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'Based on a True Story' - New Album drops March 28


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20 hours ago, Thomas14 said:

Still anything new about volume 2? 

 

No not a word. I doubt we will get it soon. He’s on tour at the moment so I don’t see him dropping a new album.

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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. 

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