“I been this way, and I’m gonna be this way/ Fuck A critic tryna tell me what to say”

Isn’t that what you said in that track? So, my best advice is simply to get what you can from this review. I’m not the type of reviewer to scream ‘go buy it’ or ‘go download it’ I hope my words, comments, praises, and critique should do that enough. My rating system is the same of that too.

The non-smart ass reply would be that this album does deserve a listen to. There are plenty of elements in here that scream hip hop and that any hip hop fan would love.

Yo Sean, I added your rating’s blurb to your contributor’s link, so hopefully you won’t have to repeat yourself if someone asks this again. Great answer!

The rating system is similar to how teachers would mark students on an English or Philosophy paper.

Essentially there are many areas that I focus on gathered in particular groupings. You have specific sections such as MCing which contain lyrical ability, flow, delivery, structure, complexity, content. Production which focus on general rhythm, complexity, delivery, structure, sound, structure, and catch.

Overall synergy of both gets rated as well: does the beat fit the lyrical content? Does the melody match the flow..etc etc. Lastly, rating the album as a whole: Plot, theme, front to back execution, structure, uniqueness, interest, song placement, overall sound.

From there there are more or less 4 levels for each of these categories 1 (0-30) 2 (30-60) 3(60-80) 4(80-100) and from there I mark what level of a level they get…ie. an 80 differs heavily from a 90 but both are level 4′s.

Anyways, hope this helps