This album for me... yikes. You don't have to be the greatest lyricist and you don't even have to rap about the deepest most introspective material, but I'm really not into listening to other people spitting about penetration constantly. It feels like someone bragging about how they kissed a girl at camp, or has a girlfriend, but she lives in Canada, but at the highest level. Don't talk about it, be about it. Not sure who started this trend where people have to hear about "pussy dripping" on every track, but it doesn't do it for me. And I guess that I can't even trip about the content, but the delivery, because I look at Kool Keith as one of the greats and I love Sex Style. Season Of Da Siccness is also one of my favorites and Lynch is straight up eating babies on that album. Still, there's a point where bragging about hooking up with chicks just isn't impressive like it might have been if I was in 6th grade and some older kid bragged about touching a boob.
There was a really weird thing that started happening in the 90s once they started mixing R&B with rap verses -- you know, when every shitty pop song needed to have a rap verse in the middle of it like a narrator doing some interlude. Some cat like Ja Rule would make a song about cheating on his girlfriend and then follow it up with a love song about never cheating on her. Back to back, every fucking time. It was a formula. First single was one and the second was the other. MTV. All day. And none of those fools ever seemed like they were really about shit, because they'd even contradict themselves within the same song, sometimes. Pick a lane. There's a good amount of that shit here on this album.
"Move That Dope" probably has the best beat on the album, even if I don't think I need to know that Mike Will Made It, every time he does. Lyrically, it's still pretty wack, unfortunately, and seems like they just needed a dope slanging song, as if that added depth to the album. So, they are hyping pushing dope, and then Pusha T comes in to say that it's actually not that cool and he knows better, in his older age, but then drops a couple of lines about how he was so slick back int he day and been there. Pharrell needs to come up with something too, even though that's not really his life. It's a little weird, but... even then, this is definitely a standout on the album. I agree with you.
The Kanye feature on "I won" might be the most cringeworthy spot on the album. This is supposed to be the love joint and it's all about viewing your lady like a trophy. Before this, Future keeps rapping about how none of these women mean shit to him and he'll just replace them and fuck their friends. Then he comes in with the "romance" tune. So, again, nothing of substance. I guess she looks hot? Kanye comes out and fully exposes his whole deal with his high school mentality regarding his whole history tracking down Kim Kardashian, because he, essentially, wanted the status of being with a popular girl. That's already apparent, but he lays it out here. Right out the gate he admits she's a trophy wife. He talks about fucking her on a motorcycle in the Bound video. But, the creepiest part is how he mentions all of her sisters by name and says that her mom only gives birth to trophies. Almost as bad is how it sounds so thrown together.
The one track that really caught me off guard was "Benz Friends," because it's basically just an Andre 3000 joint. Not only that, but after an album of Future talking about his watches and cars, this song is all about how none of that shit matters and it's shallow materialistic garbage. Uh oh! He's sold his entire value on that and someone let out the cat. And again, it's basically all Andre 3000. He spits all the versus and most of the chorus. That and "Move That Dope" are the only real memorable moments for me, and they sound different than anything else, which is really good in this situation.
This album feels really cobbled together with zero direction and patched up with auto tune. Dude should have released this under the name Features, because it relies heavily on names from Wiz Khalifa to Drake, when they either don't bring anything to the table or out rap him. "Move That Dope" sounds the most consistent throughout, at least regarding multiple rappers on a track. I don't count "Benz Friends" because Future sounds like the feature on his own track. Drake is also still corny to me and that song is short as fuck. He just pops in long enough to claim that he can't stop cheating in a half brag about fucking his girl's friend. Whenever he's bragging on a song, I half expect it to stop abruptly when someone finds a wire on him. He's so unconvincing. Dude is forever wheelchair Jimmy from Degrassi, no matter how much he wants everyone to believe he has clout in the streets of Memphis. But that's a whole other thing. This isn't his album, but he sure as fuck doesn't help on it.
@NathanRicaud, you seem to specify that it's this Future album in particular that you have an issue with. I've only heard tracks, but never a full album. Now that I have, it's official official that I don't want to fuck with this dude at all. If you recommended something, what project do you like from him? Also, best use of emojis yet.
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I knew VMP would deliver the deluxe even though its the standard cover. Im pumped for this. This vinyl just went up to 11 in my book 
Haven't bought it yet as I do expect it to be in store for a longer while, but definitely want to.
