Pusha T used to sell dope. He mentions it enough throughout the album if you forgot that information. While Pusha can be great as a guest (see 'Name me King' on Game's 'Jesus Piece'), or for a track here and there ('Exodus 23:1' is a great song), for a whole album I find him to be an extremely tedious boring rapper. Some people have mentioned the plethora of featuring artists on this album as a criticism, but would you want 45 minutes of exclusive Pusha? I certainly wouldn't and this album demonstrates that more than anything else I've heard from him previously. He raps basically the exact same way on every song, talking through his bars, that feature some weak punchlines and repetitive lyrics as Pusha likes to do. As a guest here, Kendrick also chooses to rap with his annoying tone and flow, so there goes that song from being enjoyable. The beats also have a minimalistic, drum-driven feel that add to the feeling of repetition. Pusha is a one-trick pony as a rapper and the beats aren't fantastic either. A disappointing album. The mixtape 'Wrath of Caine' has more going for it than this. In my humble opinion, his former partner's recent album, No Malice, is also more enjoyable than this. I don't like.
Best Tracks: King Push, No Regrets
Despite being a stand up guy, nothing quite goes right for the main character. He deals with employment, financial and relationship issues, criminality, corrupt police, childhood drama including domestic violence, being unwanted as a baby by his birth mother, an unsupportive mother-in-law... I am just now realising what a short straw he copped as I write this list. It does tug on the heart strings as it's hard not to feel empathy for the unjust deportation laws for adopted Americans that this movie sheds some light on, however, I can understand some feeling like it gets a bit much. I don't know what's wrong with me these days but I tear up easily, particularly when children are involved. The final 15-20 minutes of this are heavy. A recommended drama!
This begins bangin' with her female compatriots combining well with the first couple of songs. Snoop sounds great over the Hotrunner produced 'Hey Yall' beat and there are a couple of other okay tracks, but it falls away in the second half without anything outstanding being featured.
Best Tracks: What, Gangsta Lovin, Party in the Rain, Let This Go, Hey Yall
Lyrically there is still not enough variety from Game but he has always been able to pick a beat as he does on most of these tracks. There are some average songs but for an unofficial mixtape release it's a good collection of unreleased tracks/remixes an so on if you're a fan.
Best Tracks: Bang Along, Champion, Better on the Other Side, Flashback Memories, Follow Me Home, Put It in the Air (this one is old as...), Where You At
After a couple of hours of this, I was pretty much over it. My first surprise was that it seems like the main character is Kamala Khan, who, to be honest, I don't think I'd ever heard of. The platforming is extremely repetitive, linear and boring. The fighting portions are fairly easy without the mechanics/combos/etc of, let's say the Arkham series. The bits of stealth are simplistic once you know where to go. Technically, I don't know how buggy the game is, but I also got stuck in a wall throughout my first hour or so of play. There are some nice set AAA set pieces, and being able to play as a number of the Avengers will be a highlight for some, but similar titles like the Arkham series or Spider-Man have a lot more going for them.