more people need to listen to Dizzy Wright.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQZX3Av64-c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa_vt0QYmmI&feature=related

I would consider giving him a shot if you didn't recommend him. That you are recommending him gives me pause.

Cruel Summer has dropped

Cruel Summer Review

To The World (Kanye West & R.Kelly) - 3.5/5
Clique (Big Sean, Jay-z, Kanye) - 4.5/5
Mercy (Pusha T, Kanye, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz) - 4/5
New God Flow (Pusha T, & Kanye West) - 5/5
The Morning (Pusha T, Common, Raekwon, 2 Chainz, CyHi The Prince, Kanye) - 4/5
Cold (Kanye West & DJ Khaled) - 3/5
Higher (Pusha T, Ma$e, The-Dream) - 2/5
Sin City (John Legend, Cyhi The Prince, Teyana Taylor, Malik Yusef, & Travis Scott) - 2.5/5
The One (Kanye West, 2 Chainz, Big Sean, & Marsha Ambrosious) - 3.5/5
Creepers (Kid Cudi) - 2/5
Bliss (John Legend & Teyana Taylor) - 4.5/5
I Don't Like (Kanye West, Pusha T, Big Sean, Chief Keef, Jadakiss) - 4/5

Total 42.5/60 = 3.54/5 = 70.8% = Good;minor flaws.


This album has some very high highs (from Yeezy and Pusha ripping apart New God Flow, to the beautiful melodies of Bliss), and some very low lows (Kid Cudi getting his own track, and that awful The-Dream Song). What this album shows is that, on paper, G.O.O.D music looks like a great lineup of heavy hitters, but when you put them on songs together, a lot of them fall flat). The best songs are the ones that Kanye is on, but once you take Kanye off a song, you get an uncohesive mess. The sad thing is that this had so much promise and Kanye sounded so hungry when he went in that it gives me hope that Kanye's next album will again be a great complete product. I realize that this a complation album and that most of those tend to fail, but this is decent, just not up to what I expect Kanye and friends standards.

Did the other tracks leak? I know the snippets came out, but I doubt you'd rate based on snippets.

As a huge Yeezus fan, it's been a struggle for me not to download the leak.

Damn I've heard most of those already haha. Cold is a great song imo.

Mercy bumps hard

Thank you to My boys @Merica and @Ragnar for the lovely sigs!

yes it is a full leak

after listening to this again, it is such a shame because the production is amazing but the verses can get real bad

Since I like doing this and to compare to JayTee's:

To the World (Kanye West & R. Kelly): 3.25/5
-Way too much R. Kelly. Way. Too. Fucking. Much.
Clique (Kanye West, Jay-Z, & Big Sean): 4.5/5
-The beat is dope and Big Sean is alright, but Jay-Z and Kanye take the cake so to speak.
Mercy (Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz): 4/5
-Continues to grow on me. I wasn't impressed the first time I listened to it, but with each listen, I like it more-and-more.
New God Flow (Kanye West, Pusha T, & Ghostface Killah): 4.5/5
The Morning (Raekwon, Pusha T, Common, 2 Chainz, Cyhi the Prynce, and D'Banj): 3.5/5
-The hook is annoying and really destroys this track. Raekwon and Common's verses were dope though. This track's main issue is that it's short (4:35), but tries to get a ton of guys on the track. If you want all these guys on the track, make it longer and give them larger verses.
Cold (DJ Khaled & Kanye West): 3.5/5
Higher (The-Dream, Pusha T, Mase, & Cocaine 80s): 2/5
-I liked Pusha T's verse, but The-Dream needs to be hit by a bus. Marsha Ambrosious on The One also sounds more like a man than The-Dream, fwiw.
Sin City (John Legend, Travis Scott, Teyana Taylor, Cyhi the Prynce, & Malik Yusef): 3/5
-Teyana Taylor sounds nice here. Otherwise, nah.
The One (Kanye West, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, & Marsha Ambrosius): 4/5
-Definitely one of the better leaked songs on the album.
Creepers (Kid Cudi): 3.25/5
-Just one verse? Wtf? I didn't mind it, but it feels weird to have this here at all really.
Bliss (John Legend & Teyana Taylor): 3.75/5
I Don't Like Remix (Kanye West, Pusha T, Chief Keef, Big Sean, & Jadakiss): 4/5
-The original is unlistenable to because of Chief Keef, but the beat is definitely dope. With more talent on the beat, the song is more enjoyable. Makes sense.

Total: 43.25/60 -> 3.60/5

Surprisingly, my overall rating is only a few ticks above JayTee's, though we have different ratings for most of the songs and had different feelings on individual things than one another. Though, our opinion on the overall album is similar; it definitely has its highs and lows. There are some tracks like New God Flow or I Don't Like, which are great with great beats. But, then there are tracks like Higher, Sin City, and Creepers, which leave you disappointed. Definitely an album where I'll buy a few and leave the rest alone.

ill be doing a review on THIS later tonight

Overall extremely disappointed in this album. With that said I'll post my rating here in a bit

Thank you to My boys @Merica and @Ragnar for the lovely sigs!

To the World- Kanye ft R Kelly- 4.0/5. One of my favorites on the album maybe it's because I'm a huge R Kelly fan but idk. I really like the hook and I missed R Kelly

Clique- Kanye, Big Sean and Jay- 3.0/5 Wasn't really feeling the beat, the hook was weak and while I'm a pretty big fan of all 3 of these guys the potential for this far exceeded the song

Mercy- A whole buncha niggas- 3.75/5 This one grows on you. I HATED this song the first 10 times I listened to it, But I kept playing it because the bass sounded dope in my car lol. Anyways this song is dope the more you play it. Some of the verses are dope as fuh... Kanye really kills it in such a small verse "Throw suicides on private jet, You know what that means I'm fly to death". I HATE Pusha-T's verse and while I usually love Big Sean his verse on this one is good at best. I love 2 Chainz and Kanyes though so it saves the rating

New God Flow- Ghostface, Kanye- 4.5/5 Love this one. Dope flow, dope verses and 2 of my favorites on one.

The Morning- Raekwon is the only one that matters- 2.5/5 Not feeling it. So much more potential but it's weak overall. Two much going on and doesn't establish a flow

Cold- Kanye. 4.25/5 DOPE. Hardest on the album imo. Only thing stopping it from being higher is the beat is weak. I hate Khaled's beats

Higher-...Nothing good- 1/5 This is just bad. The hook is dreadful, the rapping is weak, the background beat is annoying. Just terrible, not sure who approved this one but they need to rethink it

Sin City- John Legend- 4.25/5 I actually like this one. Rapping is pretty decent, I love John Legend so much and Teyana kills it.

The One- Kanye. Big Sean, 2 Chainz- 5/5 My favorite on the album, I absolutely love the hook. I love everything about this one. Really one of about 3 on the album I'd keep on my ITunes as a constant play. I love songs with soft hooks and beats especially when Yeezy kills the rapping.


Creepers- Cudi... 2/5 I liked it at first... Then the rapping started and I lost all interest the beat is boss but the rest is terrible.

Bliss- John Legend and Teyana Taylor- 4/5 Love it. Two of my favorite soulful singers and they kill it

I Dont Like (Remix)- Kanye, Big Sean, Pusha, Keef, Jada- 3/5 Kanye is boss. Sean is boss, Pusha once again I don't like, Keef is terrible and Jadakiss is decent. The hook ruins this song for me.

31.75

2.65/5

Yeah definitely not up to par with every other Kanye project

Thank you to My boys @Merica and @Ragnar for the lovely sigs!

You know that Pusha is on New God Flow