>First, the album seems like two separate albums smashed
>together. In a weird way too. It's like he had this idea for
>a dope concept, and something (doubt, label, whatever) made
>him half-a$$ it. A lot of these tracks don't fit. Should
>have released two short albums or something.

Don't really know what you mean, but okay. Fair.


>Second, some of the beats/hooks? Meh. I read on here someone
>compared it to a musical? I guess that is kind of fitting,
>but it isn't really done particularly well.

So do you not like the way it sounds? You seem to be
responding to the praise and not the way the album
actually sounds.


>Third, I'm good on Royce singing- no matter how dope the
>concept is. He's just not a dude who can pull that off to me.
> I was very disappointed when I got to that track.

Okay. Finally a point directly about how the music
sounds.


>Also, when is he going to stop pandering to Em's fanbase? I
>don't think it is a coincidence that his last albums have had
>features from guys like Logic (lol lol), Yelawolf (wtf?), Mac
>Miller (lol), and Em himself now.

"Pandering."

Stop it.

Do you like those songs, or not?

Because most of the songs you're talking actually SOUND
good. All this psychoanalysis about "pandering" is silly.
Stop it, please.


>Just seems almost painfully obvious he is trying to ensure
>**those** numbers at any cost.

Don't know what you're talking about.

It's music. You listen to it.

>I dunno. Royce is a spitter obviously, and it is nice to hear
>him stretch out with actual songs and concepts...but overall
>this album isn't hitting like THAT to me.

Okay, so you just don't like the way it sounds? That's fine

>I kind of feel like people pull for him because he's a rappers
>rapper, the underdog, got a raw deal initially, etc...and let
>him kind of get away with corny sh!t that others would get
>called out for.

More psychoanalysis.

Nobody cares about that shit.

People like the album because it sounds good.

>I mean the 4:44 comparisons...how bad would this place fry
>Jay-Z for doing tracks with Logic and sh!t? Or Nas for some
>of these beats and corny hooks? Or Kweli if he tried to sing?
> Hell Cole gets fried for his singing all the time. But its
>okay for Royce?

Weird argument here. You should have probably just kept this
point inside your head and wrote it in a diary or something
because it doesn't make a lot of sense here.

>Just feels like he's getting graded on an underdog/likeable
>curve.

You're reading too much into it.

People put the album on, and liked the way it sounded.

Relax, buddy.


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