Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

 This is T.I.'s eleventh album, man hard to believe right. While it's not a bad album it really feels kinda unnecessary. While Dime Trap, his 2018 album sounded fresh and refined; this sounds kinda forced. The album kinda has a black woman narration theme going for it, and that's one of the best things it has going for it. Lyrically its good but not great. The same can be said for the trendy beats. I liked the Black Lives Matter type of songs like "How I Feel" featuring Eric Bellinger and Killer Mike. This is a good dirty south album but coming from an all time great like T.I. its just kinda disappointing.  Lyrics 21 Beats 21 Depth 22 Tilt 21 Verdict: 85

 Lady Gaga is back with a truly terrific album! She has so many great songs here like "Stupid Love" and "Rain on Me". The latter features fellow pop sensation Ariana Grande. Gaga really sings and executes her sound pretty flawlessly on this album. "Sour Candy" featuring BLACKPINK is oh so infectious. I also found the Elton John assisted  "Sine From Above" to be really epic too. The album isn't perfect. It does sound kinda safe on some songs but overall its a definite win for one of my favorite pop divas. Lyrics 24 Beats 24 Depth 24 Tilt 25 Verdict 97

1)       Beyonce’ vs. 3)Rihanna : This is it. The final round! I kinda predicted that these 2 would meet up. Both are really talented, have lots of sales, and have great albums. There can only be one winner lets go. Vocal Ability- Tough to call but Beyonce’ has as slight edge here 6-4 Albums- While the best Beyonce’ albums are slightly better than Rihanna’s best I don’t think that’s much of a difference. And Rihanna has more quality albums to me. 4-6 Collaboration- I feel it’s a solid tie here. Both artist have great collabos…5-5 Versatility- Both these artists are extremely versatile. They excel at pretty much any kind of song. Both ladies can rap a bit too. It’s a tie I believe. 5-5 Impact- My job just isn’t getting any easier. I feel Beyonce’s music is a tad bit more impactful. She seems to have defined the genre a little more. It’s still a close split tho. 6-4 Comm. Success- Rihanna wins here no doubt but the question is how big is the split. I’ll say 3-7 ca...

 A few months ago I beat Zelda Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch. I hadn't really played much of the gameboy game so this was a fresh Zelda game experience for me. The game takes place outside of Hyrule, on Kohilint island. The game has nice characters and even enemies from Mario like Goombas and Thwomps.  I love that the sword and shield were put to automatic weapons not item slots in the original. I found the overflow of the game to be really fun. You end up doing something then you get a key to one of the game's  eight dungeons. They had good puzzles too. The last 2 dungeons would of had me stumped for a long time if I didn't use a guide. I haven't talked about the graphics. They are quite charming. Link is like a kid and he's pretty funny when he falls down a pit and hollers. The Graphical style of the game was really nice. I wouldn't mind seeing Oracle of Ages Oracle of Seasons done in this style. The final boss fight was really tough but I managed t...

1)Beyonce’ vs. 4)Alicia Keys:  We’ve come to it, the semifinals! This should be good. The top seed has looked unstoppable easily beating Keri Hilson and Janelle Monae. Alicia Keys beat K. Michelle and Aaliyah. I predict Beyonce will come out on top again. Vocal Ability-  At this point these matchups are hard to call. I think both ladies are great vocally, both with powerful voices. 5-5 Albums- This is tough. Beyonce has some albums that are just better than what’s in Alicia’s discography but Alicia has some great albums under her belt tho. 6-4 Collaboration- It’s kinda hard to say but I’m gonna have to give Alicia the advantage here. Her features seem better to me. For example both were on Eminem’s Revival album and I liked Alicia’s feature more on the respective song. But its somewhat close again. 3-7 Versatility- I feel Beyonce’ is really versatile but then again so is Alicia. Queen B has better fast tempo songs tho that’s for sure. 6-4 Impact- TBH I haven’t listened to all ...