36. "Kinda dampers the optimism IMO" In response to In response to 35
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.