Albums Joey Badass - Lonely At The Top (Discussion Thread)

[Jasonmask]

Then it should be easy to critique the music without resorting to bashing it based on sales (which dont mean shyt in the streaming era) or thecoli.com thread page count

I’m bashing the fair weather fans peon

 

[FlyRy]

Too many features.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Just heard BK's Finest. Yea...I'll have to peep this soon. Dope song.

 

[ShaDynasty]

This fake ass Neptunes beat

Such a weird choice, reminds me of early 00s releases that couldn't afford a Neptunes beat but wanted to sound modern and relevant. This is 20 years later.

Joey is a great rapper but he doesn't have enough direction. I can hear a Griselda influence on a lot of the album, but I think Joey wants his music to be smooth and accessible, so it ends up sounding like hes rapping on lo-fi study beats. Some songs sound like hes really doing whole impressions of other rappers flowwise, subject matter, production.

I mean its not bad music, but I think hes limiting his success by trying to be mainstream, ironically. It feels dated.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I came in here to say Supaflee sounds exactly like a Neptunes beat produced between 00-03 and glad I’m not the only one lmao

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Album is flames

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

This man literally brought back the digital thug beat on track 3

 

[Nostalgic]

Highroller gets on my nerves.

Sing had so much potential.

A good beat that was mixed badly, bad hook, and a terrible guest verse from Ferg.

 

[Da_Eggman]

Not exactly what I was expecting after the songs he had dropped and the beef tracks

Was expecting a more aggressive album

 

[New Jeruz Jewelz]

It’s something that Joey lacks for me His image feels manufactured. He talks like he’s that dude in hip hop but I’ve always got cornball vibes from son.

 

[tremonthustler1]

This fake ass Neptunes beat

 

[Danie84]

Sock you nikkas in the Mouth on camera like Mick Foley
...BK's Finest / Swank White / Speedin Through The Rain / Lonely At The Top / Underwater
Some of this sounds like a parody of Roc-A-Fella records tho

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

It’s something that Joey lacks for me His image feels manufactured. He talks like he’s that dude in hip hop but I’ve always got cornball vibes from son.

Dude is basically the Cordae of New York raps. He tries hard to get that old Bed Study yawker Brooklyn style back but fumbles with execution.

It doesn't help that the best thing to ever come out of him and his crew no longer with us "RIP Steez"

 

[Neuromancer]

I'm liking this.

 

[chiefdogg]

Took a break from Westside listening now.