Before hearing Hall of Fame, the title sounded pretentious. K-Dot opened up a space for rap to do that, or at least reminded folks of the sorts of things Pete Rock & C.L. It's fitting that he and Kendrick had that moment on "Control," because Hall of Fame clearly owes some sort of debt to good kid, m.A.A.d. Yes, there are songs about threesomes and about being a rap star, but mostly there is honesty and even fleeting moments of vulnerability if not humility. He rhymes about his first chain, and brings Nas and Cudi along for the ride. He rhymes about riding around Detroit in a Toyota with six other dudes, looking for trouble or fun or just a way out of town. Instead of cute ad-libs like "Oh God" and "Swerve," he tells us stories about his girlfriend's mother whose cancer spreads from her breast to her spine, and about finding a way to tell her everything is going to be all right. Sean's verses on "Mercy" and "Clique" were boastful, braggadocios, and full of cocksure swagger, like a high school athlete in the locker room talking shit with all the other jocks.īut Hall of Fame sounds like it could have been done by another rapper. Music album Cruel Summer, his second solo release, Hall of Fame, came as a total surprise. Label: GOOD Music, Def Jam After Big Sean's work on the G.O.O.D. RELATED: The 50 Best Albums of 2016 New Yorkers Pick the Best (And Worst) Albums of 2013 Take a look back with us with The 50 Best Albums of 2013. Cole that lived up to the hype, there were the unexpected delights of Haim and Young Thug and A$AP Ferg, and worthy entries into established catalogs by acts like Eminem and Queens of the Stone Age. There were highly anticipated albums by artists like Drake, Kanye West, and J. There've been a been a lot of particularly strong albums this year. So with 2013 coming to a close, we're starting to realize what a really great year for music it's been. But that's the thing about greatness, it builds over time. (Too much, it seems like, trying to keep up with it all.) But there's never a ton of great music out. You hear some records and think, "Well, that was pretty cool." And then there's plenty of that you don't care much about, so many songs that don't grab you. Ask us again in twenty years, and things might look very different.) During the year, it never feels like things are going well. Only then do we start to form an opinion about the overall strength of the musical bounty: whether is been a "good year" or a "bad year." (And, of course, such assessment can change over time. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy notice.Every year, towards the end of the year, we look back on all the albums we've listened to over the past twelve months. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Click "Decline" to reject, or "Customise" to make more detailed advertising choices, or learn more. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Cookies store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. Your choice applies to using first-party and third-party advertising cookies on this service. If you agree, we'll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie notice.
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