Joe Budden fans will recognize “Runaway Slave,” which boldly uses the exact same beat as Jumpoff’s “Pray for Me,” off his Padded Room album-not to mention that the rhyme style Maino uses is a swagger jack from Beanie Sigel’s “Die,” off The Truth. There are some very familiar moves, as well, when Maino rehashes past hip-hop moments. League’s “Here Comes Trouble” can’t save lackluster rhymes like, “I ain’t got rap friends, all my homies are in jail/Been in black Benz, gettin’ drunk as hell.” The same problem plagues the block-inspired “Soldier” and the token heartfelt track, “Floating,” despite dope production from newcomer Mush Millions and Charlemagne, respectively. He does his best, but the muted bass and banging production of J.U.S.T.I.C.E. But for all the good-like the ode to domestic violence, “Kill You”-there are many empty moments as well, and most of them are due to Maino’s incapability as a lyricist.
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