Definitly a 5 star album!! The features & production alone are impressive, but then again if you have been a fan of the ABN crew for any amount of time that shouldn't/doesn't surprise you. I've been a fan of ABN/Trae/Z Ro for a cool min i have all of there cds and they never disappoint.
The album is chalked full of a lot of guests that really don't dissapoint. Although most are big name artists on the album, Trae doesn't allow them to outshine him. The ones that don't have any guests, he holds his own as well. The production here has a dark emotional vibe on many songs, that adds the suspense of Trae's rhyme style. A lot of tracks here really stood out to me as a first time listener of his music. The very first was "Inkredible" that also appeared on a Jadakiss mixtape earlier this year that also features Rick Ross. Following that is the lead single "Gettin Paid" featuring Wiz Khalifa that comes with a smoked out vibe. Immediately after that is "I Am The Streets" featuring Rick Ross, The Game, and Lloyd bringing an R&B sound to the song. "Thats Not Luv" with Lil Wayne, and "Life" with Jadakiss are both dark emotional vibe tracks that are strong lyrically. The latter song has a dark piano loop done by V-Don. Wyclef makes a suprising appearance on "Slum Religion". "Not My Time" is a lyrically strong song done by Trae and Linzie Kent singing at the end. Later on in the album is what I believe the strongest song is the title track, a Trae solo with deep heavy sample for the hook. A few tracks later, the album ends on a strong note with "I'm On" featuring Lupe Fiasco, Big Boi of Outkast, Wale (and Wiz Khalifa on some versions) teaming up on the song.
COOL EFFECTS AND THAT IS WHERE IS STOPS. ACTING IS SO SO. BUT THE MOVIE SEEMS TO GO NOWHERE. IT GETS REALLY COOL AT THE LAST 1 MIN OR THE MOVIE BUT THEN IT'S OVER AND LEAVES YOU HANGING. I LOVE SCIFI MOVIES BUT.... I SAW THIS AT THE MOVIES AND WANT TO WARN PEOPLE BEFORE THE BUY.
I'VE LISTENED TO THIS CD SEVERAL TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT IT, BEEN A MJ FAN SINCE I WAS A KID AND LOVED THIS CD. WAS LISTENING TO THE CD WHEN MY MOM CAME OVER ONE DAY AND EVEN SHE LIKED THE CD AND WANTS ONE FOR HERSELF. ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE LEAVING 2 AND ONE STAR FEEDBACK ON HERE AND OTHER SITES, BUT THEIR FEEDBACK DOESN'T SEEM TO BE BASED OFF OF THE MUSIC. THEY SEEM TO BE LEAVING FEEDBACK DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS ESTATE/SONY IS PUTTING THIS MATERIAL OUT. OH WELL THERE ARE HATERS EVERY WHERE. THE CD IS GREAT, I'M A MUSIC LOVER AND THIS IS GOOD MUSIC, PERIOD. I HAVE 2 COPIES, 1 IN MY CAR AND 1 IN MY STEREO AT HOME. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT RELEASE. R.I.P. MJ!
Come on now people, why ya'll hating on Nicki. She is the present and future! She's spits flames. I havent' seen someone who spits hard is entertaining, and fine, since...uhhhh Nicki! Like PAC said in his song "big, I mean Lil whatever is done!" Please Lady Mamalade would have been better with Nicki Minaj in it, period! Keep spitting & laughing at the has beens Nicki!! Lil Kim hating on Nicki Minaj is like MC Hammer getting mad @ JayZ, just pointless, no competition. YOUNG MONEY!!
FLORIDABOY727
FLORIDA
HORRIBLE
November 19, 2010
THIS CD IS BAD AND THE COVER IS KINDA SCARY LOOKING. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
Come on now people, why ya'll hating on Nicki. She is the present and future! She's spits flames. I havent' seen someone who spits hard is entertaining, and fine, since...uhhhh Nicki! Like PAC said in his song "big, I mean Lil whatever is done!" Please Lady Mamalade would have been better with Nicki Minaj in it, period! Keep spitting & laughing at the has beens Nicki!! Lil Kim hating on Nicki Minaj is like MC Hammer getting mad @ JayZ, just pointless, no competition. YOUNG MONEY!!
FLORIDABOY727
FLORIDA
HORRIBLE CD
November 19, 2010
PEOPLE SAY THIS IS THE FUTURE OF RAP & THAT SHE SPITS FLAMES? YEA RIGHT.!!! THAN HIP HOP HAS FINALLY DIED, THIS CD IS HORRIBLE, HER VOICE ALSO REMINDS ME OF THE ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS.
I've been a MJ fan for 36 years and I never thought I would give a poor review to a CD with his name on it. The bottom line is this is not a MJ CD. This is a CD put together by money hungry liars. I guarantee that tracks 3, 5 and 7 are not MJ singing. Those are all songs by Eddie Cascio, a so-called long time friend of MJ that registered 12 "MJ" songs 2 days after the man died.
2 days later?! Why the rush? MJ's fans were mourning and crying their eyes out 2 days later but not this guy. He had $ on his mind. All Cascio songs feature the lead vocals of MJ impersonator Jason Malachi. Don't believe me? His former producer of over 10 years Tony Kurtis exposed him last week on YouTube. Go to YT and type in their names together. Watch the video that's 1 minute and 30 seconds long to hear an acapella comparison of "Breaking News" and a known Malachi song. It's a shameful fraud. Google Tony Kurtis as well.
FLORIDABOY727
FLORIDA
DON'T LISTEN TO THIS GUY, HE'S JUST A HATER
December 24, 2010
I'VE LISTENED TO THIS CD SEVERAL TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT IT, BEEN A MJ FAN SINCE I WAS A KID AND LOVED THIS CD. WAS LISTENING TO THE CD WHEN MY MOM CAME OVER ONE DAY AND EVEN SHE LIKED THE CD AND WANTS ONE FOR HERSELF. ALOT OF PEOLE ARE LEAVING 2 AND ONE STAR FEEDBACK, BUT THEIR FEEDBACK DOESN'T SEEM TO BE BASED OFF OF THE MUSIC. THEY SEEM TO BE LEAVING FEEDBACK DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS ESTATE/SONY IS PUTTING THIS MATERIAL OUT. OH WELL THERE ARE HATERS EVERY WHERE. THE CD IS GREAT, I'M A MUSIC LOVER AND THIS IS GOOD MUSIC, PERIOD. I HAVE 2 COPIES, 1 IN MY CAR AND 1 IN MY STEREO AT HOME. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT RELEASE. R.I.P. MJ!