Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

J.Cole Born Sinner Track by Track Review   Villuminati : The perfect album intro. The beat is hot, the Biggie sample is appropriate, and Cole does great lyrically. He gets at people that think he’s Illuminati also in the last verse. 9.5/10   Kenny Sermon(skit): An interesting piece by a preacher. It has the same beat as the next track. 7/10   Land of the Snakes: I think this song showcases Cole’s storytelling. It feels similar to some songs on his first album…but its more effective in my opinion. He deals with the pressure of stardom which includes the pursuit of women. 8/10   Power Trip:   Miguel joins Cole here. He does a good job with the chorus. I really like how the songs parts effortlessly flow together. The beat is fire and yet very relaxing and smooth. 9.5/10 Mo Money(Interlude): A nice interlude. I haven’t heard a rapper say “Money” so much since Game on “Money” lol. 7.5/10   Trouble: Thin...

Kanye West Yeezus Track by Track Review   On Sight- This track was produced by Daft Punk, so the beat is way out there….the lyrics aren’t all that but this is a great way to open the album… 9/10   Black Skinhead-This track is high energy as well. Its actually one of the finest Kanye songs I’ve heard…since MBDTF.   The beat is infectious, as is the chorus. The song borders on tribal with lots of other elements mixed in. 10/10   I Am A God-Spooky, horrocore, Enigmatic. All of these can be used to describe this song. Kanye’s Ego is on full force here. The result is an interesting track. The beat has a techno feel to it. The screaming is borderline annoying however. 8.5/10   New Slaves-Lyrically, I think this is the album’s best song. The beat is creepy, and the chorus is effective. “Used to only be n***as!”. The song is great but the end of the song is rather un necessary. 9.5/10   Hold My Liquor-This song remi...

NBA Playoffs 2013   It was an interesting season this year in the NBA, but I will focus on the playoffs.   Round 1 The round one matchups were pretty predictable, for the most part. I’ll start with the West and work my way to the East. The Thunder wupped the Rockets, but they lost Westbrook, which really hurt them.             The Spurs beat my beloved Lakers. I mean the Lakers were too injured to fight a team so formidable. The Warriors upset the Nuggets, which I was glad to see. The Grizzlies beat the Clippers in just 6 games surprisingly. The Clippers seemed to be better than last year, but so were the Grizz.             In the East, Miami destroyed the Bucks which was no surprise to me. The Knicks beat Boston in a touch 6 game series. I think if the Celts would have had Rondo they would have won that one series.     ...

This is a list of the top rappers from late 2012 to mid 2013. 1)       Kendrick Lamar(4)- There’s no doubt that K.dot has been the top rapper in this year long stretch. His album Good Kid Maad City was a classic, and a borderline masterpiece. Since then he’s been featured on a lot of albums. He also did a dope B**ch Don’t kill My Vibe Remix with Jay-z. I don’t think K.Dot will hold this spot in the next list but who knows. 2)       Kanye West(3)-The former chart topper, is back in familiar territory. Yeezus was a great album, but he’s also this high for Cruel Summer. I think Kanye is arguably the best rapper alive but the next rapper on the list would have something to say about that, as well as big brother Jay-z. 3)       Nas(1)-Nas fell, but not far. Life is Good was excellent. This year Nas has still maintained a presence. He is a constant in the rap world like Jay-z who unfortunately didn’t...

Eve’s comeback album is decent but it sounds very unoriginal compared to other albums I’ve heard. Don’t get me wrong, this is a solid album. Eve spits hard, and the production is also pretty impressive. There’s really nothing wrong with this album except maybe some minor construction issues. Other than that its basically on the same level as Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday, and that’s a compliment. Hmm the final score is a 8.5/10 which is really good.

Wiz really reminds me of Snoop Dogg, for obvious reasons. However he’s not quite that talented lyrically. There are some quality songs up here like the anthemic Work Hard, Play Hard. There are also some songs that are just average, or Wiz just trying to do too much like on No Limit . Ultimately he’s just an average rapper, with nothing special to talk about. However I feel Wiz will make   better albums in the future. I'll give this a 7.5/10. Not bad.

The Iron Man Ghostface Killah teams up with Adrian Younge the beat maker, and the result is a really good album. The album is dark, and that is by design. The beats are interesting and are sound like classic Wu-Tang production….The album isn’t very long but its an engaging listen. Ghostface is without a doubt one of rap’s best to ever do it. Final score is a 9/10.....