An album with A LOT of BADMANS in one room…

Ok This is my first reaction to what I hear track by track. As I am hearing it 1 by 1 I am typing the first thing that comes into my head, and yes these are my own opinions… Yal can think what you like…

1. Opening of Holy grail was the title track feat Justin. nice opening sounding like a Cold Play tune

2. Picasso Baby = YESS!!!  beat is harrrd straight Timbo.. nice dirty drums and bass sound. Even the beat switch at the end. Dude be coming with some lines,some triple rhyming punchlines. Fav tune so far

3. Tom Ford -  sounds like classic Timbo 808 sounds. not my favourite tune to be fair, quite prone to skip it and not come back to it, sounds a  bit like a freestyle. Got a bounce but not really changing the world. Maybe that was what was intended. 

4. F*ckwithmeyouknowigotit -  OOOHHH YEAHH!!!! Beat is arrrrrrdddd..!!!! straight club banger, Ricky got that bounce in the hook… Not involved in his verse though (Crap).. Jay beat Ricky with a wooden spoon on naked flesh with his verse I’m afraid…

5. Oceans - lol this sounds like typical New skool Pharell (NOT Neptunes) on the boards. errr na!! not really involved i this one, although I like the hook Franc singing (clever)

6. F.U.T.W - Jay always has a joint like this on his ish…. its cool it;s aiight I guess

7. Somewhereinamerica. - NOW THIS RIGHT HERRRRE.!! YES..!!!! … Like this a lot beat is hard bringing it back to Piano grooves like Milkbone - Keep It Real or some ish like that. this one will get drawn a lot more for me

8. Crown - Nice tune makes sense for me even where its place in the track order

9. Heaven - Errrrr I Don’t like it. SORRY.. I get the tune, get why it was done, even like some things he is saying about religion but NAH..!!!! Don’t like how its put together. Just my opinion everyone welcome to their own.

11. Part II - Like how Beyonce sounds on the tune. like the drums, music is nice. Jay rapiping different on this one again freestyle-ish, but I like this one though, good driving music.

12. Beach Is Better - It seems that dude is rapping better on some of the skits than he is in the actual tunes.. (Is that a good look?)

13. BBC - I can tell from a mile Pharrell’s influence on this one. Even though I can hear Timbo on it too. Yeah its alight again not changing the world

14. Jay Z Blue - This tune is cleaver. From how they using the Biggie samples to how its put together even though its still like a jam session. (reoccurring pattern on this album)

15. La Familia - Why is Jay drawin for those DRY dirty south flows..???? sounds weird to me. Like the beat though, lol like the little down low digg to Lil Wane (Oopps.!!)

16. Nickels And Dimes -  Hmmmmmmmm..!!!! So we have come to the end?

The whole album for me goes downhill halfway through. But to me it actually sounds like Jay ain’t writing his raps down. Yes I know he never does but it was never noticeable like this. On  here it is apparent that the project sounds like a big jam session with a bunch of freestyles. I am NOT saying I don’t like the album, just saying the idea of getting all the Dons together Rick Ruben, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, and Pharrell in one room, actually sounds like that.

They were all in one room jammin and at the same time recording a collection of tracks. I also expected this so I am not disappointed. Dude aint really got much to prove. Just sayin the album is like a big Jam session with freestyles on a collection of tracks. My two Favourite being Picasso Baby and SomeWhereInAmerica. 

Sue Me.. :)

Over and Out..!!!