Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

  You gotta admit 7 years is a long time, but Cardi B did well on her sophomore album. The album gets off to a good start with "Dead" which features Summer Walker, who does her best SZA impression. "Hello" and "Magnet" are great songs too. Things slow down with songs like "Pick It Up" which features Selena Gomez, and "Safe" with Kehlani. "Bodega Baddie" is really good yet short latin song. "Man of Your Word" is obviously about ex-husband Offset...and its really thoughtful. The first 2 singles "Imaginary Player" and "Outside" aren't bad but perhaps not the best singles for this album. Lyrically Cardi has her signature charisma here. The beats are good too but not quite as good as the ones on Invasion of Privacy. "Pretty & Petty" is the diss track to rapper Bia....and I like Bia...but theres no coming back from that one lol. "ErrTime" was good too. That one really reminde...

  I absolutely love dinosaurs so I felt it was time to make this blog post ranking the movies of this series!   7) Jurassic Park 3 (7.5) : This was the first JP movie I saw in theaters as a kid. It’s a good movie but perhaps too short. It starts really slow…but when things pick up, they pick up. The Spinosaurus makes its debut with great intensity. Sam Neil’s character when asked if it’s a T-Rex says, “It sounds bigger”. It takes out a T-Rex with minimal difficulty…and basically stalks our cast throughout the movie. The raptors are pretty menacing here…but they only stalk our cast because dude took a Raptor egg. I found the scene with the Pterodactyls to be really good. Ultimately it’s a good movie but against the others it just leaves a bit to be desired. 6) Jurassic World Rebirth (8) -The latest movie. I’ve only seen it twice….first time was in theaters. Man this movie is really really tense. We are introduced to mutant dinosaurs here. Before I get into that I’ve got to talk...

Well I didn't rush this review, I've had some time to sit with this album. It's a hell of a comeback album. Pusha T and Malice are deadly as ever on the mic. The album lyrically is intense. Production is pretty good too but I expected slightly more from an album produced entirely by Pharrell Williams. Speaking of Pharrell, he's all over this album...sometimes not just relegated to a hook. The album gets off to a great start with "The Birds Don't Sing" where both brothers talk about their parents who passed. Pusha T raps about his Mom. Malice about his dad. I really liked the vibe of "All Things Considered"; the The-Dream feature is good. That brings me to the features....like a monster one from Kendrick Lamar on "Chains & Whips". Tyler the Creator does well on "P.O.V.". Nas is on the 2nd last track and he does well too. "M.T.B. T. T. F." is fire, and it stands for Mike Tyson Blow to the Face lol. Ultimately its h...

Keyshia Cole’s first album is really quite superb. She is a vocal powerhouse and the lyrics are really good. The first few songs are great; starting with “(I Just Want It) To Be Over” all the way to “Love”. The latter being a beautiful ballad. The production is decent but it could have been better. “Down and Dirty” is another highlight…as is the album closer “Never”. I like most of these songs, and its aged well. Even though she’d top this album with her 2 nd album, this is a gem in Keyshia’s discography. Lyrics 25 Beats 19 Depth 23 Tilt 24 Verdict 91

  - Usher returns to his old style with R v R, which is a very good album. The album’s first half is its better half, but you can’t help but feel the album runs a tad bit long. I think Foolin Around is too sappy, and does nothing but sound like a very watered down Confessions song. With that aside, this album has Usher returning to the types of songs that made him popular in the first place. Lil Freak with Nicki Minaj is excellent, as is OMG with will.i.am. Some really effective Slow songs are Mars vs. Venus and There Goes my Baby. Overall I was very impressed with the album, even though its not as original as Confessions. However this album beats Here I Stand, and thus it’s a progression. Lyrics 23 Beats 22 Depth 23 Tilt 21 Verdict 89 This is actually an old review I had in the vault. I will review Usher's 2024 album at some point. Also this is my 900th blog post. Let's get it!