March Madness Day 14: Kevin Gates - Islah

Cover Art for Kevin Gates' "Islah" album

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Gonna try a one paragraph summation of an album. See if it works better than my track by track reviews. Gotta switch it up you know?

Anyway, here's yet another throwback review on Kevin Gates' debut album "Islah"

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Review for Kevin Gates' "Islah" album in one paragraph, no score...

Definitely felt like this was a step backwards in relation to his previous projects (My favorites being Stranger Than Fiction and Luca Brasi 1 & 2). "Islah" feels more like a retail mixtape while the projects I mentioned before feel more like albums, in my opinion. Also, I felt like the first half of the project was stronger than the second half. Once the project gets past "Hard For" it was hit or miss from there. However, I still really enjoy the track "The Truth" and I feel like it is the best track on the project even though it is on the second half of the project. Also "Islah" had 1 too many love songs for my taste. Let me be clear, I don't hate this project, I thought it was ok. I definitely dig the production & hooks on songs like "2 phones" & "Time for that". But I felt like some of the song topics were repetitive & the lyrical content was lacking, except for "The Truth" where it was Gates himself who held my attention with his lyrical content, not the production or hook, just Gates. Not bad, but Gates can do better.

written by Joseph Sanker II in 2016.

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