape

 

Feb 29, 2020

Kodak's magnum opus right here, most of the time when I play kodak, it's this mixtape. 8/10

 

Feb 29, 2020

Heart of the Projects - Kodak Black: 7/10

The score doesn't really do justice of how much I loved this tape now that I've been reacquainted with it. Institutionalized is what made me a Kodak fan, this is the one that cemented that interest for good. It's rough around the edges like most burgeoning mixtapes but much like anything Kodak does, when he's on the ball, the outcome is always going to be a splendid song. More so, it's just crazy to see his growth from the mixtape days to what he's capable of doing on his last projects like Dying to Live.

 

Jan 29, 2020

Meant to post in here when I got the tag but it slipped my mind. This was a complete revolution for Tyler, a universe apart from b------. A beautiful album in its own right and an exciting display of the potential he’d fully capitalise on with Igor. 8/10

 

Jan 29, 2020

9.5/10 very strong effort from tyler, top 5 album of 2017. much better than that mysterious s--- you don’t hear.

 

Jan 26, 2020

give some more time