The Good, The Bad, and The Potential in Redux: a.l. laureates Journey
0Redux by a.l. laureate
๐ 01. The Road Ends Here f. DreLaylow
๐ ๐ฝ 02. Mind f. ๐ Bobby Marz
๐ 03. Contradictions f. ๐ฅ Devize & Japhia Life
๐ 04. Favorite Fears
๐ 05. Pretty Pretty Pretty Good
๐ฅ 06. Forgotten Reminders
๐ ๐ฝ 07. Soul f. ๐ Thir13een
This could have went way harder. Not to say its bad its more so, there were too many small things that stopped this from coming together perfectly. When he was in a taking shots at rappers bag, it came off as stiff, and gives off a scent of fake confidence. When he was talking that food and medicine, it flowed a bit better but was still haunted by small pocket breaks, obvious word stretching, stiff flows. This wasn't all the time but were around enough to throw you out of a vibe, and they were highlighted more when features had it more together. Features were solid, and the production on this honestly carried, it's so dope that even if he was wack it'd be hard to call the tracks wack. He was going off tho, the raps and such don't need to be checked, those are in a good place it's just the small post things, and even taking out or adding a few words to clean up pockets to really make this shine. Track 6 shows you the potential, that track you can tell flowed without any force. In rotation tho, again its not bad he just has to really add that passion to post.
Project: 6.5/10 || Art: 2/10 - John D.
https://allaureate.bandcamp.com/album/redux