Simply put, DJ Khaled has been orchestrating the same album since his 2006 debut Listennn… the Album. Whether it’s the glitzy hit single with a poppy chorus or the gangsta-turnt-gentleman R&B with about six crooners, Mr. We The Best has become a master chef at operating Hip Hop’s ultimate cookie cutting machine.
Unsurprisingly, thanks to the build-up we just gave you, his eleventh studio album Father of Asahd is no exception.
Before the midnight release on May 17th, Father of Asahd looked to be a change of pace for Khaled with the top-secret rollout (or lack thereof). In lieu of a hit-single onslaught months before the album dropped, Khaled opted to drop everything all at once. But this alternative rollout doesn’t make up for the fact that the album is boring to its core and beyond predictable.
In attempts to “own the summer,” Khaled hops on the first thing smoking to the Caribbean for album intro “Holy Mountain” which is a semi-slapping Jamrock jamboree featuring Buju Banton, Sizzla and Mavado. Things quickly move into Cardi B and 21 Savage’s “Wish Wish,” which also goes fairly hard thanks to the Kulture’s mom’s hardbody energy and Tay Keith’s snapping instrumentation. It’s too bad that pair of opening tracks give an inflated sense of false hope for the remaining 13 songs, which are largely mind-numbing.
There’s “Jealous” (with Chris Brown, Big Sean and Lil Wayne), which is a nearly identical musical litter of all-star dysfunction as the previously released pop-tart “No Brainer” (also slapped on the album to skew the analytics).
Not only are the song structures disappointingly formulaic but the samples picked for the project rank as some of the laziest in recent Hip Hop Years. “Freak N You” is simply the finale of Jodeci’s “Freek’n You” pitched up. And “Just Us” finds SZA singing about who-knows-what atop Outkast’s “Ms. Jackson” instrumental verbatim … with maybe a slightly heavier clap every four bars.
The break from the force-fed hits and the lazy samples only reveals more uninspired “deep” cuts that won’t even be remembered at the end of the month. “You Stay” and “Celebrate” are examples of tracks that grossly glue together in the grand scheme of the album.
In spite of the assault of expectedness on Father of Asahd, there are a few moments that save it from being a total waste of streaming time. Due to the unfortunate circumstances, “Higher” now serves as a hauntingly grandiose Nipsey Hussle tribute, complete with a strong chorus from John Legend that makes for a stronger message in light of the tragedy. Big Sean’s performance on “Thank You” also earns buckets as he mirrors Nipsey’s empowering energy and translates it into an astute 48-bar emotional release like, “And I’m right here, right now, how could I not give thanks/Feel my pain, I paint these pics, I spill this paint/I miss my dogs, I spill this drink/I pray that all your growing pains turn gold champagne.”
Funny enough, it’s these more emotionally invested tracks without a laundry list of guests that prove to really be the best.
These gems come and go too quickly almost like a Khaled ad-lib in the wind. And even though Asahd’s daddy has the pop audience checking for him, he will eventually have to flip the script on his unoriginal albums or his gang of famous friends may become as bored as the listeners.
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Pure trash
So glad that hip hop is ready for a real creative change
I LOVE IT! IT’S THE BEST ALBUM TO EVER DROP IN CENTURIES!! MOVE OVER, BEETHOVEN!!! THIS ISH RIGHT HERE IS PURE 110% WATER-PROOF FIRE!!!!
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Grove Street records check us out – OG Big Smoke
Drop in centuries??? More like during the centurion period…this day in age, the Wiggles have more entertaining joints than this dude
And your 110% mark ass trick omg bro everytime i see yo ass saying shit stfu already triple feel these nuts im tired of you you know what the album of the year would be is when you shut yo ass
Why isn’t the Will Smith joint on the album????
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The joint from the Aladdin soundtrack… Do your research, bool!!!
Garbage
A lot of handsign flashing in this one
Not. Feeling it
Khaled needs to be stopped.
He needs to get slept
Nipsey Hussle is mega over rated yo.
How much of him have you actually heard? What are you basing it on? If you just started listening to him you can’t judge it accurately when he has a 10 year body of work. Go listen to “Status Symbol.” Not Status Symbol 3 on Victory Lap. The original one on Mailbox Money. I guarantee you’ll feel differently. Then know he has dozens more songs that speak to that energy. His most recent work is actually his least lyrical. He even admitted he stopped writing and fell into this “I go in the booth and just vibe and create” mindstate these new artist use. I hate that mentality.
Right on Player. I’ll give it another go.
1st song very good. But could have been been better. The rest isn’t fye for me for the moment.
(I was talking bout 1st song of the album)
The biggest problem with this trash album is that he once again fail to produce anything for himself. Talentless….He has no talent and feeding off others. Yes, he definitely use these Words over and over again and to describe himself. “Stop playing yourself” This album is complete trash except the Chris Brown joint. If I ever see him I will say to DJ Khaled, please stop!
Please stop
This ain’t it chief
I thought the SZA song with the Ms. Jackson sample was hot she sounds so beautiful but I agree Khaleds albums be mainstream and unoriginal, it be the best artist but they be uncreative, there’s no kinda personal connection with it..the Big Sean Thank you was hot too..but that Jay and B song was very dissapointing a average album @ best…lol
“His” Music is as lazy as his fitness level. Overstuffed junk food version of music with zero quality, originality, or value. I still have to ask…. WHY DO THESE ARTISTS SUPPORT THIS GARBAGE FACTORY SOUND? Does he have dirt on them all? Also, Future is the worst. Get out of music, you’re creatively bankrupt.
Lmao! You said “creatively bankrupt.” Loooooooolll
Number of dj Khaled albums ive listened to………0
Twas shit. But i did not expect anything else either so no surprise there
Yeah, you the best, you the cocksucking best
This guy went stale long before this…but if this is proof for you then fine…
how can he get stale whe he isnt even contributing anything to the art?? Dude is a hype/talent leech since day one
Why do people even entertain this fat sloppy Muslim? Stop trying to normalize that barbaric ideology. Keep this shit out of the States and stop giving this turd any money. I bet he beats women.
I’d rather kill myself than listen to this whole album. I gave it a shot by listening to about the first 15-30 seconds of every song. Biggest waste of 15 minutes of life since i jerked off to Kim K and shot into the toilet.
How he even manages to still make albums is beyond me
There is no need of him to show off like that. We know he has money, then why is he using his money on videoclips where her catches a beef with his teeth. So hilarious. It’s all about money and teenagers
He likes to work with current hip hop and most of the artist are whack… so although the album is going to match what’s out there… not taking up for him… but hey
I’m not surprised. First off, this dude and his albums have ALWAYS been garbage. Second, mainstream hiphop is trash at the moment. Kendrick and Cole saved it for a bit, then went to shit. Kendrick makes radio trash now, which is very sad. All of the modern hiphop saviors that brought great hiphop back to the mainstream stage, have sold out. Good hiphop is always underground, but it’s great when great hiphop hits mainstream. That isn’t happening right now though.
Damn, Y’all just a bunch of haters! My boy DJ Khaled is a G, and Y’all just jealous! We was with Khaled last night celebrating the release at his place, and album was dope. Imma tell him that all of y’all here are just haters, because the album is a masterpiece. We know this. We know that WE THE BEST. All of the negative comments are from jealous people who wish they were DJ Khaled, and wish they could make stellar albums. Imma show this to DJ Khaled, and your jealousy will inspire him to make more hits!
Or inspire him to make more lucklaster albums is more like it. Legitimate review. He’s come a long way, but honestly, he’s just not evolving. Same ish, different toilet.
Stellar….. dont make me laugh. if this fat fuck made garbage like this in 93 he would be stomped out at every party he dared play his commercial generic TRASH. FOH FUCKBOY. And by the way, u aint got to lie to kick it. we know you was at home tinkling your microdick yesterday….
Idhaf..yall b ready for bizzy bones new album coming august..fucking fire…they mad and cant believe bone is back
Tell Bizzzy CrDnlSn is a fan and to get that Mic Is Life Volume 1 I his earholes. Album urrywhere, iTunes, Spotify, Tidal. Definition of a Troll on YouTube right now. @crdnlsn on ig
Again, this why hip hop is still dead! Very surprising Nas And Jay are F with this lame trash album. Yes, people say hip hop just evolved. Yeah, right! There is nothing good or hope in this trash whatever. Period! DJ Khaled is making a complete mockery out of hip hop and culture. I will never support this Fat F on nothing. And…I go against my favorite rapper Nas on this one. Very surprising Nas supports this trash!
It’s like he’s made the same song 1000 times
Bunch of jealous ass haters. DJ Khaled works very hard to make a great album. He produces, raps, and getting artists together is a lot of hard work.
Oh, do shut up you silly little fanboy.
“Getting artists together is a lot of hard work”. You know this how exactly? That’s right – you don’t.
The fact you think the guy makes great albums tells me you’ve got a damn awful taste in music.
See yourself out.
You don’t know shit about the industry. There’s a lot of negotations for artists to appear. And he does make dope music
DJ Khaled hasn’t made dope music since his “We The Best/We Global” days.
People who buy into this garbage are the reason music these days has gone to shit
DJ Khaled hasn’t made dope music since his “We The Best/We Global” days. People who buy into this garbage are the reason music these days has gone to shit
“You don’t know shit about the industry”. And neither do you, if you think this clown is making all the deals without realising it’s his management team and the record labels doing these deals.
And no – he makes tired, predictable trash. Tells me that you’re a fan of hip pop, and not hip hop.
He is a label owner [We The Best Music] and is a manager. He and his team takes time to negotiate deals. The music is also subjective and I find it dope. Why do you, quoteman, feel the need to hate?
Dent which records does he produce? Stop lykng
In all fairness to Dent, DJ Khalid does enjoy sticking his pee pee into Camel assholes while reciting verses from the holy quaran and so does Dent, so they do have that in common. ALLAH FUCKBAR!!!
Really good record. If you love hiphop this is a celebration of it. If you a salty hater just because it’s mainstream acts coming together — fuck you.
Really bad record. If you hate hiphop this is a mockery of it. If you like to gag on Khaled’s salty nuts like jg just because Khaled’s a camel fucker who promotes mainstream wack rappers coming together to spit garbage fuuuck you.
agreed 100%
“Father of ashad” dj khaled voice. Why does dj khaled repeat the same shit like a pokemon.
Album sucks…period. There’s nothing else to say, it’s just not good music. Hilarious how even this accurately bad review finds a way to pander…of course the only bright spot is the Nipsey song, fuck outta here with that fake ass BS…that song wack too aside from legend’s vocals. Only thing decent on here are the tracks with Buju on them and those aren’t even a “khaled” vibe. Khaled is a Kardashian he’s just famous cuz he is, not for any recognizable talent of any kind…unless being friends with rappers and singers is a talent
Saw this clown on the Nickolodeon awards my kid had on a few weeks back. This terd was on there promoting this garbage to all the kids and their parents lol. These types of albums are on par with what Funk Flex was doing years back when he just put a buncha rappers who normally wouldn’t work together over a generic, soulless, wack sample using, sped up commercial beat. I guess the industry needs these albums to drop every so often. Wackness at it’s highest level.
He’s not a fuckin’ clown. And you know it.
Yes you are correct he’s not a clown I was completely wrong I will just fall in line with the rest of the sheep and embrace this non clown, talent filled renaissance man of an artist (in my zombie voice) lol foh!
This morning, I awoke to find out that my teenie white penis had grown into a massive Negro schlonger donger hanging between my pasty white legs!!! I had been praying to Allah for months day and night that my teeny white pee pee would grow to the length and girth of that of the typical American Negro. Today, at long last, my prayers were answered! Where once there was a tiny pink wee wee, now there is a giant black mamba, a 10 inch boa constrictor hanging out of my boxers, splayed across the floor! I thought my prayers had indeed been answered, my life was finally worth living, all the bitches would want me, and I praised and thanked the Profit Muhammed until tears streamed from my eyes and snot dripped from my nose, but I am now suddenly shocked to find that, although my penis is now Sambo-Sized, all the money that was in my bank account has suddenly vanished, my fridge is full of nothing but two week old fried chicken and malt liquor, I have dozens of illegitimate kids with names like Leroi and Shaquanna, I have four fat, lazy, angry baby mamas on food stamps, I have nothing in my wallet but a maxed out EBT card, I have three outstanding warrants for vagrancy, robbery, and public chicken consumption, I’m unemployed and I live in a filthy trap house! HELP! HEEEELLLLPPPP!!! PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP MEEEEE!!!
Cornballs made this dude Rich and relevant with zero talent. Sheep will buy anything that they see and hear on the radio.
Diamond D “The Diam Piece 2”
Thank you later…
I gave it a two for the two songs that sound decent, the j balvin one is nice and meek mill was pretty dope couldve left out lil baby.
We the garbage music.
Generic as hell
What a shame that Tyler The Creator knock Khaled out for good!
Has anyone figured out what ‘DJ’ Khaled even does.
poor album expected better, same ol tricks
wack album…what is khalids talent again?
Yall need to stream Big Inf album called “New Industry” That album is fire
Trash… dont forget khaled spent 5 million on this album and came out with garbage