Gates delivered.
One subjective criticism is that it’s 18 tracks of just him; no features. I’m not a fan of artists doing that. A feature here and there breaks up any monotonous feeling a person gets when they listen to an album. A featured verse, a chorus, something.
But I understand why he’d take this approach since this is his first full length project after being locked up.
Outside of that throne in my side, the joint goes. A couple skippable tracks, but that’s to be expected when you have 18 songs. On my first 3 listens I’m impressed and I’m standing by the whole “Gates is in the top 3 acts out right now” thing.
Cats sitting through an hour of C5 might as well give Gates a full listen. Willing to bet they’d enjoy it.