Ayyy welcome back to another 10 great (Blank) from Bad (blanks)
list, the concept that never ends.
This even gives me the opportunity to flip it to 10 bad songs from great albums in the
future, it never ends.
So let’s open up the opinion vault, as I’m gonna give you 10 songs that I think are pretty
great, from 10 albums that I think are pretty bad.
This is CDTVProductions, and let’s take a dive inside my opinions.
10 - NAV “Tap” (feat.
Meek Mill) | from Bad Habits
So we’re starting this list with THE GREATEST BROWN BOY IN THE GAME.
So Nav recently went on record saying if an album has 4-5 great songs, he considers it
fire, and that explains Bad Habits so goddamn much.
At most there’s 5 songs that aren’t forgettable on there, and that’s coming from me, a closet
NAV stan.
But at least we got Tap, a song with a really catchy hook that me and my friends have just
memed together whenever we do anything vaguely related to tapping, and a hyped up verse from
Meek to open the track up strong.
It’s the first real exciting piece of rapping on the whole album, and while NAV is just
a tad less energetic than Meek on here, he still does enough to keep the track enjoyable.
One of the better songs on here.
9 - Tyga “Switch Lanes” (feat.
The Game) | from Hotel California
Ahhh Tyga.
No matter what he does, good album sales seem to evade him.
That being said, this was the last solo Tyga album to have a good amount of first week
sales for an artist of his size, but it still wasn’t a very good album in my opinion.
Why did such a generic rapper have to be given such a nice rapping voice?
So naturally, one of the only songs I really liked was a goddamn bonus track.
One thing I’ve learned that I like in mainstream rap is a dark bell melody with some floor
shaking 808s and recognisable rapping voices over it which is what this is.
The Game also massively helps out as his menacing sound is perfect for a track with this kind
of feeling to it making for in my opinion, the best track from Hotel California.
8 - Logic “Lost In Translation” | from Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
One of my thumbnails says “The Worst Logic Album So Far?” in reference to Confessions
Of a Dangerous Mind, so I’ll let you figure out my opinion on it from that.
That of course doesn’t mean it didn’t have a few excellent songs, because it does,
and Lost In Translation is one of the absolute highlights.
He just waited till the end to give us it.
It’s like someone punching you in the mouth and kissing it better.
Like thanks for the kiss I guess, but I can’t fully appreciate it because of the punch.
Now yeah, the outro of this song is actually kinda exasperating for anyone who didn’t
like Confessions if you translate it- what do you mean “it was wonderful, wasn’t
it?”.
NO!
But the actual song prior to that is pretty incredible.
Flowing over very smooth beats with an old school vibe, that’s Logic in his element
and he rips up the two different beats that are on this track.
Whatever my feelings on the whole album are, I can still be really grateful that this particular
song exists.
7 - Tech N9ne “Cold Piece Of Work” (feat.
JL, Jay Trilogy & Joey Cool) | from Strange Reign
And here we have yet another artist that I really do like overall.
But every artist has a weak album, and for me Strange Reign is the worst project that’s
headed by Tech N9ne.
It’s not terrible or anything but Cold Piece Of Work is the only legitimately memorable
song on there.
It is a great one though, it did a really good job of showcasing Tech’s newest Strange
Music signings at the time, Joey Cool and Jay Trilogy who absolutely steals the show
with his verse in my opinion.
The versatility he showcases with his flows is impressive, delivering it with surprising
confidence considering he was 19 at the time, it makes me wish he had more music out there.
Of course everyone else is solid, JL provides a catchy hook, but the Jay Trilogy verse is
honestly what makes me love this so much and keeps bringing me back.
6 - Gunna “3 Headed Snake” (feat.
Young Thug) | from Drip Or Drown 2
Oh you thought I was joking when I said Gunna should feature on all my lists from now on?.
Nah its Gunna time baby, Drip season even on the CDTV channel.
In all seriousness, Gunna’s most recent album was dripping with uninteresting music
and drowning in repetitive flows, but as expected the track featuring Thugger was the most appealing
and lively one on it.
The thing I noticed most about this one is Gunna follows Young Thug’s lead for the
whole song, legit listen to how Thug flows for 4 bars, and Gunna follows up with the
exact same rhythm, just different words, each time.
It’s the same flow beat for beat, and this continues throughout the whole track... and
it actually makes Gunna semi-interesting to listen to.
It works.
I know sometimes people say Gunna sounds like Young Thug on some tracks mainly as a criticism.
But this song kinda has me thinking maybe he should sound like Young Thug even more
or let him make some reference tracks for Gunna, because the constant cadence switches
is what makes this track hold my attention more than the rest of Drip or Drippity Drop
2.
5 - Lil Pump “Drop Out” | from Harverd Dropout
What happened Lil Pump?
So many featured verses that I enjoyed, fairly enjoyable singles from this project, and then
it finally drops and it was pretty underwhelming.
Yes I really did have expectations for a Lil Pump album, and yes it did disappoint.
I can’t deny that it opened up pretty strong though with this track, Drop Out.
It’s one of the only songs that actually plays into the whole Harverd Dropout idea,
and the building synths on the instrumental give the song this constant momentum.
And I mostly like when Pump is embracing that unruly, reckless side of his personality.
Like yeah, he’s 18 years old and rich so it makes sense for him to be loud and cocky
on his songs, and that’s what he does with this one.
4 - Rich the Kid “Rockets” (feat.
Lil Pump & Takeoff) | The World Is Yours 2
Ok first off, why was this not on Takeoff’s album?
Sure he only does the hook but his voice still makes up the majority of the song, and it
has an otherworldly vibe to it that is literally perfect for an album called The Last Rocket.
Actually never mind the vibe.
The song is called Rockets.
The features would break up the monotony I felt that project had too.
And speaking of features, man I love the Lil Pump verse
on here, he rides the beat so well and delivers his vocals in that kinda half singing, half...
talking, I guess, style which is a perfect fit for a track like this.
He’s my favourite part of the whole thing and it has me convinced he’s way better
at doing features than solo music.
Of course Takeoff sounds right at home, because like I said, this straight up sounds like
it belongs on his solo album.
Rich the Kid is honestly the least interesting part of the track to me, like he’s just
kinda there but he doesn’t really do much, the features and the beat are what make it
great, resulting in my top track from The World Is Yours 2.
3 - Jaden “Plastic” | from The a Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story
I really thought Jaden had a lot of potential to make some enjoyable music when SYRE dropped,
then he dropped The Sunset Tapes to prove me wrong.
All the weaker parts of SYRE were just even more amplified here, with him mostly coming
across as a hip hop fan with a massive budget to make an album.
But there were a couple songs that were saved by the production value and flows, and Plastic
is one of them.
It stood out as one of the louder, bolder tracks on album that was relatively mellow
for the majority of its length.
Sure, Jaden doesn’t sound like himself at all with that really thick layer of auto tune
and a lot of the lyrics are still fairly questionable, but he hits all the right beats with his flows.
That bit where the beat drops out is so damn catchy because of how he raps over it.
It’s one of those ones that, if I really want to, I can look past Jaden’s limitations
as an artist because aesthetically this track is pretty nice.
2 - A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie “Swervin” (feat 6IX9INE) | from Hoodie SZN
Somehow this mans album has been on the billboard 200 for the whole year so far.
Do you have a single friend who actively bumps A Boogie’s music?
Who’s listening to this, how is it there?
This is just my personal opinion, but A Boogie makes some of the most dull half-rap-half-R&B
music out there right now.
It took sheer willpower and dedication to finish Hoodie SZN.
Swervin’ is pretty much the only one I come back to regularly, Like Me isn’t bad either,
but this is easily the most replayable track.
A lot of it does have to do with the London on the Track produced beat, like you would
really have to mess up to make that beat sound bad, but A Boogie does a nice job of working
with the production, and the way he switches his singing tone a few times throughout it
is nice.
As for 6IX9INE, I know he does not fit into this track lyrically or sound wise in the
slightest, it’s just such a left turn from what the track was before, but I can’t help
but love his verse.
It’s entertaining as hell, and I don’t expect anything else from 6IX9INE than ludicrous
music that is so overblown that i enjoy it.
He made this song even better for me, I kinda miss this mans music honestly.
1 - NF “One Hundred” | from Perception
I had to put this at number 1 because I’m
assuming my audience is gonna disagree with this one the most.
But I’d be lying if I said Perception was an album that I found all that gripping at
all, I’m not the biggest NF fan in the first place but this is my least favourite project
from him.
I’ve been meaning to make a video about my feelings on NF for about a year and a half
now, I should probably do that soon.
But One Hundred is a song that I think NF’s very over the top, in your face style really
works with, the hyper aggressive tone of his voice works excellently with a hard, gritty
beat like this one.
Personally I do find a fair few of his songs to be overdramatic, but I feel like this type
of song warrants that, it makes it perfect as a hype, brag rap style song.
It’s interesting because while NF is an artist that raps about himself and the problems
he’s having a lot, I usually find myself more drawn to his turn up vibe songs.
It goes hard as hell and for me it doesn’t sound like he’s trying too hard, and that’s
why One Hundred is one of my top songs
from Perception.
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