Token makes a break-up album because he was cheating. Kudos for the honesty, but I don't think it necessarily helps to serve the consistency of the album. A lot of his appeal until this point is really just in trying to be a technically flashy rapper, and I don't think it really meshes enough for the substance to stand as a proper foundation. The beats are fine, and he sounds fine over them... Something just rubs me wrong about overly confessional albums. It's like the rule of "show, don't tell" in movies; This album uses imagery, but it doesn't carry weight for interpretation because he's being blunt in order for his personal purpose to be attached and put on display, whatever that may be. I really can't say most of this album is bad, and I can't say I've felt anything that would impact me either. By halfway through, I can't help but wonder about the implications of blaming money for your behavior. Bud, if this is what you want, you could actually make some type of stance instead of just being like "I wanted bitches, sorry babe." Album quality falls off towards back end. At its best, this is Token trying to be sexual with bass-heavy beats. Do what you will with that information. If there is any singular thing that Token should improve, I would say it's making more singularly topically pointed tracks, since each track here has varied flows but not varied substantiation of subject.
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