It seems only natural that TI would digress a little after
the mighty Paper Trail. This album isn’t that bad, its just not creative at
all. The first track features Kid Cudi on the hook, and a troubled Kanye West.
After that the album is either a mellow club banger, or a feel sorry for me/I am a changed man
type of song. Rocko does well on his feature, as does the great Eminem. The
closer with Christiana Aguilera is also good.
This album review is way overdue. I've had a long time to sit with the album....I really liked it at first but it hasn't really aged as well as other Kanye projects. Kanye's lyricism has taken a noticeable decline. I mean hes not horrible but alot of these bars are bad or tasteless. Ty Dolla $ign on the other hand does a great job on pretty much every track. The production though, as with most Kanye albums is really good. Some of it was reminiscent of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy or Yeezus. There are a few guest spots and most are well used. Hearing Kanye's daughter, North West, on "Talking"is cute. Freddie Gibbs steals the show on the hilarious "Back to Me". "Carnival" is a certified hit which features Playboi Carti & Rich the Kid. Overall most of these songs are good but I cant say this really adds much to Kanye's illustrious discography. Lyrics 19 Beats 23 Depth 22 Tilt 21 Verdict 85