Albums Raekwon - The Emperor's New Clothes (July 18th)

[BK The Great]

Griselda feature is fire, Same with Nas joint. Gotta listen more.

 

[Da Rhythm Rebel]

The key here for me is Rae sounds great. Voice and flow are on point.

Starks sounds immaculate SC2 gonna be nice if he keeps this energy up.

 

[HarlemRiverDrive]

them virginia boys are no match for a tenured dust fiend from staten island

 

[patscorpio]

i skimmed through this and this sounds fire...going to let it rock in the whip for a test later

 

[HarlemRiverDrive]

yeah this album is super good if only because Rae and Ghost sound extremely hungry on this. Did not get that impression from Ghost last tape and it's harder to tell if Rae phoning it in because he really is *that* good of an mc. but you can hear it very, very clearly on this.

 

[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

Solid album. Some of the beats sound super dated though. And extremely flat. There's always a mixing issue with a lot of these albums from older artists. It's like their albums don't have enough low end. Mac and Lobster is incredible though. Omerta is fire. Pomegranate. Wild corticians.

Raekwon's flow is still sharp as hell. He just needs to link with some current producers. I still think him and Cardo would drop a classic. Cardo got that smooth production that would go perfectly with raekwon's flow. And he's versatile as hell. Imagine rae spittin over these beats

 

[JA_Carter]

Raekwon sounds great here but the production is terrible, clearly the budget was low

 

[yourgod]

Rae is in my top 10 and I think his flow and voice are timeless, he sounds inspired on the whole record but the production is mid to dated. Get out of here is exactly how I thought Rae and ghost would sound at this point in life, that’s the stand out joint to me other than omerta with nas. Other than those two and a select few like open doors I’ll probably never listen to this again. These ogs need someone new to pick beats for them bad, mid production does a disservice to our legends that are still rappin, they sound amazing on features but they disrespect themselves on their own albums with shyt that sounds like this.

 

[LJLYDK!]

Just started my first listen

Bear Hill Kinda reminds me of Made You Look by Nas. it's got that sorta vibe. This would have been a good street single.

 

[Antdrewjosh]

Started off solid with production and then the skits were unnecessary. I was at the NJ show last night, so I was hyped to hear it on my drive back home. I’d give it a 6

I was too..show was fire

 

[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

Bear Hill Kinda reminds me of Made You Look

 

[LJLYDK!]

Currently up to 600 and that constant duh duh duh duh just sounds like the first few notes to that one star wars Vader joint & i can't unhear it. Anyone else? I keep expecting the Imperial March to kick in.

I'm just picturing Ghost, Rae & Meth in Storm Trooper gear and its sending me


EDIT:

Just to clarify, i like this joint, its tough as hell. would of been another good choice for a street single imo.

 

[LJLYDK!]

AYO The Omerta. What the fukk...





This is absolute PEAK Nas & Rae.

Esco & The Chef absolutely DELIVERED.

Nottz Production is mad nice on this joint.

My favourite joint on here so far by a mile.

 

[LJLYDK!]

Mac & Lobster


Just Rae & Ghost over that luxurious sounding fly smooth shyt, you love to hear it.

Is it too much to ask for a whole Rae & Ghost album over beats like this though?!

 

[Mike Wins]

Mac & Lobster


Just Rae & Ghost over that luxurious sounding fly smooth shyt, you love to hear it.

Is it too much to ask for a whole Rae & Ghost album over beats like this though?!

Should be their next project. Hope Rae on at least 3-4 tracks on SC2 next month.