With the internet’s rise as a marketing resource practically replacing street teams and aggressive advertising campaigns, the altruistic strategy of giving away free music (popularized by 50 Cent and Lil Wayne before their mainstream successes) has become the standard means of attaining promotional buzz for touring and retail purposes. Hailing from New Orleans, Curren$y has built his Jet Life movement as a leading beneficiary of this branding method, following unfruitful alliances as an underdog with his hometown’s recording staples [No Limit and Cash Money Records] and a more recent allegedly soured relationship with Dame Dash’s BluRoc imprint. Having overcome numerous industry woes, his tireless determination, resilience and consistent work ethic have led to his first official major label release The Stoned Immaculate.
Provided a budget allowing access to an array of producing and rapping collaborators, The Stoned Immaculate finds the self-proclaimed “forefather of Lifestyle Rap” met with the challenge of pleasing his core, while casting a net that hopes to introduce his mellow aesthetic to a larger audience. Curren$y succeeds in this regard as Bink! and J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League respectively add cinematic flair comparable to that of Rick Ross’ larger than life Maybach Music Group on “What It Look Like” featuring MMG’s Wale, and the Marsha Ambrosius accentuated “Take You There.” Pulling off what could be considered a creative miracle, the N.O. visionary stays true to himself while partaking in the nearly obligatory trend of working with 2 Chainz on “Capitol,” and the formerly omnipresent Pharrell’s Auto-Tune crooning on “Chasin Paper” is another asset that doesn’t ring off as tawdry.
The Stoned Immaculate’s attempts at progression are evened out by selections tailored for supporters of Curren$y’s signature off-kilter flow and flamboyance popularized on the Pilot Talk series done under the tutelage of veteran Ski Beatz. While familial ties to production team Monsta Beatz remain intact as their contributions to the album include “Armoire” featuring his crew’s co-pilots “Young Roddy & Trademark Da Skydiver, newer chemistry is achieved with West Coast legend Daz on Fast Cars Faster Women.” Scarce weak moments arise from “Sunroof,” giving further life to an overused sample (Arthur Verocai’s “Na Boca do Sol”) and the over the top energy of “No Squares” featuring Wiz Khalifa, a seeming attempt to replicate the recent Watch The Throne duo’s essence. These drawbacks aside, Curren$y’s big league debut The Stoned Immaculate remains faithful to the spirit of his beloved witty arrogance, while bolstered by star power intended to propel his career at this pivotal stage.
Deserving rating. However, let’s not forget… Pilot Talk 1 & 2 were distributed by Def Jam, indie or not.
Distribution deal with def jam or not, its still indie money and indie promotion.
“a seeming attempt to replicate the recent Watch The Throne duo’s essence” what the hell does that even mean? they released a whole tape together like 2 entire earth years before WTT was even recorded bro
i was thinking the same thing
all you need to know is that the album is classic. Every song is great. Every one should buy it.
#JETSGO
Solid cd, id give it 3 1/2
so smooth. Track after track it just gets better.
Mos def agree wit u!!! The Album grabs you from the jump and jus gets better
Smooth as hell agreed
SPITTA! good review
Probly one or two tracks short of classic in my eyes… One of the most complete albums Ive heard in recent months!!!!
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5/5 best album in a while, sunroof is probably my favorite song off of it, idk how u can say that’s a low point.
“Capitol” OMG!!!Jetlife!
This CD is my soundtrack for the summer gonna go cop it tomorrow when it drops!
Spitta!! he killed his show at the Metro in Chicago whole place smelled like that good stuff this album needs to go platinum PERIOD
Classic 🙂
Innovatorz!!! Capitol go hard in my trunk
Another Curren$y classic!
Album slapps tough!
Good work!
Album slaps tough? The FUCK does that mean, man? Your Mom slaps tough.
bizzalls this is to you we have diffrent types of slanf bitch you need to get out of your mamas basement unfunny ass nigga
Who are the innovatorz? did they make the Capitol beat?
Currency finally getting his due dope album
I gotta listen to this. Btw, it funny that according to hiphop fans classic albums and albums of the year are released at least twice in a month, lol.
JetLIFF! hoes they trying to take care them we get high we laugh at them
These Dope new young producers from Chicago they did Capitol and One more time. One more time is on the deluxe version
this site knows what its talking bout..not like XXL that straight shitted on my son Spitta..this album is too official, and very different from what else you hear from hip hop artists nowadays..5stars
Them editors at XXL need to shoot themselves for that fucked up review they gave The Stoned Immaculate.
XXL lost mad respect from because of the review they gave Curren$y.
the fuck i’m supposed to rate it? 100 if they had it as an option…
Showroom might just be the greatest song of all-time.
Nah but in all seriousness such a dope album. It’s too good honestly.
I don’t even smoke an I like this album just smooth
i gave it a 5
of course i gave it a five. C’mon it’s spitta
Burning trees to this!! Dope album, great vibe
It’s not pilot talk 2…. But the vibe is sick. On repeat until the new mixtape drops.
5/5
yes
This album is fucking amazing to me, the bonus tracks makes it soooo much better.
Amazing album beginning to end, money well spent
Album is soo good, every solo song is classic
nice
has a nice vibe to it
Finally gave curren$y a shot . I’ve been missing out .
quite good 3.5/5
this is getting a lot of response probably from Spitta’s own people. Album is average so fuck off with that bullshit album is a classic. you dont know what a classic is.
Dope album! Hip-hop needs more artists like Curren$y, he definitely is refreshing to hear compared to most of these other wack artists.
this is so dope, Curren$y the best in the game right now in my opinion. Along with all the Black Hippys.
#JETLife #Hiiipower
thats wat im sayn! tde gonna fuck shit up…that control system was hard as fuck
the shiz
indeed, i am goin to cop this disc fo sho
If you dont have the deluxe version of this album you are fucking up.. Audio Dope 3 is that shit
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Loved this album. Listened to the album stream Spitta put up. I’m def gonna cop this. and No Squares was a good song btw. #JetsNigga
Jets Fooo!!!
Always thought Curren$y was dope (Covert Coup was the best release of 2011 IMO) but wasn’t expecting this album to be as good as it was. I figured it was going to be tight but I was more looking forward to K.R.I.T.’s Live From The Underground, which ultimately left me disapointed. Spitta showed that he is one of the best in the game today with this release.
Man, bring back Ski Beatz. This shit is much worse than Pilot Talk.
This shit is average man. That’s about it, nothin special. I dont know what yall talkin about, givin this shit 5 stars and all that. yall crazy.
YO even that Pharrell track is a letdown. Wack ass beat!
sadly i agree..pharrell is one of my fav producers but its sounds like he didnt try at all with the beat or the chorus :/
What’s up with that song with Daz that Daz produced? Daz you can do better than that!
solid album 4/5
It aint a pilot talk man, don’t be comparing it to that. This is a brand new thing, just enjoy it for what it is. Spitta still stays true always in his music, doesn’t sell out, dope beats, dope lyrics. Its a great album. Pilot Talk 3 will be here in no time. Spitta always be working. How can you not give the man 5*
I loved pilot talk 2, but this is average. 3 at best.
lmao…….. Lil Wayne kicked Currenczy off YMCMB cuz da nigga is boring. dese beats are wack, his lyrics are amateur, da hooks arent catchy… dis nigga aint creative. YMCMB is da truth. swag
do you have a life?
ymcmb is the death of hip hop then rap altogether…really fuck that shit…this is that butter fire…anybody who aint feelin Curren$y needs their fucking head checked…JETZ
you gotta teenager or a complete young money fag to say some shit like that
curren$y is finally killing it here…took a bit but this album is a success! check out what we said at manik music for our full album review of stoned immaculate! http://www.manikmusic.net/reviews/curreny-the-stoned-immaculate/#
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Greatness!
Gave it a try I really did but… ain’t feeling it man
It was aite 3/5 didn’t really expect much better though
It was cool man, more for like background music when you chilling or shit like that.
Why did YMCMB fuck up with this dude he CAN actaully make music unlike 99% of the people on YMCMB.
4/5
Just what I expected and I ain’t disappointed, totally agree with the review
Well personally I’d give it 3.5… Personally!
How the hell is this been rated a 4/5 I ain’t no hater but come on man think about the stuff that has been rated less than this in the past!!!!
2.5/5
Man I got the next three days off work, a lot of weed… this album gonna come in handy!
dude is dope but not as great as his hardcore fans make him out to be
J.E.T.S. = JUST ENJOY THIS S***
J.E.T.S. = JUST ENJOY THIS S***, PERIOD
This shit was AMAZING! Wasn’t prepared for all of the features, cuz that’s not normally Curren$y’s thing, but they all worked pretty well. The beats were up to par as always, and the variation in producers gave it a different feel than his normal stuff. Overall, this was a great album…much better than most of the shit coming out now…and No Squares is actually pretty awesome.
Great album!For my mind,it is only one bad track-Chandelier.Really boring beat and lyrics.
i love this album. One of the best albums out this year so far. Every song on it is a 5/5
album is fire pick it up!@
Played this cd last night at a party all the hoes was on it like who is that……cd goes hard think him and kendrick lamar should make cd it will beat watch the throne …
BELOW on every new video article and basically any new piece of content
crucial
Definitely has a different feel from his Pilot Talk shit but for a mainstream album, he managed to keep it real… It’s not like he compromised his style that much even if he had Wale, Pharell and 2Chainz there.
4/5 seems about right.
all the beats and features are dope… curren$y sounds like himself *shrugs*
Perfect
Are you people smoking crack?!?!? This album bangs from beginning to the end. I guess with all that wack shit out now people’s ears are ruined. smh….It was a great album start to finish
BTW my fav tracks…. Audio dope3, chandelier, no squares, sunroof(how is this song a letdown???) Privacy glass. So many to name….This honestly this album is almost a classic. Gets better with time
SORRY BUT THIS CAT IS BORING AS FUCK
Curren$y has remained consistent but this is by far his best.
NEW MC EIHT “WHERE WE GO” 2012 FIRE
#JetLife
Great Album
i consider this to be a classic but i can see new fans not likin this cuz spitta had too much of a lazy flow on this, she should changed up the flow a bit but i loved it still…jets over everthing
loved it, weed smoking music y’all
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gangsta shit
gangta shit
Dope album enuff said!
This is real hip hop
Spitta does what he does best. Sells his laid back “i smoke alotta weed and kick it” lifestyle. Which you gotta work hard to kick it like that. I think hes a cooler character which makes his music the soundtrack to his life. but i guess thats what you supposed to do as an artist. This is long overdue for dude to have this opportunity. im glad hes not on YMCMB tho. most of it jams tho. definatly not pilot talk but its on my top list to ride to. the Pharrell joint is a let down tho. Skateboard P shouldnt have been on the hook but Andretti’s verses are golden. other than that its a solid project.
haaammmm
currensy killed it.