SON! The way the first song drops is fuckin’ explosive. When I heard it, the first thing I could think of was, “This is Hip-Hop.” Cold, raw, hip-hop can still be made folks, this album is a testament to that. The beats are rugged as hell, I swear I never felt so sure about a producer since Kanye (you know Kanye is my favorite producer of all time right? Since Dropout.), but No I.D. (@rd_cocaine80s) has murked every beat he put out in 2011. 2012 is his, that’s aside from the point though. Had this album came out a bit earlier it would have been waaaaay up in the higher ranks, however it can’t be denied that this album is taking it back to the essence of real hip-hop. However it has this fresh vibe to it, with songs like “Blue Sky”, “Celebrate” (sooooo fuckin’ tough), and “The Believer”, only words that come to mind is “new age”. New age music. Just leave Drake the fuck alone and we’re good. (Taken with instagram)
