>Oxnard was an easy fix with some trimming
>
>I revisited recently, and it's not a bad album per se
>
>But there are just full stops at certain points
>
>in particular, the Dre jawns should've been cut from the
>album
>
>Would've been a home run had he stayed in the 70s funk vibe of
>the first track...and carried that throughout...I think every
>other song could have contributed to the cohesiveness
>
>That is to say...if he's going to turn this around and drop an
>album next month...I'm skeptical that it's just not more of
>the same
>
>I mean, I don't expect dude went back in the studio and
>recorded all new songs for a more singularly focused album
>
>I expect to get reworks of songs that didn't make Oxnard and a
>repeat of the scattered sound
>
>Hope I'm wrong though
>
>In any event, for those that haven't caught dude live
>
>It's a fucking party, and even if he doesn't get back to the
>status of Malibu...he'll have a career as a live artist.

Nas taught me years ago to ignore the songs I don't like and enjoy the hell out of the ones that I do. With that, I was listening to the stuff I dug on Oxnard with joy just last night. I'll be doing that 11 PM Houston time download on Ventura fo sho.