If Tomorrow Comes (豆瓣)

表演者: Maino
专辑类型: Clean
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2009-06-30
出版者: Atlantic
唱片数: 1
条形码: 0075678981890

豆瓣评分

6.8

29人评价

5星

15.4%
4星

23.1%
3星

53.8%
2星

0.0%
1星

7.7%

想听在听听过

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简介 · · · · · ·

　　Bed-Stuy rapper Maino spent nearly a decade behind bars before he launched his rap career. Thanks to numerous appearances on mixtapes, the "Maino Is the Future" tagline started appearing about 2004, just one year after his release. Switching labels, scrapping a finished album, and not releasing his official debut for five years brought this "future" into doubt, but it was rea... (展开全部) 　　Bed-Stuy rapper Maino spent nearly a decade behind bars before he launched his rap career. Thanks to numerous appearances on mixtapes, the "Maino Is the Future" tagline started appearing about 2004, just one year after his release. Switching labels, scrapping a finished album, and not releasing his official debut for five years brought this "future" into doubt, but it was really just a case of the stars aligning because IF TOMORROW COMES is a killer way to start a career. Over an especially good Swizz Beatz production, he identifies himself as different right from the start, declaring it's better to give than receive on the opening "Million Bucks." Feeling good about the success of others isn't common in gangster rap, but Maino is hardcore all the way and will later offer "I contemplate, they ain't never hear you screams with a pillow to your face" on "Kill You." IF TOMORROW COMES believably lives in both of these worlds because it is a concept album that follows Maino from crack addict parents to prison and on to parole where he's determined not to fail. He speaks to the soul-crushing joylessness of prison and what an important role pride plays in his life, and how much that differs from the average rapper's ide-a of respect. Lighter moments appear along the way with the infectious and snide "Hi Hater" and the T-Pain-produced victory number "All the Above" keeping the album from becoming too heavy. After all that time in prison, Maino has few answers but he has a plan, and it happens to be a righteous plan. Recording information: Baseline Recording Studios II, New York, NY; Fight Klub Music Group LLC, New York, NY; Grind House Studios, New York, NY; Integrated Studios, New York, NY. Photographer: Michael Schreiber. Personnel: Jimmy Starnes, Eritza Laues, Push! Montana, Dawne M. Hill (vocals); Just Blaze (keyboards); Josh Gannet (bass guitar). Audio Mixers: Ryan West; Andrew Wright ; "You Can Ask" Giz; Fabian Marasciullo. XXL (Magazine Publisher) (pp.88-89) - "[S]ongs like the album-closing 'Celebrate'...and the Just Blaze-helmed 'All the Above,' with T-Pain, display the rapper's appreciation for his current position, as well as for his previous hard-knock life."