Kanye West & G.O.O.D. Music
Cruel Summer
Track by Track Review
To the World- “R.Kelly
and the God of Rap sh**in on you, Holy crap,” raps Kanye on this first track.
It’s really catchy. Teyana Taylor does a nice job also. This song is a decent
opener.
8.5/10
Clique- This is
one of my favorite songs on the album. It’s even better than 3 Kings from the
Rick Ross album in my opinion. Big Sean goes first and raps over this dope and
dark beat. Jay-z is the star of this song. I haven’t heard him rap this hard
since Blueprint 3. Kanye finishes up the song with a cool verse.
9.5/10
Mercy- The lead
single is pretty interesting. There’s a lot of different elements here that
make it more than just another rap song with more than 3 rappers on it. Big
Sean goes first and does a good job with lines like “Ass-State” &
“Ass-quake” lol. Then Pusha T goes next with a hot verse….he uses “Ho” a lot.
Then Kanye steals the show with an exciting change of the beat. 2 Chainz goes
last, and spits his only memorable lines on the entire album.
8.5/10
New God Flow- I
think that’s Nas on the chorus but I don’t know. This song is fire. Pusha T
owns it. Kanye spits fire as well. Nothin to complain about here. The 2 rappers
have great chemistry. Ghostface Killah shows up for one tremendous 3rd verse which pushes this song over the top!
10/10
The Morning- I
didn’t think you could have too many artists on one song but this song may be
proof of that. Raekwon, Common,Kid Cudi,Pusha T, and CyHi are all on this
track. The rappers talk about the Illuminati, Common included. This isn’t a bad
song but it should have been longer….like at least 5 minutes. Oh yea 2 Chainz
is up here too.
8/10
Cold- Cold is
Theraflu. This song is fire. Kanye is fierce here. The punchlines are great and
the beat is tight. Good job Mr. West.
9/10
Higher- This is a
really cool song. GOOD music is joined by The-Dream and Mase….that’s right
Mase. They both do a good job too. The beat is fairly complex as well.
9/10
Sin City- Another
expo of artists that I haven’t really heard of. Teyana Taylor’s chorus is dope.
The beat is dope. The lyrics are just a little lacking, but it’s a pretty cool
song.
8/10
The One- This
song features Marsha Ambrosious, who does a great job. This is a slow paced
song, but it fits in just fine. Kanye is the only one with a great verse(Sorry
2 Chainz and Big Sean).
8.5/10
Creepers- One of
my complaints with this album is there’s not enough Kid Cudi, but he gets his
own song hear, and it’s a great one. It’s a typical KC song but it feels like
it could be in between his first 2 albums. It’s really addictive.
9/10
Bliss- John Legend
and Teyana Taylor do a great job on this R&B record. The beat is dope.
8.5/10
I Don’t Like(Remix)-This
song isn’t bad but it sounds completely out of place. There’s a lot of people
on this track, including Jadakiss. Overall though the placement of the song is
correct but this isn’t a case where the best was saved for last.
7.5/10
