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Not bad. 2.5/5
Not my style.
Struggled to even give this one two stars
Half decent.
Samples and grooves are excellent, lyrics unfortunately not so eargrabbing. Shame.
I would say Won't Trade was my favourite off this album and I from the plays on Spotify, I can see why this is the hit. I enjoyed the more upbeat funky-ness of it and the sample track was fun. I got a bit tired of the other ones, repetitive use of jazz chords - it felt a bit one sided and the tracks all just blurred into one.
2/5 naaaah
Boring. I’m not a fan of hiphop.
I didn't really give this my full attention. It sounds like the type of album you need to really focus on to gain any kind of reward. I liked the more jazzy moments. I didn't his voice a little... whiney.
Harmless, but ultimately nondescript.
04/30/2022 Not for me.
A chilled and funky hip hop album. Not really my thing and doesn't seem all that innovative, but it's inoffensive and listenable. I got a little bored by the end. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Won't Trade Date listened: 20/04/22
Eh. Rap. Not a promising start to the week....
Very 2000s Hip-Hop mixed with synth pop. Not terrible but not a single thing I latched onto.
Didn't blow me away, but there were some nice beats here.
Jazz rap that's pretty smooth. Nothing particularly stood out as exceptional, but clean overall. Liked it.
Not my kind of music not terrible but not one I would listen to again
Hip hop bastante rollo. Sin nada que me llame la atención.
good listening experience
I thought the progressive aspects of this album as they pertain to hip-hop were definitely on display, making this album seem fresh in comparison to a lot of the hip-hop I've heard in the past decade or so. For hip-hop, his voice is incredibly smooth and the music was laid back. That said, this album and the tracks on it ultimately didn't resonate with me very much; it was easy to listen to, but for me, it was "just okay".
Not as bad as most of its ilk
Ik kon mijn aandacht er niet bij houden
Zo ver weg van mijn belevingswereld...
Beetje saai. Steeds hetzelfde trucje.
Wat een vriendelijke rap. Verder niet zo verheffend.
fairly annoying
Not my style but enjoyed the album
Not my cup of tea. Nothing really lands, does it? A bit of a cotton candy album - looks great but take a bit and there's little of substance there.
It's good, but it's just really boring to me. Probably won't be listening again
Not me but nowlt awful.
Coñazo. Hip hop
Not my thing at all.
Hmmm.. Prince meets James Brown meets Grandmaster flash?
Inače je nešto što bi mi stvarno pasalo i slušat ću ih ubuduće, al sad me ni čanulo.
Not bad, just not great.
Definitely getting a tribe called quest vibes here. It's definitely okay. It's no kanye, Roots, or kendrick lamar. Lots of good collabs. I can see broad appeal here, but I'm not feeling the passion in this album. I listened to this album like four times, but I don't see a need to listen again. Fav song is Life is better (norah jones is too cool). 2.5
4.5
Meh
Okay.
kay
eh, could not get full version but head enough
Meh. 5/10
6
"Won't trade" and "Life is better" were okay... But I think the style is just not for me.
kinda like a mix between rap and drum & bass. not really my style - it just exists in a space I don't care about. 2/5 overall - would have given it a 3 cause it's not awful, but the songs all sound too similar. like the whole album uses the exact same formula, just resprayed for each new song.
691/1001 2026.08.31 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑
Another day, another (c)rap
This was an uninteresting album. Not bad on a technical level, just forgettable in every sense of the word. Norah Jones being featured was a plus.
Production: timeless and layered, bordering on lush. Rapping and rhymes: don't live up to the beats? Hooks: catchier and more melodic than I expected. This has a "songwriterly" quality that prophesied the 2010s work of Kanye, Kendrick, and Travis (although Renaissance doesn't have near the dynamic range). Enjoyable, but if I'm being mean: inconsequential...does not demand attention...stuff you put on while you're paying the bills. Man, I thought for sure that the intro guitar on "Shaka" was later sampled by Rihanna on "Woo"...but no???
Not really my thing. The track featuring Norah Jones was OK.
Is there a good way to listen to this? Not impressed by the production or delivery, and the lyrics were bad, like this conscious stuff just seems like you have to name drop the history of old school hip hop, or you can rap about the same stuff as other guys as long as you make it sound not fun. Oh and add a jazz beat.
Eh
Honestly what kind of name is Q-Tip, hate it!
Everybody seems to like this album so I wondered that when I give it a 1 star rating it will end up (at -2.24) on my ‘albums I love lees than most’ list. However, on checking it seems that it is not quite bad enough. A pity really because it is still utter drivel. For an explanation why this is please refer to my previous reviews of rap albums. 1/5 3/6/26
No idea what's great about this. Times are OK and the taking pretty harmless. Basically middle of the road rap. Not fur me
Gettin' Up
1. jonny - 1 2. trade - 1 3. up - 2 4. official - 2 5. you - 2 6. fight - 1 7. boogie - 1 8. move - 2 9. glazz - 1 10. life - 2 11. believe - 2 12. zhaka - 1
Hogwash.
eh
rap, RnB, 2008 -> 1
This album is not my forte. I do appreciate the grooves that are laid down, but I don't care for this one a lot.
Still not my genre
No
Furchtbar dieser funky groove. Da kann es noch lange Hip-Hop sein.
Und wieder wird gestottert und gepöbelt! Mist!
This is not for me
I don't understand hip hop.
Why is there yet another Hip-Hop album in this list? I don't care if it's Progressive Hip-Hop or Regresive Hip-Hop, it's still pointless, boring crap. The universal acclaim from music critics doesn't seem to be reflected in the low sales and the low number of listens on Spotify, so I think the critics (and this list compiler) have got it wrong.
All right but doesn't seem worthy of this list.
Not a rap fan
No no no
Pues más de lo mismo. Aburrimiento y total desconexión con el hip hop y toda la cultura que le envuelve. Pero el programita de marras se empeña en convencerme de que uno de cada diez álbumes que no puedo dejar de escuchar antes de palmarla es de rap. Ya empiezo a pasar del tema.
I had it on as background music, completely uninterested and ready to score it a 2. About halfway through I moved it to earphones where I could listen more actively and thought, nope this shit ain’t worth a 2. All American hip hop is the same old trash.
Hip Hop, 44eme album =>1/5
Meh
Nope
found this really tedious and annoying
Yuck
No se porque está en los 1001 discos
Nej til rap. Det er tydeligvis velproduceret, men det er for kedeligt.
Every song sounded like the song preceding it and following it. Pass.
I’ve heard worse.
Not for me
Do not understand this genre at all.
No. Can't get into this.
This is just run off the mill rap
Meh....
no
No thanks
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It an interesting album. Music boring and monotonous.
Not a genre I like, not an album in this genre that changes my mind. I was completely bored listening to this.
Ok
p919. 2008. 1 star. Hip-hop, so wrong audience. Seems well done but... meh. It speaks volumes that the best tracks are those with samples from other artists.
I fail to understand how many of this albums classified as something that should be listened to before one's death...
yikes, hogwash washed up kids rap. this dude is not good and his lyrics are something to be desired. dont be redundant and then tell me youre a legend. horseshit.
no me gusta nada!!
This album has good beats, if that's what you are looking for. his style is very smooth, as it comes naturally to him. not my type of music but I guess I would listen to it? out of five stars I would probably give it a 2.5 but since that's not possible I give it a 2.
have you ever heard bad like this I think the album move Q tip is a bad album I don't like the lyrics or instruments the the sounds that were being made by the singer were annoying and the instruments didn't fit I felt that they didn't fit cause it was kinda random I didn't even know what was going on in the lyrics I think this album is bad and don't recommend listening to it
Do you like boring hip hop? If so, then this is the album for you. His voice is too boring for the background, and the background is just plain boring. The songs are also just boring in general. The lyrics are also boring. So anyway I recommend that you DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM!!!
I found this bland and boring but I really don't like or get rap so just 1 star or F.
Love tribe but wtf was this seriously, 1-2 good songs
Great, Hip Hop another album filled with incredibly annoying "singing". Gave up after track 3 as life is just too short to waste listening to this crap.
Nope
3.64 rym la voce di questo tizio mi dà abbastanza fastidio 1/5
sucks
Rap.. no
Hm. I feel very little about this barring a slight irritation at the voice. Maybe it's the wrong day, but it's a pass from ch'boi.
And slowly I lose the will to live
At a very low volume, this is minimally tolerable to listen to, for a short time. There must be something being said in the lyrics but I'm just not compelled to listen closely. Pass. When will the dozens and hundreds of albums that I know and love, that must be on this list of 1001 albums come my way to listen to?
Q-Tip=N-Shit.
Grottiger Progressive Hip Hop.
The samples are good, then he starts talking in that wimpy, nasal style. Gets very boring very quickly.
No
Generic. This guy was in A Tribe Called Quest which already doesn’t say much for me as I rated their last entry a 2. This is just another generic sounding rap record to me. At least he did have one good song that I enjoy but for that you have to look up Deee-Lite’s Groove is in the Heart. And who the hell calls themself after a cotton wool bud for gods sake!
It was OK in places. Never going to listen to it again. Not sure why he was talking about a shoe on one track.
This is totally not for me. Just not a fan of hip hop at all. At least I didn't skip any songs but I was so glad when it was over.
hmmmm not a hip hop fan
dire
Every song sounds the same. I've walked back and forth from my stereo a few times and wondered if the album is repeating or if I'm on the same track.
No thanks
Meh
Ok, but not my taste in music. Listened to the whole thing though.
Non è il mio genere di musica.
Rap isn't my thing.
Nope, not a fan of rap. Surrounding it with overly simple lounge jazz loops doesn't make the music any less annoying either.
À finir
Not great
R&b. No me dice nada
Really rather terrible all round
not my thing
Not for me
2/10 - Dire this mate. Background music at best
Rap/Hip-Hop
So boring
Some good tunes, but really not my jam. It was a job getting through this album. 1*.
This is really underwhelming to me, but I also felt extremely overstimulated. Enjoyed “WeFight/WeLove” and “Life is Better”. I like that it mellowed out a bit the more I listened.
Jazzy bits were good, liked the bass, didn't like anything else. I'm not made for hip hop.
Hip Hop, you shall not pass. 1/5
no rap
Hip hop amb el que mai aconsegueixo connectar. Té algunes bases i ritmes interessants però el génere en sí no m'entra.
Yuck
ResidentSleeper the baseline carries the whole album
No me ha gustado nada.
No thanks. Pretty poor all the way through
Not my thing.