Gonna wait until I get the retail on Friday before I make final judgement but off the first two listens, it’s better than TTCD but not as good as LW and definitely not in the same realm as HHNF.
The highs are very high on here - outside of the releases and snippets we’ve heard already, All Things Considered and LGSEO are fuego. The lows however are serious flaws to me. The placement of E.B.I.T.D.A is absolutely baffling - sounds like a N.E.R.D throwaway and very out of place on a Clipse album so the fact it’s in the middle of the tracklist is mind boggling. The beat switches are also very jarring as they don’t even make sense in relation to the beat that was just switched from. The Gospel elements also seemed very forced.
Lyrically there’s some top tier stuff on here but clearly their pen game isn’t as sharp as it used to be - people will say it’s better than what’s out right now but I’m comparing in relation to LW and HHNF which bar for bar, are two of my favourite albums ever.
Again, I’ll reserve judgement until I cop the retail on Friday - the version I listened to had some serious skips in the first track as has been said already and the last two tracks were mixed up. I also added the ripped version of So Be It that was shared earlier in the thread to my version - what I can say though is that that song elevates the album significantly so if it isn’t included in final tracklist or the alternative version isn’t up to par then it will be a huge detriment to the final product.
The highs are very high on here - outside of the releases and snippets we’ve heard already, All Things Considered and LGSEO are fuego. The lows however are serious flaws to me. The placement of E.B.I.T.D.A is absolutely baffling - sounds like a N.E.R.D throwaway and very out of place on a Clipse album so the fact it’s in the middle of the tracklist is mind boggling. The beat switches are also very jarring as they don’t even make sense in relation to the beat that was just switched from. The Gospel elements also seemed very forced.
Lyrically there’s some top tier stuff on here but clearly their pen game isn’t as sharp as it used to be - people will say it’s better than what’s out right now but I’m comparing in relation to LW and HHNF which bar for bar, are two of my favourite albums ever.
Again, I’ll reserve judgement until I cop the retail on Friday - the version I listened to had some serious skips in the first track as has been said already and the last two tracks were mixed up. I also added the ripped version of So Be It that was shared earlier in the thread to my version - what I can say though is that that song elevates the album significantly so if it isn’t included in final tracklist or the alternative version isn’t up to par then it will be a huge detriment to the final product.
Roc Nation of all labels got a anticipated return like Clipse leakin 2 days before release? 
They seen the hype Aubrey generatin wit Iceman and now Travis just confirmed drop. They know those Clipse numbers finna be low now. Push ain't even have to go that hard on Travis but his timin was intentional. So they "leaked" it to have excuse for album sales 
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