BEFORE LEAVING EARTH – Mar$ Noel
01. SECRET INVASION
02. BEFORE LEAVING EARTH
03. MIND READY
05. IT IS WHAT IT IS
06. GHETTO ATROCITY
07. GUIDELINES
08. STREET PRINCIPLE
09. CHESS NOT CHECKERS f. MADDOG MCGRAW & SUPREME ALLAH MAGNETIC
10. THE LIFT OFF
11. TOUGH TALK
This type of contrast worked more against the project than its favor. You got some very open, simple yet smooth beats, that provide minimal bump. Then you have an emcee who is just doing one thing on this, he’s just rapping, and his cadence and delivery didn’t really make me care about what he was saying. Felt like just rapping to rap, and I thought I was gonna be in for some woke woke shit after the intro. The raps werent bad either it’s just with this open of beats, and his lack of excitement in his flows and such, this made the project boring. Pacing never really changed. The track with the features had the most space and were the most lackluster production wise, so you didn’t even get a taste of the contrast features could have provided. It’s a shame because it feels like the smallest tweaks and changes would have improved this significantly. Id pass on this.
Project: 4/10 || Art: 6/10 – John D.