OKP Exclusive: Big Ghost Reviews Cruel Summer [G.O.O.D. Music] « Okayplayer | okayplayer.com
Ayo whattup you in the presence of the almighty Hands of Zeus aka Galaxy Knuckles aka Phantom Raviolis or the grand imperial Cocaine Biceps hisself nahmean. First off I jus wanna say whattup n thank you to the Okayplayer family for askin the god to come bless they shyt witta review for this joint namsayin. The god mad humbled yo. Thats some remarkable shyt right there b. So we gon get into this review for the Cruel Summer joint. But heed these words first… The views n shyt in this muthafukka is all my owns…so that aint in no way a reflection of nobody other than myself n whatever whatever. No other man or woman or child represented heretofore n such hereby is sharin the opinion of the gentleman who be sayin the shyt contained within namsayin. This muthafukka do be containin foul language n shyt that might offend small children n old people n shyt too. Bein that this is a family website n shyt I jus wanted to put that out there nahmean. So without no further ado….
1. “To The World” – Kanye & R. Kelly: – This the first joint. I aint exactly mad at this shyt but Imma be honest…this shyt be soundin kinda like Ye was tryin to make All Of The Lights Part II n only Kellz showed up to the studio that day….n son had to sing Beyonce, Rihanna n Chris Brown parts on top of his own or some shyt. The black Roman Polanski kinda need to chill tho cuz his singin is wild gay on this shyt b. After 18 minutes or some shyt of the nikka singin his heart out Yeezy finally spits some bars. But not to knock it or nothin…I could kinda live without this scented candles n milk baths shyt.
2. “Clique” – Kanye, Jay-Z & Big Sean: – You take a song wit Jay n Kanye on it n you add Big Sean to that shyt…thats like takin Wagyu steak witta side of truffles n you splash some A-1 sauce on that muthafukka namsayin. That nikka Big Sean is a condiment b. The nikka is ketchup nahmean. Son aint even on the menu namsayin. You dont go to ANY restaurant n see ketchup on the menu b. Not even cheap ass spots like Burger King got ketchup on the menu…that shyt aint a item on the menu. At a nice restaurant they jus be throwin that shyt there on the table sometimes like “yo…if you a uncultured lowlife muthafukka you can ga’head n splash summa this shyt on ya expensive ass food or whatever son”. If its a real nice spot…like some place witta “Chez” in front of the name they probably aint even got no ketchup or steak sauce in the buildin at all yo… They jus be havin the grey poupon type joints or some shyt nahmean. But yo Sean…stop callin yaself “B.I.G.” on tracks you degenerate medium ass muthafukka….thats jus disrespectful. How Jay allowin that shyt? N why Jay usin Fat Joe’s flow for the first 4 bars of his shyt? Gettin back to Sean tho…this might be the first halfway decent joint son ever been on. N its definitely the only song I ever heard son spit on where I aint feel like I wanted to punch a infant after hearin his corny ass rap. Of course dude had to insert some hoe shyt in there tho talmbout “I need a spa day”………cmon son. I guarantee you this muthafukka likes gettin his toes sucked namsayin. But yo…outside of all that homophile shyt…I fukks wit this shyt kinda heavy. Hit-Boy did the damn thing on this beat too…no frontin.
3. “Mercy” – Kanye, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz: This shyt always been jus aiiiight to me. When 2 Chainz the one who spit the best verse on ANY joint wit one or more muthafukkas on it you kno it aint right… Thats like watchin a Clippers game n Lamar Odom come up off the bench n got it rainin 3s up in that muthafukka… Like how the fukk this shyt happen? The other problem wit the song is the eurotrash dance changeup for Yeezys verse to that Scarface disco shyt. That shyt is like the suspect ass cousin of the switch up for the Biggie verse on The Benjamins joint or some shyt…Nah I aint feelin it. But the song aight.
4. “New God Flow” – Kanye, Pusha T & Ghostface Killah: Yo this joint was already o.d. hardbody shyt in its original form…but wit the verse from Pretty Tone hisself its like the cherry on top of the banana split got added to this shyt. It was like you was sniffin raw before…nahmean…but ow its like the crushed glass got added to that shyt. We shavin wit rusty razors now b. This aint no smooth shyt at all yo. It aint jussa sample from one of the gods greatest joints (“Mighty Healthy”)…its a collabo wit the author of that muthafukkin classic. Best part is they had to take out that corny ass boot camp chant that Ye was doin on the original to make room for it. Then the god comes in wit the deluxe intro remindin nikkas of when he copped his Jesus piece before spittin a classic verse nahmean. The line “Dead a cow for his fukkin leather” alone is iller than ANYTHING Deini done spit since Fishscale b. Thats my word…
5. “The Morning” – Pusha T, Raekwon, Common, Cyhi Da Prynce, 2 Chainz, Kid Cudi & D’Banj: Chef goes in first n sets the bar WAY UP HERE n shyt….talmbout “barbeque n blow in the back of the crib”. shyt is gully as fukk nahmean. But yo…how you gon have Common spit 7-1/2 bars on this whole album yo? Thats some fukkshyt. Who I gotta punch in the throat for that shyt son? Might gotta slap a nikka thru they own front door for that b. Might gotta collapse a nikkas whole patio for that shyt n widow his spouse for that shyt son. Its whatever tho. Ey’body kinda do they thing n shyt…except Cyhi. No offense yo. But Cyhi on a track is like anchovies on a pizza….shyt is usually better without him on it b.
6. “Cold” – Kanye & DJ Khaled: Ayo son…the god still gotta wonder why Khaled on this muthafukka providin those usual struggle-libs in that “yooo helppppp meeee Im shrinkinnnnnng” voice he got all over the intro n shyt. But this BEEN my joint. nikkas shoulda let Hit-Boy produce the entire album if you ask me. You gotta turn this shyt up to eleven n let the whole block feel it. This aint no shyt for the headphones namsayin. You gotta knock ignorant shyt at ignorant levels b.
7. “Higher” – The-Dream, Pusha T, Mase & Cocaine 80s: Man Ion kno how many times Pastor Mase gon come back but son kinda went in…so I aint mad. But this the type a joint you gotta actually listen to turnt up on some “fukk it” shyt to appreciate…otherwise it jus be soundin kinda mediocre n shyt. This muthafukka got “stripper pole” written all over it tho. Play this for them broads wit low self esteem at ya crib n jus let it do what it do namsayin. This shyt gon set the panties free nahmean.
8. “Sin City” – John Legend, Travis Scott, Teyana Taylor, Cyhi Da Prynce & Malik Yusef: On paper…this the shyt I GOTTA skip nahmean. N whyyyyyyyyyyyy Cyhi gotta be back on this shyt too yo? Wheres the love Kanye? Why you doin this to us yo? Did son save you from drownin b? He wrestle you outta the jaws of a grizzly bear son? Im sayin do you owe this man doe b? Im confused fam… Dude actually rapped the words “she rode the broom on the beach…thats a sandwich”….Im sayin cmon son. Its 2012 my nikka. This aint 1991 bruh. You comin wit some ol Phife Dawg shyt in 2012 son? The fukk is that…a Sideline Story tribute bar? He snatch that outta Lil Wayne’s Carter 4 rhyme book? fukkouttahere wit that too stupid to be clever shyt b…we grown. Top it all off this dude Travis Scott sound like he been studyin under Cyhi or some shyt…like he gon carry on that tradition of that yawn hop that Cyhi be makin. I aint feelin it b. The Malik Yusef spoken word shyt is coo tho… The rest is jus unsalted baked potato chips tho.
9. “The One ” – Kanye, Big Sean, 2 Chainz & Marsha Ambrosius: This shyt also soundin kinda “All Of The Lights”-ish at the start but then it mellows out. It calms down… Ionno what the fukk this song really bout but Marsha singin bout pistols n storms n whatever. shyt sounds confused. Big Sean spittin another “I made it” verse… Do these little nikkas rap bout anything else bruh? Im sayin… Apparently this shyt needed like 6 producers to put together too…*Kanye shrug*. Anyways yo… Its a cool track. Not like some shyt Imma go outta my way to throw on a ipod playlist or nothin but its aight… its aight…
10. “Creepers” – Kid Cudi: So outta all the talented dudes on G.O.O.D Music…includin dudes who aint even appear on this shyt at all (Mos Def…Q-Tip..) we gon give Cudi his own joint? Really Ye? The joint soundin like some adult contemporary type shyt at the start…like Bruce Springsteen bout to start singin bout Ameurrricuh n cornfields n fixin up cars n drinkin lemonade on his porch or some shyt. Then Cudi comes in n starts sirappin his usual made up as he be goin shyt…wit the little Oh oh oh wuh ohhhhs sprinkled all over the place n shyt. Its whatever nahmean. But son…the “If I only had one wish Itd be to have more wishes” line gotta be the corniest shyt on this whole album. Fam is you serious wit that shyt? Cmon yo.. Smarten up Scott.
11. “Bliss” – John Legend & Teyana Taylor: Yo who playin on this shyt…a New Power Generation cover band? I aint frontin on the singin ass singin on this joint but this comp is only 12 tracks b. We cant have a Cudi solo joint AND this shyt on here yo. But its whatever I guess. I fukks wit it.
12. “I Dont Like” Remix – Kanye, Chief Keef, Pusha T, Big Sean & Jadakiss: This shyt shoulda been a bonus track par. Jussayin… This shyt aint need to be the final track on the official release nahmean. Anyways yo…Keef still sound like he sayin “A fart nikka…” on this shyt to me. By the way Kiss…a “jean jacket wit the sleeves cut off” is called a jean vest b. You aint gotta complicate shyt son… You aint gon walk into Macys talmbout “ayo do yalls sell jean jackets wit the sleeves cut off” fam…
Anyways yo…I fukks wit this shyt. It aint the shyt I was HOPIN for…but it aint a failure neither. shyt is mad short…but in a era where nikkas be droppin 47 joints on they mixtapes thats kinda a move in the right direction n shyt. Had we not heard half these joints before the album leaked…ayo pardon that. I mean had we not heard half these joints before the album dropped….the impact mighta been a little stronger. I also think the shyt coulda used more Common n less Medium Sean n Cyhi…but its whatever. Theres some bangers on it. shyt basically seems like the uglier n less interesting little sister to the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy n Watch The Throne joints to me. But even tho its kinda the weakest shyt Kanye ever attached to his name (minus 808s & Heartbreak)…the shyt aint bad. I fukks wittit.
Aight peace.
Score: 3.5 Zeus Slaps Outta 5
Sean getting destroyed whenever he's mentioned
