AZ - Truth Be Told [December 1]
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NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
AZ wasn't playing around with this 
BUSINESS AS USUAL
All Star
Bro the only track I really like and that shyt is crack is one with monch..dam that shyt fire but wtf is up with monch..only does hooks now..corny as hell..he was supposed to kill tbis track
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
I havent heard much recent Swizz. Erick Sermon or Bink? abso-fukkin-lutely not.
I have been really disappointed in Havoc, but still he is better than Buckwild. The both have albums with Flee Lord.....Hav's production was better....and that was some of Buck's best recent stuff.
Truth.
Buck's best days are far gone. He ain't never been on Erick Sermon's level. E's catalogue could easily be Top 5.
But on this new AZ joint, the production can get a little stale. Out of the 90's greats behind the boards, Buck is the one that probably fell off the worst. He lost his whole sound. The beats just don’t knock the way they used to. But Sosa is still killing it with the lyrics. AZ sounds just as sharp as ever on this, which I always expect from him.
And like a lot of people are saying, I don’t know what's up with Monch only doing hooks now. Sh*t is weird and wack. He knows people want some new verses from him.
Figaro
Superstar
I’ve ran through it a few times now, it’s a solid LP to add to his catalogue.
Reintroduction, One if the Greatest & Go Time are the best joints on here.
A.W.O.L was the last time I was fully impressed with an AZ album & I’m a huge fan.
It just seems like he lacks something to deliver something like that again.
I think maybe he’s just been comfortable in his lane for long time now
Never the less this is cool.
3.25/5 for me.
Reintroduction, One if the Greatest & Go Time are the best joints on here.
A.W.O.L was the last time I was fully impressed with an AZ album & I’m a huge fan.
It just seems like he lacks something to deliver something like that again.
I think maybe he’s just been comfortable in his lane for long time now
Never the less this is cool.
3.25/5 for me.
Heavy_Handz
Superstar
You being harsh on Buckwild for what reason? Who is comparing him to Erick Sermon? Why is he the guy who fell off harder than any producer from the 90’s? I don’t get it? The production on this is solid and AZ definitely fits this production that Buckwild lent. It’s 2023 and with all the wack shyt dropping left and right I absolutely cannot say anything bad about Buckwild on this project. Very legit production on this. Not going to compare it to some shyt he produced 30 years ago. That’s not fair.
KingsOfKings
𝕄𝕒𝕕𝕝𝕚𝕓 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕠𝕒𝕥
@hex @Barnett114 can we get a sticky
Because he is not good. Lol. There is no agenda. If you read the posts another poster said he was better than Erick Sermon
go listen to Vernia. If Buck gives you 10 tracks only 3 max gonna be decent. Not comparing him to himself 30 years ago, comparing him to bedroom producers in 2023. And he is beyond mediocre in that regard.
Heavy_Handz
Superstar
I wasn’t addressing youBecause he is not good. Lol. There is no agenda. If you read the posts another poster said he was better than Erick Sermon
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
Read above, someone else said he was better than Erick Sermon. He's not.
This is Hip Hop though. It's definitely fair and normal to say someone isn't as dope as they used to be. There are a lot of producers who are actually better today than they were in the 90's. Bink, Alchemist, Nottz, Madlib, etc. Diamond D's production today is still as crazy as it was 30 years ago. So it's definitely fair to say an MC or producer isn't bringing it the way they used to. If the production was dope, everyone in here complaining about it wouldn't be. Buck ain't what he used to be.
Heavy_Handz
Superstar
I disagree that Buckwild is above Erick Sermon on any all-time list. Aside from that, I think his production on this album is sharp. As much as I agree with you that producers like Alchemist, Madlib, etc have actually elevated to greater heights I could still say that there are projects that those two have produced that don’t match the quality of this album. IE, Alchemist work with Armand Hammer. So if Buckwild is producing a project that actually has much better replay value than something Alchemist produced recently & you’re saying Buckwild fell off and Alchemist is better than he was 25 years ago then what are we even talking about? That’s all I’m saying. I would call this Buckwild shyt wack if it was wack. It’s not. Is it the quality of work on Word…Life ? Nah. Is Alchemist work on his latest EP’s Flying High & Flying High Pt. 2 on par with his work on Murda Muzik or Bulletproof Wallets? Hell no. Even still Alchemist has absolutely elevated as a Producer. See what I mean?
I don’t care about anyone else, for me production determines replay value. This album doesn’t enhance his discography. DoD2 was better. Amazing is by far the best song on here. Had maybe 3 other ok joints. Skyzoo would be a good Executive Producer for A. Dave East pretty much figured it out. He don’t do shyt now without Mike n Keys or Budda and Grandz. I like VDon’s sound on WTK projects. Vado has dope production too.
this is basically a specified budget type production. having one Producer and sound..there you go?
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
V Don is definitely good for whole projects too. That's true.
But yeah, like you said, this project lyrically, is what I love to see from Sosa today. He's still nice with the pen, and can flow dope and stay in the pocket that made him a legend. But the beats, as you said, are really what determine that replay value. And if that's not there, even when the rhymes are dope, it makes it hard to come back to.