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Grateful [Deluxe Edition]

Current price: $13.49
Grateful [Deluxe Edition]
Grateful [Deluxe Edition]

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Grateful [Deluxe Edition]

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is distinguishable from the nine previous albums by its cover alone -- a regal portrait of platinum fraternal shepherd, self-hype man, and producer beside son and a young tiger. Bestowed with an executive production credit, is present in more than a visual sense. On the "Sesame Street visits a black church" number "I Love You So Much," and exalt their kids, with the former in endearingly effusive overdrive, beaming "You're an icon, you're a legend" and, motivated perhaps by witnessing devour some strained carrots, "the greatest that ever did it." That and the album's concluding moment of touching thanks are among the most family-friendly tracks in the discography, which swells here with 21 additional selections of mostly celebratory bluster. By late-2010s' standard, is typically overstuffed. Due to the plinking "I'm the One," led by , and "Wild Thoughts," a -fronted update of 's "Maria Maria" (itself partially a flagrant rehash), the album had major hits before it arrived. More emblematic are the two other pre-album singles that didn't fare as well: "Shining," featuring and her husband ("21 Grammys -- I'm a savage"), is energized but only adequate, while "To the Max" is a scampering platform for in half-hearted woeful braggart mode. old guards such as , , and make requisite notable appearances, while newer collaborators add some youthful energy with contributions to the album's comparatively street-oriented, paper-chasing, ominous-sounding second half. The beats are fully outfitted, and several are suitably immense, but they blur into one another as they serve as a spirited if mostly unremarkable summertime backdrop. Compared to , there's a little less objectification going on. Just as significant, the second track on which is featured isn't the lone gospel connection. Almost lost in this lengthy flow of content is an a cappella interlude and what trails it: an uplifted co-production fronted by with a clean and righteous verse from , "Go to war for every black queen that they lynched, and my pockets on chubby but they can't be pinched." [ was also released in a two-disc Deluxe Edition.] ~ Andy Kellman

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