luckily i had most of it saved not the album of the year, but might be in my top 10 (which isn't saying much lol)
365, welcome (gotta go), deadly medly, black and brown & closed chapter had awesome beats and were the stand out songs for me, i think welcome (gotta go) and closed chapter were the best.
only things i didn't like was some of the songs subject matter and the royce type flow he uses on some songs, it was ok on one or two songs like deadly medley but i think that type of writing was on too many of the songs, i'd rather hear rhymes about a real subject or some type of story telling. i do think the album to grow on me the more i listen to it though, this seems like one of those albums
365 - awesome beat, dope samples and sounds used throughout the song, basically that same royce da 5'9' type rapping. the style of this beat and a lot of the rest of the production seem a little similar to kanye's recent production style, even the way he mixes his voice, just the same as the way kanye mixed the vocal sample on his song power
welcome gotta go - dope song, awesome beat, one of my fave for the year. he's giving it away on his bandcamp for free download to, download it here
keep going - meh, ok not that great. not much going on in the song, ok beat, ok rapping, nothing special with the rhymes and not really rapping about anything, its just another freestyle/braggadocio type track. suffers from the same shit royce often does i think. he is also giving this away for free download
Deadly Medley - dope beat, one of the best beats on the album, but more of the same subject matter, no chorus just more freestyle type subject matter, good verse from royce and the double time flow he started off with was pretty dope
Distortion - a song with some real subject matter, about what i was expecting the album concept was to be about, all the hardship black milk has been through during past year, not much of a chorus, ok beat, same drums again dope samples at the end, but yeah thats not the song sounds dope though wish he incorporated that into a song
Over Again - not bad song, decent beat, good rhymes,
Round of Applause - goood chorus, sometimes i think the drums dominate the beats too much, i would rather just hear some good riffs in the beat.
Black and Brown - i think this song is fire, beat is fire and rhymes come with great energy,
warning (Keep Bouncing) - ok, good beat if its your thing, i really liked the beat during the chorus, more of the same type of rhymes, beat on the outro was pretty sick
Gospel Psychedelic Rock - dope, awesome beat goes well with the chorus and for once i actually like the royce type flow
Closed Chapter - one of the top songs on the album, good flow, good beat, and dope lines
production:
- beats: 80%
- theme/consistancy/originality: 80%
Production Overall: 80%
lyrics:
- rhymes (multi's, punches, flow): 70%
- subject matter/song concepts: 60%
Lyrics Overall: 65%
overall: 70%