This album has been in the long awaited and pushed back category for a long time, originally being planed for release in 2006! Having heard a few of this guy's mixtapes and his solid collab album with Mack 10, I've been looking forward to this dropping. He doesn't seem to have anything too special as a rapper, rarely spitting with urgency, but his laid back gangster approach works. He would be the kind of person who would kill you slowly without making a mess.
Anyway, what we have is a bit disappointing. On the first listen I was underwhelmed and going forward not too much has changed. Much of the gangster rap doesn't hit home as one would like it to, Glasses sounds a bit more stale than I've found him to be previously, and there is more of a softer sound than I was expecting - I guess this is the downside of albums at times in comparison to mixtapes.
Check out 'Dope' and 'Call Me T.I.' for some good gangster rap, but apart from that ,this won't be in the CD player too long.
Best Tracks: Certified, Dope, Call Me T.I., Til Da Sun Come Up
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