Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager

Act 1: The World I Am Ruling

01 Cudi Vs. The World f. Cee-Lo (prod. Emile)
02 REVOFEV (prod. Plain Pat)

Act 2: A Stronger Trip

03 Don’t Play This Song f. Mary J Blige (prod. Emile)
04 We Aite (Wake Your Mind Up) (prod. Emile)
05 Marijuana (prod. Dot Da Genius)
06 Mojo So Dope (prod. Emile)

Act 3: Party On

07 Ashin’ Kusher (prod. Chuck English)
08 Erase Me f. Kanye West (prod. Jim Jonsin)
09 Wild’n Cuz I’m Young (prod. Plain Pat)
10 The Mood (prod. Emile)

Act 4: The Transformation

11. MANIAC f. Cage & St. Vincent (prod. Anthony Killhoffer)
12 Mr. Rager (prod. Emile)
13 These Worries f. Mary J. Blige (prod. Emile)
14 The End f. GLC, Chip Tha Ripper & Nicole Wray (prod. Blended Babies)

Act 5: You Live & You Learn

15 All Along (prod. Emile)
16 GHOST! (prod. Emile)
17 Trapped In My Mind (prod. Dot Da Genius)

I’m still shocked that Cage found his way onto this release, although both of these emos sound great on the trance-influenced Maniac. November is going to be a great month for releases: Cudi, Kanye, Banks, Soulja Boy, Roscoe Dash, N.E.R.D., and Nicki Minaj are all scheduled to drop projects that month, although I doubt Roscoe’s debut will surface. This is due November 9th, and it’ll probably end up on many year end lists.

Gucci Mane - The Appeal [TRACKLIST}

1. Lil Friend (Feat. Bun B)
2. Trap Talk
3. Missing
4. What It’s Gonna Be
5. Making Love To The Money
6. Gucci Time (Feat. Swizz Beatz)
7. Party Animal
8. Remember When (Feat. Ray J)
9. Haterade (Feat. Nicki Minaj and Pharrell)
10. It’s Alive (Feat. Swizz Beatz)
11. ODog (Feat. Wyclef)
12. Dollar Sign
13. Brand New
14. Weirdo
15. Grown Man (Feat. Estelle)

I’m happy there’s far less guest features here then there was on The State Vs. Radric Davis, especially on the R&B spectrum. Feeling a little easy about the Wyclef collaboration, although I’m really looking forward the Gucci/Estelle collaboration, as Gucci may touch on some more mature subject matter. Party Animal doesn’t list Snoop as a collaborator, so I’m guessing it’s the Burrussia cut of the same name? The fact that the only two guests on here who’re traditional rappers are Nicki and Bun makes me happy, although I’d love if Pharell were to include one of his famous show-stealing verses on Haterade. Looking forward to the full, tag-less version of Dollar Sign and any song called Brand New tends to be dope. Weirdo’s sure to be a lot of absurdist fun.

Rick Ross - Teflon Don [TRACKLIST x ARTWORK]

1. I’m Not A Star
2. Free Mason f. Jay-Z (prod. The Inkredibles)
3. Tears Of Joy f. Cee-Lo
4. Maybach Music III f. T.I., Jadakiss & Erykah Badu (prod. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)
5. Live Fast, Die Young f. Kanye West
6. Super High f. Ne-Yo (prod. Clark Kent & The Remedy)
7. No. 1 f. Trey Songz & Diddy
8. MC Hammer f. Gucci Mane (prod. Lex Luger)
9. B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast) f. Styles P (prod. Lex Luger)
10. Aston Martin Music f. Drake & Chrisette Michele (prod. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)
11. All The Money In The World f. Raphael Saadiq (prod. The Olympicks)

While I’m happy with this tracklist, i’m also very confused by it. Eleven songs? Three of them being from The Albert Anastasia EP, with one adding a Gucci verse (and thank God for that - Gucci on MC Hammer will be golden). Free Mason (feat. Jay-Z)? I mean, really? Aston Martin Music is also just fucking weird, considering we’ve already got the third installment of Maybach Music on here. You can’t just name something you like and put “Music” after it. That’s cool the first five times you do it, but then it just becomes redundant.

Oh well. This album’ll probably bang. July 20th

Bun B - Trill OG [ARTWORK x TRACKLIST]

01 Church
02 Trillionaire
03 Just Like That f. Young Jeezy
04 Put It Down f. Drake
05 Right Now f. Pimp C, 2pac & Trey Songz
06 Countin’ Money All Day f. Gucci Mane & Yo Gotti
07 Ridin’ Slow f. Slim Thug
08 Speak Easy f. Twista & Cedric the Entertainer
09 Lights, Camera, Action
10 I Get Down For Mine
11 No Competition f. Raekwon (prod. DJ Khalil)
12 Let ‘Em Know (prod. DJ Premier)
13 All A Dream f. Latoya Luckett
14 It’s Been a Pleasure f. Drake

August 3rd

I’ll just take a bet now, and say this’ll be Bun’s best work since Underground Kingz.

Big Boi - Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty [TRACKLIST x ARTWORK]

1. Feel Me (Intro)
2. Daddy Fat Sax
3. Turns Me On feat. Sleepy Brown & Joi
4. Follow Us feat. Vonnegutt
5. Shutterbugg feat. Cutty
6. General Patton
7. Tangerine feat. T.I. & Khujo Goodie
8. You Ain’t No DJ feat. Yelawolf
9. Hustle Blood feat. Jamie Foxx
10. Be Still feat. Janelle Monáe
11. Fo Yo Sorrows feat. George Clinton, Too Short & Sam Chris
12. Night Night feat. B.o.B & Joi
13. Shine Blockas feat. Gucci Mane
14. The Train Pt. 2 (Sir Lucious Left Foot Saves The Day) feat. Sam Chris
15. Back Up Plan

yay (o).