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Topic subjectam i the only one getting "watch the throne" vibes from this?
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171298, am i the only one getting "watch the throne" vibes from this?
Posted by Hellyeah, Sat Aug-08-15 11:47 AM
anyway after a couple of listens i definitely dig it. I stopped caring for detox years ago so this came as a huge surprise and had ZERO expectations.

The good

-King mez..boy oh boy he destroyed "talk about it" and overall i feel he's best out of all them new proteges
-Kendrick stole the show...he absolutely killed his verses
-Justus is just a mini drake but hey...them hooks worked
-Anderson.Paak got potential to become a star
-Xzibit brought me back to the restless era, sick!
-Snoop on "one shoot kill" brought back snoop doggy dogg from the dead..haven't heard him spit like that in over 10 years, amazing!
-no old farts featured just for nostalgia value.
-the beats except for a couple of duds are fantastic and the mixing is impeccable
-love the skits and all the beat switches all over the album (the kendrick/TDE influence is evident)

The bad

-jon connor is fucking bland
-cube didn't fit this album at all
-cold 187 um was a wasted feature
-i feel like marsha's vocals are losing strenght
-the eminem track was bad as expected
-2-3 of them beats are unacceptable on a dre album

The verdict

8/10

i had an hell of a time listening to this record for the first time, and the following ones were fun as well. i'm sure it won't leave my rotation any soon. if this is really his grand finale i'm happy with it. like i said i had ZERO expectations for a dre album in 2015.