Albums Smino - Luv 4 Rent (Discussion Thread)

Macallik86

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so this guys massive, but does not get talked about much on here. is he Chance-esque? whats a project to start with?
He's like Chance in that he can rap/sing and that his content doesn't revolve around black death, but OTOH, unlike post-Acid Rap Chance, he isn't beating you over the head with religion either.

Musically, in terms of riding a beat and using his voice like an instrument, he is probably unrivaled. The one caveat I'd say is historically, he occasionally has verses where I wish he took more time with his delivery. Some of his bars go over your head unless you heard it 2-3x but I feel like if he slowed down his cadence here and there, he would be even more accessible to a mainstream audience.
 

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I think this easily one of the best rap albums of the year. Good production, original, good rapping, great flow. I love that outro on “curtains” with the church organ :ahh:
 

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Smino is more of an artist than a rapper.. J Cole should have gave more bars on his feature. Happy to see fatman scoop on a track. shyt is fire so far.

Edit: finish the album it is a cool type of vibe I like it but it's expected by Smino dude doesn't disappoint.
 
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i always start off liking a few joints and then turn around and like 80% of his projects

No L's, 90 Proof, Pro Freak and Matinee gettin me through phase one

i miss the upbeat/kickback vibes that was in NOIR but i knew that wouldn't be forever.

Most of the features on this showed out. Doechii and J Cole definitely smoked that

that hook on modennaminute already stuck in my head
she doin alchemy off the alcohol quarter after three :wow: i don't even know how he flipped it all on the line right after that

[edit] calling up Krogers to see if they got backwoods is :russ:
 
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