I don't know about better than Kendrick's joint, but I'm more surprised at the quality of THIS album so far. Starts out real strong & them skits funny as hell...TIP live as hell of a nigga. "Ball" "Guns & Roses" The joint with R. Kelly (I'm fuckin' with btw) & "Wonderful Life" were the only commericial sounding records on the whole thing to me, but they weren't bad to say..Need to give it some more time rest in. Singles this time around are cool. I almost wasn't going to fuck with this album based on that "Love This Life" single he dropped earlier this yr, but he proved me all way wrong.
Blows garbage ass No Mercy out the water. that's for sure. I'm fucking with his beat selection this time. He's finally not on his "I fucked Up, I'm a better person" apologetic T.I. gimmick when he was goin in & out of jail.. He's just coming str8 raw with it, sounding in his zone, natural & the album's concept flows right. For his 8th album in the game, this is an impressive work IMO