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Topic subjectI think you nailed it 100%.
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3034259, I think you nailed it 100%.
Posted by Brew, Mon Aug-30-21 10:43 AM
>I think he's taken that road as far as he can for a while and
>it hasn't done him or his rapping or vision any favors over
>these last few records. I fully agree about the first ABR
>record: it was middling, good production but very little that
>was memorable and a lot that was straight up forgettable.
>
>I liked this single with Seun Kuti though, and his feature on
>the 9th Wonder remix of Brittany Howard's "He Loves Me" was
>pretty solid, too. I liked Black America Again and Nobody
>Smiling in part because he *felt* energized even when his
>rapping wasn't always 100% on point. These two tracks had some
>of that same energy so maybe we'll get some more of that. (He
>had another recent feature that I heard in the last few days,
>too, that was solid --- now I can't remember what it was...)
>
>If I hear him do one more "Imagine the world without _____" or
>"Imagine the world like ________" track though, I'm through,
>lol.

Couldn't agree more with anything you said above. His preachiness is thru the roof at this point. BAA at least had some variety to it, and was very good. And he was rapping rapping. Last few efforts have been hugely sleepy.