Most of ya'll don't agree with me on reviews, but fuck ya'll.
First, let me say a comment:
I think this album is comparable to Recovery, in the sense that the "Choruses" aren't that great. There is something missing in this album, just like Eminems album, but overall they are good albums.
Here's mine after one listen:
The beats are either great, or kind of bland. I feel like he tried to pull off the better version of where Rap is headed, but not there yet... where Instead of punchlines, rappers use lines that can be interpreted two different ways....More over, the "new punchline."
Overall, after one listen, the album is 4/5, the thing that stops it from being a 5/5, is the choruses, he fucks with his vocals too much, and i feel he needed one more anthem, like "Power."
"Power" - Is my favorite beat, song, rap, anthem, you name it...on this album.
Ya'll gonna hate on me for this, but on:
"Monster" - Kanye and Jay-Z got murdered by Nicki as far as flow and creativity. Kanye had one hot line in it and it's been played around with by so many people that it doesn't have that "PUNCH" in it no more. "Im living in the future, my present is the past"....that was too much like Big L with a "Lil Wayne Bland style" and Jay-Z's flow wasn't on beat imo...actually, he fucking sucks, and I rather it have been Eminem on the song. He'd of fucking killed talking about "MONSTER" On this song. Nicki switched her style so much, but stayed in the style at the same time the whole time. I feel she road the beat at one point like how i pictured eminem doing it. I'm not saying she's on his level, but i feel she studied Lil Wayne coming into the game, and now she's studying Eminem.
Nicki >>>>Kanye>>>>>>>>>Jay-Z
"Blame" - Sounds TOO much like "Airplanes" to me, that I can't stand it...but listenable. Make sense? Not really. =/
"Runaway" - I like the chorus, but i feel if he changed the lyrics to something 'better' it would have been better, but critic aside, and as a fan, i love it.
I'm not gonna touch on every song, just the ones that got my attention right away.
P.S. sorry of some of this don't make sense, it's 3:20am.