In retrospect, "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1" really ain't a bad album at all.
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Funkadelic
Rookie
Of course not.
CoCKy GeNiuS
Superstar
It's much better than Vol.2
Cloud McFly
All Star
Minus the terrible two (Sunshine & I Know What Girls Like), the album has always been fire to me.
4.5/5
4.5/5
Funkadelic
Rookie
Vol 3 > Vol 1 > Vol 2 in my opinion.
MidnightMercenary
All Star
It's far from a bad album, I was actually just bumping this album last night. It's got plenty of great Jay tracks such as Lucky Me, Imaginary Player or Where I'm From.
Overall I'd say In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 is either a 3.5 or 4 mic album.
Overall I'd say In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 is either a 3.5 or 4 mic album.
I love Latina women
Veteran
That was it. Those 2 songs were so shytty (actually, really just "I Know What Girls Like" cause I've always been able to appreciate "Sunshine" for the shiny and glossy single it was) it threw off the whole album for me which is ridiculous now looking back because the album has tons of great songs.
People hate these songs but they were the precursors to Jay writing some phenomenal music. Those songs brought Jay outside of his lane, and really elevated him to even be able to do HKL and less conventional/underground music. Jay would have been the underground King. Sunshine, as much as nikkas clown it, got Jay on the radio.
Menelik II
I wanna see receipts!
It's pretty bad, but also has 2 of his best tracks :where I'm from, and streets is watchin.
I love Latina women
Veteran
A song like Sunshine was just Jay getting over on the radio and current sound of the time, that's all. Almost every artist does this at some point in their career.
Funkadelic
Rookie
The beat for Sunshine is one of my favorites on the album.