I'm sorry but it's a classic. Compare it to the rest of these, "Albums" that came out recently and it shines. It's a rare album that you can enjoy all the time. Classic status.
This right here is the problem. You're inflating it's status because of everything else that's out. People are sitting here giving this album the same ratings as Illmatic and Reasonable Doubt, etc. I'll say this, I bumped this album heavy when it came out, it's literally the last hip hop album that I purchased, but there is no way I can call it a classic. There are too many skippable moments and times where he just loses my attention. Backyard Freestyle was just a bunch of aggressive yelling for no reason, I fall asleep every time Sherane comes on and the Art of Peer Pressure lost its effect after the first month, that is not a classic storytelling track. The original beat sounded better than the one he told the story over as well. "Real" has the most annoying hook since Reminder. Swimming Pools is carried more by the production as it overpowers his voice. HOWEVER, Sing About Me was the song of the year.
It was a very good album, that got partially overrated because no one in the mainstream was coming from that angle. Let K. Dot breathe, I like what he brings to the game.
I can't help but feel people needed a hero so they crowed this kid as what Lupe was supposed to be. Meanwhile, they forgot that Lupe was better than this guy at every single aspect of rapping.
face. "Yeah that song isn't great by itself or all, but in the context of the album I got to give it like a 5 out 5." "Yeah he wasn't spitting on that track, but the complexity of his flow at the current point = 5 out 5." What kind of shyt is....
