Raekwon - Fly International Luxurious Art (F.I.L.A.) (Discussion Thread)

[Billy Ocean]

Eh...I'm not feeling this. Overall it just feels very unfocused and samey. Thankfully it's not what I thought it would be: Rae rhyming over trap. But many of the beats feel like throwaways, very few stand out. I like the beat on 1,2 1,2 but that's a track that should be a banger. But it lacks energy to me. Live To Die is a dope beat too, good track. The ASAP track sounds like a modern Wu single but I dunno about the hook.

There really aren't any memorable lines on this album for me. It's just completely forgettable to me. Basically like most of Rae's non Cuban Linx albums...

I feel you, Piff. Very forgettable album.

 

[Piff Perkins]

I feel you, Piff. Very forgettable album.

Yup. There aren't many tracks I'd call terrible but overall it's just...forgettable. I'll listen to the album a couple more times (I always try to do that in order to give albums a fair shake) but I can't imagine coming back to any of these tracks in the future.

 

[SoulController]

shyt did 5.5k

i knew no one really gave a damn about it, but thats pretty bad. would have done 15+ if it was good

 

[mson]

 

[Billy Ocean]

Behind the scenes for the 1,2 1,2 video:

 

[JaneG33]

going to check this out

 

[SirBiatch]

shyt did 5.5k

link?

 

[Foxmulder]

shyt did 5.5k

i knew no one really gave a damn about it, but thats pretty bad. would have done 15+ if it was good

 

[SirBiatch]

You could tell in the interviews that nobody was really checking for it. Meanwhile, Billy Ocean thinks "All About You" is a dope joint.

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

shyt did 5.5k

i knew no one really gave a damn about it, but thats pretty bad. would have done 15+ if it was good

wow

 

[MilesTeg]

Wait wait wait wait wait.

So Raekwon's plan to alienate the small cult fanbase he has left DIDN'T work?

 

[mobbinfms]

You could tell in the interviews that nobody was really checking for it. Meanwhile, Billy Ocean thinks "All About You" is a dope joint.

I love All About You. The worst song on the album was the one with ASAP Rocky.

 

[SirBiatch]

I love All About You. The worst song on the album was the one with ASAP Rocky.

Lemme guess: ASAP Rocky singlehandedly made that song the worst, right? Because without him it would have been classic?

whole album was trash. yeah, including Rocky, his weak ass verse, and Rae's weak ass album

 

[mobbinfms]

Lemme guess: ASAP Rocky singlehandedly made that song the worst, right? Because without him it would have been classic?

whole album was trash. yeah, including Rocky, his weak ass verse, and Rae's weak ass album

Nah - Rocky wasn't the problem with that song. It just sounded so damn generic.

 

[Anti-Anime]

wow i slept, i actually like it.