Predator is yet another great Ice Cube album. He talks about
a lot of what he did on his first 2 albums. Cube raps about the injustices
against the black community in America. Cube proves to be a great storyteller. I
feel the skits kind of break up the albumās rhythm a little bit, but otherwise
the album is really deep. Dirty Mack, It Was a Good Day, and The Predator are
some dope songs. Ultimately this is a must have album, but itās easy to see
that Cube was running out of things to rap about.
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