This song is a great display of almost everything I love about KRIT. He is almost preaching over this beat rather than rapping. The beat is soft but has that electric guitar for that epic feeling. This is a short track, but it serves as an intro to the album, so I'll get over it.
This has that southern good feeling jazzy sound, and then the drums come in. The shine on vocals on the hook sound awesome, and the beat as a whole is very ear pleasing. KRIT has a terrific flow over his verses, and sounds terrific as ever. Bun B has a very good contribution to the track. To me it seems like Bun B is only able to rap at the level of who he is with, good or bad. Regardless, this is the type of southern rap that fans would love to hear more regularly.
This is a banging radio beat that sounds awesome. It bangs the speakers in cars and gets people hyped. Now normally this beat would have some garbage rapper spitting over it. Instead, here we have KRIT destroying the beat, and is even referencing the aforementioned garbage rappers, and calling them out for subject matter, or lack there of. KRIT is impeccable on this track.
KRIT is actually a dope producer. His beats are consistently awesome, and because he produced it, he flows so easily over them. This is just another fantastic track. You can probably guess roughly what this track is about from the title, just listen to the shit.
This beat is piano and drum heavy giving it a more deep feeling. The "dreams" sample only adds to this as KRIT goes more introspective. A line that I love is when he says, "I'm more spiritual than lyrical," which in KRIT's case holds a lot of weight. This song is fantastic, short, and to the point. KRIT has already shown that lyrically and production wise he has a lot to him as far as variation goes.
The mellow feeling and theme in this song is a somewhat relatable. This is one of the few cases I can recall in which an artist has attempted to make themselves look vulnerable, and he succeeded.
Back to the king theme, which is odd, because the last two tracks were vulnerable and introspective. The return of the drums is nice, and the hook is a cool little sample. KRIT once again sounds fantastic, and delivers yet another good track.
I love the way KRIT'S southern draw sounds on the singing hook. The beat is much more happy and upbeat than most of the others thus far on the tape. Which is about two people going good together. KRIT sounds much more high tempo, which is a refreshing change of pace.
In a complete 180 the beat sounds much more trap, and Future sings the hook. Which will immediately turn some people off. KRIT manages not to stoop to Future's level, but unlike all of the previous tracks, I'm not completely feeling this one. Call me a narrow minded hip-hop head, but I'd rather not see Future on many more KRIT joints in the future.
I see your Future, and I raise you a Trinidad. I don't understand the feature at all, but it doesn't kill this track. KRIT kills his verses to the point that when this track is over you don't remember any Trinidad James. The guitar and snare in the beat have an awesome sound, and compliment the sound of the hook. For a song with as little meaning as this one, it manages to bang. I would like to note just for the record that James is fucking horrible on this track, but I'll find it in my heart to overlook it.
I really love this track. The first few times I listened to this tape I hardly remembered it even existence, but the beat is actually really cool, and KRIT is incredible on the first verse. SANT is fine, but KRIT is the real standout, incredible song.
This is definitely a radio attempt. Not to say KRIT is any worse from a personal rhyming standpoint, and manages to out perform the other two mcs, but this is really juat a boring song. Wiz and DZA are nothing special, and this is an easy skip in the scheme of the album.
This song is the beginning of a run of the best tracks on the tape, that lasts through the end. This song is fantastic and the subject matter is very interesting, and something you have to listen to. The jazz in the beat and KRIT'S spoken word style give this such an old school feel. This song puts you in the mind of someone who is willing to kill a person for whatever reason, and it is very interesting. It also illustrates the cycle of killings that one death can cause. Truly a must listen.
This is the only song not solely produced by KRIT, being produced by 9th Wonder. I have always liked his work, and now is no exception. This another fantastic deep track that will get you thinking because of the lyrics. This song may not sound like much, but if you listen to the lyrics it is fantastic. This isn't something you can necessarily just put on the speakers and enjoy, but it is rather a fantastic piece of art.
True or not, KRIT claims this was a poem he wrote. I would lean towards true, this sounds like something you could walk into a coffee shop and hear followed by the most roaring snapplause in open mic night hisrory. Some of the lines are also incredibly poetic. This is definitely a standout track, and one that runs through my rotation very frequently.
This song has been received by fans in two ways. One being a relationship and the other being KRIT explaining his album, which was mentioned above as a dissapointment. The opening sample is damn near hypnotizing. He talks about his fans bearing with him, and tells them to wait because there is a bigger picture. He address that his album wasn't as good as his mixtapes, but ensures us of a bigger picture. The subliminal lyricism is stuff that you rarely hear, and very much a treat. It may take multiple listens, but once it clicks you will love this song.
This song is fucking epic. If you are ever taking a world saving journey across the country via horseback, play this track. It is inspirational and just an awesome track. I love this shit.
If this tape had clicked for me like it does now back whem we did the top 5 list, this would definitely be in my top 5. The last five tracks alone make it worth a full listen. If you don't download this shit you are pronouncing the fact that you don't give a shit about hip-hop. It's fuxking free for fucks sake, and I know you all spent money on much worse projects (see Magna Carta.. Holy Grail). Just download it, it's awesome.