And it's one of the best songs released in 2018. 'The Way You Make Me Feel', a song he's covered twice before, is still far and away his best: his version of the Etta James classic remains the most affecting piece of pop music ever to emanate from a rapper's mouth, while the original version is a static, cold-eyed and angry slab of R&B. While it wouldn't be the first time he'd do a cover version of a classic tune, this is the best version of anything, and it's a shame it wasn't included on a previous album.
The best songs here remind us of how the very best songs from that period were, and without them, this is a little hard to get fully engaged with.Īs with American Gangster, there are few covers on this album - just the one, in fact. It's a retread of the sort of stuff that he's released over the past few years that's shown he still has plenty in the tank, and there's no new material here that could fill the gap.
The problem is that The Black Album was such a smart, deftly considered record at the time, and it's hard to imagine how it could have been anything but, given the right material. The album's best songs were penned in a similar way to the album's original concept, and that's not going to change: The Black Album is about Prince getting back in touch with his black roots, but at the same time it's far more than that.
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