I really don't think Kanye's always experimenting with his music. His last album was exactly what everyone expected: an incredibly well produced rap album but as far as I'm concerned its sound was very hip hop. I mean, sure we were all still blown away cause it's like "Damn, he did it again, this shit's hot" and the beats and all were just that good but we expected it to be that good. I think he knows that's what people expect of him now so I guess he was trying to break the mold on this one but I just don't think he's going to impact the music industry this time like he did with 808s.
After seeing that video and seeing who Jay-Z is working with on this album - producers: Jahlil Beats, Ye (naturally), Swizz, Timbaland, Pharrell (too nice) and rappers: Drake, Raekwon and Nas (I really hope this is true) - I'm ready to be impressed. I mean, I'm someone who think that Jay is both overrated and overhated. Overrated because everyone rides on literally everything he does and truth be told, he definitely has some whack stuff out there but overhated because at the same time, you hear songs like Dead Presidents and Renegade (even though Em did kill it, Jay was still fire), and even more recently like Jockin Jay-Z and he just flows so nicely and makes it sound so easy. Again, I'm definitely a Jay-Z fan, so I hope this album is good because Blueprint 3 was decent.
I really think that Cole should keep features to a minimum because if you think about it, when you see a rapper who has tons of features on the album like Game did on Jesus Piece it's like, "Wow, can he actually rap, what's with the features?" If the features are gonna be good, though, let them happen. How many rap features did Kendrick have on GKMC? Four? Every one of them was perfect for the song, though. Like people can hate on Drake, but no one is going to tell me that he didn't sound right at home on Poetic Justice, and MC Eiht sounded right at home on that borderline gangsta rap, old school beat on m.A.A.d City. So if you can get features like that, it can only help to make that album better and given the relationship Cole and Kendrick have, how could having him rap have hurt the album? I even wanted to see 50 get in a nice verse. Like I said, I'm all for Cole doing a lot of his shit himself, but I would like to see those key features and some guest producers to help Cole develop his sound.
After seeing that video and seeing who Jay-Z is working with on this album - producers: Jahlil Beats, Ye (naturally), Swizz, Timbaland, Pharrell (too nice) and rappers: Drake, Raekwon and Nas (I really hope this is true) - I'm ready to be impressed. I mean, I'm someone who think that Jay is both overrated and overhated. Overrated because everyone rides on literally everything he does and truth be told, he definitely has some whack stuff out there but overhated because at the same time, you hear songs like Dead Presidents and Renegade (even though Em did kill it, Jay was still fire), and even more recently like Jockin Jay-Z and he just flows so nicely and makes it sound so easy. Again, I'm definitely a Jay-Z fan, so I hope this album is good because Blueprint 3 was decent.
I really think that Cole should keep features to a minimum because if you think about it, when you see a rapper who has tons of features on the album like Game did on Jesus Piece it's like, "Wow, can he actually rap, what's with the features?" If the features are gonna be good, though, let them happen. How many rap features did Kendrick have on GKMC? Four? Every one of them was perfect for the song, though. Like people can hate on Drake, but no one is going to tell me that he didn't sound right at home on Poetic Justice, and MC Eiht sounded right at home on that borderline gangsta rap, old school beat on m.A.A.d City. So if you can get features like that, it can only help to make that album better and given the relationship Cole and Kendrick have, how could having him rap have hurt the album? I even wanted to see 50 get in a nice verse. Like I said, I'm all for Cole doing a lot of his shit himself, but I would like to see those key features and some guest producers to help Cole develop his sound.
