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I don't mind Will experiementing. It's just not cool that he waited 20 years to drop and experimental album and won't follow up with the kind of material we know and love him for. "Pretty Girls" was a huge misfire.  I'm wondering how many people along the way were down for this.  When Will would do something musically over the past decade, he would generally get lots of love....but then he did something the opposite of what got him the love with "Pretty Girls". He needs to follow up with something dope.  Walking away on "Pretty Girls" will just be weird and a poor choice. 

No idea how anyone can prefer “get lit” or “first love” to this song. 
 
pretty Girls doesn’t deserve the hate! (My kids love it lol) 

Based On A True Story: Rave In The Wasteland - 5 Month Later
I was listening to the album in the car the other day and found that my opinion of the album hasn't changed much.  I'm curious how others feel about it. 
This album is the first JJ+FP/Will Smith/DJ Jazzy Jeff album that I didn't play almost non-stop for weeks/months after it came out.  While I feel like an artist should freely explore and do what they want, that's the reason it hasn't kept me. "Hard Times (Smile)" and "Make It Look Easy" are still my favorites. I listen to them pretty often. This songs would have found their way to a "traditional" Will Smith album. 
"Int. Barbershop Day" was necessary to me, but due to the subject matter, I feel the song has a shelf life that has me over it, wishing that dope beat was used for a different subject matter. 
"You Can Make It" is still a gem. It's a highlight and it gave him a gospel hit.  Thank God for that.
You Lookin' For Me?, Rave In The Wasteland, and Bulletproof, Work of Art, and Beautiful Scars are all good songs, but I'm rarely in the mood to hear them until they come on. 
I've never been much of a fan of "Tantrum".  I like "First Love" more than most people here, but I feel like both of these songs would have been stronger on other artists' albums, featuring Will. 
I think he really should have released physical copies.  Even with a limited run of a few thousand CD and records (and even cassettes) would have created more interest for certain people and helped it chart.  I had been eyeing someone who was selling bootleg versions of it on CD, but they recently stopped offering them, I guess due to the lack of interest. 
Some people will roll their eyes at this, but I'm just not feeling Will cussing in his rhymes. 
I'm so glad his tour has been sucessful. Sadly, that's what a lot of legends have to do to keep the momentum going. They'll drop albums and not get the sales they used to, but the tour helps justify it. 
I kind of wish he'd just release Based On A True Story as a triple album and let the main supporters buy the album and enjoy all he's created. I hope he's in love with being on the road, and I hope it brings him back to center so we can get the classic Hip-Hop that he's a master at. 

I dont wanna sound too harsh, but this is what i honestly feel.
I don't know what it is, but Will sounds off. It's like he's trying too hard to come off as dominant, superior, hard and at the same time he lacks confidence... which gives me a feeling of not being authentic. I totally understand why people are annoyed, especially the younger generation. He probably comes off as somebody who just started rapping.
I have also read some comments and you really can't refute the criticism, when people f.e. point out that he rhymed "tonight" with "tonight" three times on Pretty Girls. His flow is very basic, his rhyme scheme is the same as 20 years ago. It looks like he never touched the pen in the past 20 years.
As i mentioned previously, i think he is way behind his peers like LL, Rakim, Nas, which is very sad. His rap persona ego is just too big compared to what he delivers.
I'm sorry that i couldn't be more positive and i don't wanna spoil the excitement, but as a long time fan i just had to express my true feelings.
I still hope that he will go back to his roots and make some fun storytelling tracks with Jeff.

I’m honestly not so sure he cares about that anymore. At least that’s the vibe I get from his interviews. He’s releasing the music for himself, not to please the fans or to try and cement his legacy. He’s just saying what he wants to say, and honestly I’m happy that includes some silly songs like this. 

Anyone else worried like me! Whenever this album comes out. Besides from ''You can Make It'' and Work of Art'' Will's going to have 2 verse's a song atleast, and no more than 2 minutes a song like i'm worried about that '' Light em Up'' Was hard but Will only had 1 verse i wish he would have went in more and 2 minutes long just left me wanting a longer song and the songs he's been releasing on his channel 1 verse with a feature from someone else 2 minutes and it's over.
 
I'm so use to 3 verse Will songs and atleast over 3 minutes a song that it's going to be so disappointing if this album comes out and we only get 1 verse at the least 2 verses a song at the most and no longer than 2 minutes a song.

Must be at this point. The website is entirely about music so the fact that it links there must mean it’s music. Calling my shot with a music video for “bulletproof” 

It looks like matrix, it smells like matrix, but it is not matrix movie. Or something like " follow the white rabbit", like Alice in wonderland.  I think that there will be a release reveal of new music. I think that it is all about the music, not a matrix movie. 

New Tour Dates added on willsmith.com
Also this is interesting: willsmith.com/whiterabbit

This is kind of a weird thing to make you tap out on an artist you've like for a long time.  Did you have the same problems with "The Rain"?  Let an artist express themselves.  You don't have to rock with every facet of their art. 

it seems that new album is called Rave in the Wasteland. He spokes about the name of the new album in "making of Work of art" video. 

yup just came here to post this! "Rave in the Wasteland"! I personally love that title. 
 
 

it seems that new album is called Rave in the Wasteland. He spokes about the name of the new album in "making of Work of art" video.