Maino’s follow up to If Tomorrow Comes… is being pitched by the Brooklyn, Bed-Stuy-based rapper as the product of him moving on from being someone in the streets who raps to a full-time part of the music industry. “Looking in the mirror I’m a rapper now/ What’s supposed to happen now?” he asks at one point. Apparently, the answer he comes to is to slap shoddy R&B singers on to the choruses of the overwhelming majority of The Day After Tomorrow’s 16 tracks. It’s a move that diminishes the impact of Maino’s confident raps, and too often leaves the album resembling a pot-luck attempt to coin another crossover hit in the wake of 2009’s “All The Above.” 
That song, which is now certified Platinum, of course features T-Pain singing the Auto-tuned R&B hook. T-Pain often goes platinum, sometimes on name recognition alone. But the anonymous warblers on The Day After Tomorrow don’t posses that pull. You can excuse the artificially-tuned “Let It Fly” as the radio-friendly effort on this project, though, but it’s book-ended by songs that start to resemble bad parodies of popular hook-singers. The set’s closing segment offends most, with “Messiah” (Akon-alike), “Glad To Be Alive” (Ja Rule in melodious mode), the title track (more Auto-tune tosh), and “Heart Stop,” whose ’80s-tinged vibe would have been better served by sampling Bonnie Tyler. At a listening session for the album last month, Maino joked that “Unstoppable” features “a fake Usher” crooning on the chorus. He meant it in jest, but if a singer’s not imbuing a song with soul or adding big-name clout to a project, what are they bring to the table? It’s telling that the most powerful songs on the album, the Buckwild-produced “Nino Brown” and the already-released “Cream,” are R&B free affairs.
This trill hook attack on the ear-drums derails what’s otherwise a decent showing from Maino. He’s not the most fluid or fleet of tongue, but his pared-down words posses a real punch, especially over boisterous beats by Blast Off Productions, who handle a quarter of the production. There’s an honesty to his voice and delivery that has you believing his words. On the title track he raps, “What happened to the old Maino? People say they miss him.” He’s still here – he’s just picked up some needlessly slick saps along the way.
Maino’s window of fame lasted less than 6 months. Once he went to Koch, I knew it was over. Shame.
maino , acid da savage , joell ortiz , french montana ,
when people talk about new york artists tryin to just capitalize on what’s popular at the moment, this is the first guy that comes to mind.
the only credit I give his career is that he slapped young berg. and all that does is put him one notch above yung berg.
industry clown
This is terrrible and has nothing to do with hiphop. Its just repeating if tommorow comes and was also a wack album.
Give up Maino you are 36 years old.
Bad.
LOL
sweet album cover, who is this TREY SONGZ?
real niggas never get love on the net only fakes and frauds who have money and marketing to brainwash young kids
thanks dr. phil, anyways back to this garbage album
Fuck realness its about good music!!!!
Do you think that Alpacino in Scarface was a real gangster. He played a role and did it good. it just entertainment
Is Maino now an R & B artists? Look at that cover.
Damn,I hate 2 say this but Tyga’s album is better and thats pretty sad. WTF happened to Maino.Is this what the industry does to you…SMH
It’s an okay album, not touching If Tomorrow Comes at all. If Tomorrow Comes is underrated and is actually good. I had no hopes in this though. He could make a real good LP, but he needs to stay the fuck away from shitty R&B hooks and shitty beats. I had hopes in dude…he’s not bad, but damn…
Fake a$$ thug selling out. NY nigg** ho theyselves for anything.
A pretty dope album, on par with his first one. He shoulda left the rnb joints alone, but still some of the beats are fiiiire and Maino is doing his thing. Not a classic, but the hard songs make up for the softer ones.
The Day After Tommorow Maino will be on welfare.
And you call yourself street maino? Whats next a duet album with Usher?
review fuckin breakfast instead of this garbage
album’s dope
Great album
it’s poo
Every since I saw this dude on MTV I thought he was a joke choking up the white boy to get street cred. Maino sucks bottom line. Come choke me up fucker!!!!
Mainos music hasn’t changed
At least he’s trying to make music out side of the pathetic rap I have heard for the past like 5 years. Shit is dope…
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Great stuffs don’t get out, this was Great. 5 star for Maino, been blasting up my Speakers, We all need a way out!
Maino is the truth and its so much better listening to someone you know isn’t lying to you and exploiting you real shit good album
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i hope maino gets raped in front of his mom
HI RAPER!!!!!!
NO FANS ANYWHERE….LLL-LET IT FLOP
SEEMS THEY DONT CARE…..LLL-LET IT FLOP
(IN REACTION TO MAINO’S SALES)
Wow…..such hate!!!! It’s sad when people can’t show love and respect for the craft of another. Everyone is different for a reason. Before you be so quick to lay judgement, give him credit for making an attempt to change his life for the better. Life is really about growth and progression. Nothing stays the same we came on this earth to evolve! At least he has the heart and tenacity to follow his dreams and not just sit around telling old war stories. He’s a nigga who’s not just talking about it he’s Hustling Hard to be about!!! Fuck YA HATERS! T.S.G.
Pure Hip Hop from his heart!
MAINO is the TRUTH!! GREAT album! He has grown as a person and a artist.
Album is OFF THE HOOK!
REAL RECOGNIZE REAL.