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If KRS's was a promise, DJ Khaled's is a threat. A threat that materializes on his album number five in six years. He's co-producer on 3 out of 15 tracks, while the rest of the production is executed by a dozen different beatmakers including Boi-1da, Danja, The Inkredibles, Lex Lugar, Noah "40" Shebib and The Runners. Guests include Drake, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jeezy, Ludacris, Waka Flocka, Mary J. Blige, Fabolous, Jadakiss, Busta Rhymes, Cee Lo Green, The Game, Meek Mill, Big Sean, Tyga, Cory Gunz, Twista, Fat Joe and Bun B.
"I'm on One" immediately deludes the listener that Khaled's product can actually be improved this year: Drake, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross drop bars for five minutes on a light funky beat and the track is honest enough. Then, there's emptiness. Three simplistic and cheap choices before you get to Mary J Blige, Fabolous and Jadakiss on a decent jazzy boom bap. The next one is a pop commercial track, followed by Cee Lo sounding badly with autotune on a poor beat. "Can't Stop" is one of the worst tracks: Boi-1da & Matthew Burnett on the rhythm, Birdman and T-Pain on the rap, and the latter goes with autotune as Linus goes with his blanket. Posse almost decent on a triumphal production, followed by two more bad pieces before the final super posse track with 13 rappers: their performance is decent, but the beat is weak.
DJ Khaled has always done well with sales, with this project he does better, coming fifth among pop records and at the top of the rap chart: despite the positive reception of most of the critics, the LP seems to want its spot as the worst rap album of the year. 2/10.
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