Off first listen, every track was crazy to me except the last two. Was nodding my head to every beat and bar until that point. Really wanted to like the Nas song more. SO BE IT OG on Spotify! Ace Trumpets sounds a lot better in context of the album.
Y’all warned me about Pharrell ruining everything he sang on, and you were right. BUT he killed the production IMO. Enabled a different flow on damn near every track.
The Lox style back and forth on E.B.I.T.D.A.
The rhyme scheme on F.I.C.O.
Made me laugh with “my old plug asked the new plug to reunite us,” and “let God take the wheel like a Tesla.” And I’m glad to see Clipse utilizing the whole house with six mill behind the tyvek and work under the linoleum.
Gonna have this on repeat for awhile.