He basically gave what people been asking for the past 30 years, a full album of just him rapping & no features.

Even the highs of his career/discography post-illmatic/IWW don't touch this project (with the exception of the Lost Tapes, and maybe 'Life is Good')

"Beef" is an instant classic to me and very much one of the best i've heard this year.

I never could've imagined that he would rap & create at this level in this stage of a career.

He has nothing to prove and yet sounds soooo hungry on this.

I see and experience this as a gift, a loveletter to Hip Hop and find it very much amazing to have one of my favorite artists release this type of project after so many of my favs decided to go off the deep end.