at first this was a hard album to get into, but after a long time i started getting into more of the songs and appreciating Insights meaning and message in his lyrics, as well as the actuall skill in flow and breath control he has and in the rhymes he uses, i never really appreciated things like breath control and flow as much until i started trying to rap myself. I first listened to this album because of the beats i'd heard from Damu, Damu's production on this album was also a little hard to get into at first, but eventually i got into them more too, damu uses some great samples, How Many of Us is one of my favorite songs ever now
lyrics: 90% production: 85%
overall: 87% imo this is still a classic hip hop album
89-80 There really arent any GREAT songs on this IMO Its just a bunch of decent songs. IDK. I haven't really listened to it since the first week a got it so... [deleted]
i would say the same. "This Is An Introduction" and "On & On" are the only two borderline classic tracks and the rest is just above average. still a dope album though. makes my top 5 for 2007. my new theme song
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"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"
"How Many Of Us" and one other track, i forgot the name of it, were just below those two tracks for me. the remix of "On & ON" was ok but nothing special imo. my new theme song
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"True poetry can communicate before it is understood"
no. that one is decent, but it wasn't that. i will say that i'm going over this album again and it's better than i remember it. my taste in hip hop has evolved to where InI's "Center of Attention" has pretty much become my favorite hip hop album of all time, so this album has grown on me even more than it already had though. i still don't know if i can call it a classic though. here's the track i was talking about though:
i think the main thing holding this album back for me is actually Insight's flow though. it's off in certain places.