man if you got to keep listening over and over to this CD just to "warm up" to it then it can't be that good. That's the shit they pull on the radio, play the same shit over and over and the next thing you know.. you are bobbing our head to some bullshit...
i listened once at work and then once on the big system at home. I don't need to hear it again to know i don't like it.
Cool if you don't like it. I give albums multiple listens only if I find something to like about them. This fit the bill for me. I listened to the leak after reading all the negative posts. I was looking for a reason to hate this album but I found I liked each song except maybe track 8.
That radio thing where they play music over and over doesn't work for me. If they play stuff over and over and I don't like it I switch the station. I'd hope alot of other people are like that too.
I think this album has a problem with the target audience. If you're not a fan of other genres of music it's going to be REALLY hard to appreciate this stuff. Also not just other genres but the quirky stuff from other genres too.
Most of the negative reactions pertain to the beat constructs mostly. These aren't your usual rap beats. Most people who shit on the album love Bound2 simply because it's the closest to the accepted rap beat on the album.
People are talking about J Cole's album and I took a listen to it and nearly fell asleep. By rap standards it's probably a solid album. Nothing stands out about it though. Nice beats, nice rhymes, nice stories. Nothing to offend. Nothing to remember in 6 months. It's safe. Nothing wrong with that I guess but to me things like this wear thin after years and years.
