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Albums Raekwon - The Emperor's New Clothes (July 18th)
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Discipline
Pro
Me too.
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
Nobody got time for petty in the city of bosses
Sirens is my psychiatry office
This morning, I woke feeling great so I went to an auction
To get lost in a different scene, spent a ticket on art
So interesting, a painting of a fiend in Hudson Yard
Another painting was Black natives before Central Park
You know the claims, this was all native terrain
And the year was like 16-something, so could this mean hustling began
When the Indian finessed the Dutch man?
With opium on horseback, this way before crack
We always been the Mecca for supply and demand
In every era, legends and this land was going hand in hand,
damn It's mind-boggling who we are, divided kings"
Nasir Jones
Sirens is my psychiatry office
This morning, I woke feeling great so I went to an auction
To get lost in a different scene, spent a ticket on art
So interesting, a painting of a fiend in Hudson Yard
Another painting was Black natives before Central Park
You know the claims, this was all native terrain
And the year was like 16-something, so could this mean hustling began
When the Indian finessed the Dutch man?
With opium on horseback, this way before crack
We always been the Mecca for supply and demand
In every era, legends and this land was going hand in hand,
damn It's mind-boggling who we are, divided kings"
Nasir Jones
TezMilli
All Star
Rae delivered on this album. He sounds hungry again and the production is flavorful.
The skits were unnecessary but that's my only gripe wit it
The skits were unnecessary but that's my only gripe wit it
You aint lying but so far, this is better than what he dropped in 99
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
2 or 3 tracks I could've done without but dope album Chef delivered
Unnecessary skits just gives it that 90s stamp of authenticity
Gives it that comfortable and familiar feel
Will revisit soon. Whole play through was great
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Rae earned every single red CENT of this money i’m dropping on physicals.
CD & Vinyl COPPED
CD & Vinyl COPPED
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
On my third listen now.
Chef is still sharp as a MF on the mic, with the lyrics/flow. He hasn't lost a step, at all. That's what I'm diggin' the most about the album. I like Ghost's energy on the joints he's on too. He always seems like he gets charged when he's on tracks with Rae. So that makes me excited to peep SC2, when that drops soon.
I think the production is a little average. I don’t know what it is about most of the beats, but they're not on the same level as Chef's rhyming, to me. They're not wack, but they're just decent enough to get by because Chef is killing it on the whole album. Either way, he came through with a dope project. He's sounding like he's rejuvenated again and ready to keep cooking more classic sh*t.
Chef is still sharp as a MF on the mic, with the lyrics/flow. He hasn't lost a step, at all. That's what I'm diggin' the most about the album. I like Ghost's energy on the joints he's on too. He always seems like he gets charged when he's on tracks with Rae. So that makes me excited to peep SC2, when that drops soon.
I think the production is a little average. I don’t know what it is about most of the beats, but they're not on the same level as Chef's rhyming, to me. They're not wack, but they're just decent enough to get by because Chef is killing it on the whole album. Either way, he came through with a dope project. He's sounding like he's rejuvenated again and ready to keep cooking more classic sh*t.
Discipline
Pro
shyt even better on second listen. Chef and GFK a cheat code, I love all three of the tracks they're on together. Griselda track fire. Nas murdered Omerta. 1Life is my shyt.
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Yup.
A solid 8. All the skits were unnecessary. Some beats are better than others but nothing outright bad on here. Rae rhyming like he supposed to.
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
True. The skits kinda just help the album with pace.
There's nothing happening on them worthwhile mentioning, but they kinda help with being short intermissions. It's a cohesive project though. Which I appreciate. Whole sh*t seems like Rae really thought through how to put this project together. Dude is like 33 years in, and this is one of his best albums.
Damnnnn this shyttt is heatttt so far. I'll the rest of this for the whip tomorrow. Cant disrespect Rae listening with drowsy ears. Nas smoked some Piff for this verse like what the fukkkkkk nikka spat like 75 bars with 4 different flows
