Hearing Wayne talk about his parents is different. I would’ve liked another Wayne verse, but solid all around.Ĭool & Dre beat! “ Momma used to say this standing over my crib, never trust nobody who can bleed for 5 days and live.” Wow, imagine hearing that from moms? Wow. The way he’s rapping would impress his old-self. I prefer Wayne to be there as soon as the song starts. Lil TwistĪnother song that doesn’t begin with a buildup. I wonder why he isn’t using Auto-Tune? Did he give it up? His voice doesn’t have the character it used to. It’s nice to hear a fully fleshed-out record. Nice percussion, they didn’t disrupt the sensual grace. The Dream sounds good here-a gentle performance. This verse is better than half of his solo album. Takeoff! The “ I lied” ad-lib took me out. It’s rough, like sandpaper, like it hasn’t been touched by water in months. “I Don’t Sleep” has a humid bounce, like it was made on an exotic beach, and Wayne sounds like he’s been listening to Drake. Whose tag is that? The beats are getting better. Wayne has made songs in this vein before, it’s the crossover record with a pop star, not as emotionally-gripping as it aims to be, but there’s sincerity in the heart. “ I don’t trust nobody, not my lovers not my friends.” These drums are unforgivable. Ten songs in and this album has no particular direction. The hook is catchy, the production could use a stronger kick, but it’s fine, simple and effective. “Not Me” doesn’t have the best lyrics on the album, but it’s a robust, late-career Wayne offering. Wayne started rapping at 0:00 like he’s DaBaby. “Bing James” has the most infectious hook thus far. Jay Rock! Did Cassidy produce this? This beat sounds very dated like it’s been sitting on the shelf since Obama was in office. There have been some worrisome lines about lean on this album, a habit that Wayne hasn’t been able to kick after all these years. I’m not in love with how they flipped the beat-it feels forced-but nice to hear some N.O. I can’t imagine this record being as big as Drake’s “In My Feelings,” but Wayne took it back to his roots. It’s the New Orleans bounce “Uproar.” “Choppa Style” will be here until the end of time. The E-Honda bar is gold. Wow, Wayne over some New Orleans bounce! What year is this? “Clap For Em” should’ve been the single. Production is lacking the boom that Metro Boomin should be giving Wayne, but he’s so alive on those songs. Mannie Fresh should’ve produced this entire project. He’s just a stoned-out thinker leaving all his thoughts over sub-par beats. I love hearing the way he weaves all these different vignettes together in his verses. “ I got a plus-size model, but she’s my lil mama.” Loverboy Wayne.
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It’s like Cell before absorbing Android 17 and 18. There’s a great idea in this song, one that I would have loved to see Wayne pull off in 2009. Not in love with the YouTube-type beat, or the ineffective singing that could use the crutch of Auto-Tune, but he’s rapping, and I’m not mad at it. This is the Wayne who made “Prom Queen.” He’s back flirting with the rock sound. The explosive switch-up brought a dead song back to life. Singing Wayne doesn’t sound like an angel. Wayne could’ve recorded this song a capella, and I would have loved it. It’s just line after line after line there’s no direction. Wayne is in a zone, “ Turn a nigga noodle to nada.” Hahaha, he’s bleeding bars. “ Your partners are poodles.” Wow, that breast line got a chuckle out of me. I don’t know how I feel about this beat, but it’s being decimated by the one-time rapper eater. Wayne is just rapping like this is a mixtape, and I’m not mad. We are three songs into the album, and there has been no sign of a hook. I love the slowed, chopped-and-screwed switch at the end-a keeper. “ Good times, no hard times.” “ Judge gave me time, I did that time like nap time.” Wayne is a lifeboat floating over every drum kick. The spirit of the greatest speaking through a worn-out voice. Wayne’s voice has been touched by time, the tone is exhausted, but he sounds lively. Hearing Wayne and Mannie back together in 2020 is bringing some warmth into this cold, cold world. Mannie Fresh produced this record? He doesn’t miss. Wayne’s run-on-sentence flow is exciting.
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