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Love this mashup. That Work It beat is awesome! 

Love this mashup. That Work It beat is awesome! 

He posted this on his IG. 

That “freestyle” is good! He needs to put stuff like this on the next album. 

He posted this on his IG. 

He posted this on his IG. 

That “freestyle” is good! He needs to put stuff like this on the next album. 

He always gets bad album reviews, people just love to hate! 

Legendswillneverdie.com
https://legendswillneverdie.com/2025/03/28/will-smith-based-on-a-true-story-review/
The art desk
https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-will-smith-based-true-story?amp
Ratingsgamemusic.com
https://ratingsgamemusic.com/2025/03/28/will-smith-based-on-a-true-story-album-review/
Top Three Us
https://www.topthreeus.com/will-smith-based-on-a-true-story-album-review/
 

Man, I am absolutely loving this album!!!! I love the barbershop, absolutely mesmerized by it.  Rave in the wasteland has got me, hard.  I love the sermons, his style on those are outstanding.  I’m loving all the different styles he’s rapping in, his flow is fantastic.  The hard times disco rap vibes so smooth, love it.  His message resonated with me in a major way, more than anything since code red.  Love the guitar on First Love.  The fresh feel of Make it Look Easy.  This is feeling very much like my favorite solo album, and second favorite after Code Red.   This album is way better than I was expecting.  So much better.  Fire, just absolutely fire. Beginning to end.

Great to some of the old heads returning to the forum! 
Make It Look easy is also really catchy! 

The intro is straight fire! Love hearing Will and Jeff on the same track. 

Great to some of the old heads returning to the forum! 
Make It Look easy is also really catchy! 

Great to some of the old heads returning to the forum! 
Make It Look easy is also really catchy! 

The album dropped in Belgium. This has been worth the wait. Damn! That first track has some real JJFP vibes. Never thought we would get something like that from Will. Love the album. It really feels like an album. Bulletproof goes hard! You Looking for me is dope! Hell, Rave in the wasteland is crazy.
The interludes make it feel like a real album. I agree with Tim about First Love, it will be a skip for me.  

Great to some of the old heads returning to the forum! 
Make It Look easy is also really catchy! 

The album dropped in Belgium. This has been worth the wait. Damn! That first track has some real JJFP vibes. Never thought we would get something like that from Will. Love the album. It really feels like an album. Bulletproof goes hard! You Looking for me is dope! Hell, Rave in the wasteland is crazy.
The interludes make it feel like a real album. I agree with Tim about First Love, it will be a skip for me.  

Great to some of the old heads returning to the forum! 
Make It Look easy is also really catchy! 

Been blasting the album all morning. Rave In The Wasteland is such a banger. I was kinda scared when Tim said it sounded like Get Lit but this is nothing like it! Great stuff!
You Lookin For me is such a powerful track. Love the beat too. 
Kinda wished he didn't put "First Love" on the album, feel out of place. 

Man I can’t believe we finally got here. 20 years to the day (almost) since Lost & Found was released. 
 
I was always going to love this album, no doubt, but it has completely surpassed my expectations. All of the new tracks (that we hadn’t fully heard yet) are incredible. Int. barbershop is classic JJFP with a modern self aware spin that completely blew me away. 
 
you lookin for me is incredible too. An interesting mix of old and new. It goes hard. 
 
Rave in the wasteland was completely unexpected. Very different feel, reminds of that short clip Will released years ago.(where he mentioned King Kong) has a “black skinhead” vibe mixed with Will singing, Listening to this track was the moment I knew this album was a certified banger.
 
Bulletproof is possibly my fav track on the album, feels like it deserves to be a hit track too. Bringing soul, rock, and rap in a way only Will can. 


Hard Times (Smile) is great too. I have a big soft spot for upbeat fun Will songs like this. I wasn’t sure at first, but when the beat hits off the top I knew I was in. Nice to hear will feeling positive again. I like teyana’s vocals too.
 
Make it look easy is a contender for my favourite track as well. Another upbeat positive song where Will is exuding confidence. Can’t imagine listening to this and not smiling. Love the hook too.
 
Not one of the new tracks was a miss for me. I really enjoyed hearing the tracks we have already gotten all together in one cohesive package. The interludes were great too. Just makes it all fit together nicely. It will be a lot of fun to listen to all 3 of these albums together when it’s all said and done. 
 
out of the tracks we already had, You Can Make It and Tantrum are my favourite. Both are fantastic for completely different reasons.
 
I really like beautiful scars and work of art as well, but I prefer all of the new tracks that were released with the album. I’m surprised they were released ahead of these. 
as many others seem to agree, first love is the weakest track for me. I still like it and it’s certainly growing on me. But it’s not a slam dunk like the rest are for me. I think I actually prefer team tomodachi over it. Certainly falls in a similar vein as fiesta & esta rico. I love will’s moments, but the rest is hard to vibe with. 
 
we’ve certainly come a long way from “get lit” FP is back imo. Couldn’t be more excited for what’s to come and to finally see Will (and hopefully Jeff) perform live. 
 

The album dropped in Belgium. This has been worth the wait. Damn! That first track has some real JJFP vibes. Never thought we would get something like that from Will. Love the album. It really feels like an album. Bulletproof goes hard! You Looking for me is dope! Hell, Rave in the wasteland is crazy.
The interludes make it feel like a real album. I agree with Tim about First Love, it will be a skip for me.  

I really hope we'll get a CD and/or vinyl. Maybe he'll release it on his official website. 

That’s because my interests are still the same!  Good to see you again, been a while. Hopefully the new music will get this place poppin again!

That’s because my interests are still the same!  Good to see you again, been a while. Hopefully the new music will get this place poppin again!