mini notes for we got it from here... thank you 4 your service

• absolutely lovely to hear this finally- phife and tip after the intro, then tip and jarobi trading places early on is a fantastic feel, and the gentle thematics being introduced are typically great and implemented amazingly c:
  • earth-moving start to it all, god damn
• fucking insane beat to start we the people..., something that rides genuinely perfectly under q-tips inflections; beautiful, haunted message on the chorus too :o
  • god damn phife :,)
• great follow-up with whateva will be, but that's ab all I can say; it's a nice epilogue with some more pretty vocal lines :)
• that elton sample on solid wall of sound :O busta rhymes, q-tip, and phife dawg all trading places so quickly back-to-back is fantastic; one of the outright prettiest sound palettes on the record so far c:
• that earl namedrop matters the most I think on dis generation, but the overall message is exactly what atcq has always been ab :) rly slick sampled hook too, production value of this project is through the roof :D
• holy shit andre :D jaw-dropping contribution as usual, but the fact that tip's verse is just as good is incredible
  • the hook isn't my outright favorite, but the structure of the track overall is amazing, especially when the two of them keep trading food for thought :)
• really personal turn for q-tip on melatonin, with an insane amount of detail in all he goes through—and that chorus from abbey smith fits snugly into the folds of it all c:
• great little piece from jarobi on enough!! after another super smooth, bass-heavy instrumental grows for a little while; tip is on point as usual, even more clearly by the end of his verse ^
• mobius being the start of the second half, and having sole vocal contributions from consequence and busta rhymes is kinda cool; it's a nice split in terms of tonality, and the instrumental work and constant switching and growing is impeccable :))
  • busta rhymes' personality is irreverent and infectious as hell c: tons of food for thought from both of them tho ^^
• black spasmodic's juxtaposition of tip's role and the very honorific bars directed (rightfully so) towards phife is its highlight for sure; great hook from consequence, but that two-parter from that duo is incredible :o
• i'm actually really glad jarobi gets a big space to shine so well at the second half of the killing season; the starter by talib and the second verse from consequence are both good too, but jarobi's closer just feels like the most gripping part of the track to me :)
• lost somebody might be re-hashing that central narrative, but jarobi and tip's verses are still potent, and that cat hook is enchanting; it does come in at a bit of an off-kilter stance tho
  • but that unexpected cut-off and jack white's guitar shrieking out in the final moments is kinda wild... and i'm not sure how i feel ab it honestly
  • might end up coming off as a lowlight, but i could see it being an abstract calling out ^
• at least that instrumental and vocal start from jarobi and PAAK on movin backwards is absolutely amazing :)) damn tip :o
  • "cops killing us n——s everywhere / maybe we should get some guns too" and "stealer, I'm trying to make it out of here / but stuck up in the same room" are two amazing lines from paak :)
• the political disdain from phife and kendrick on conrad tokyo is pretty potent, but it's nothing that has too much total impact; it's again a slight rehashing, but in no way is the time wasted
  • I think it just points to the one slight fault of some sequencing—but it's barely noticeable in the grand scheme of this hour-long, cathartic journey c:
  • and there's a lot of value in those instrumental growths after kendrick's final lines- even if jack white coming back still feels odd lol
• cool little instrumental split on ego :o the q-tip special as the penultimate track is lovely too, more beauty in all that comes through
  • and somehow I actually love that repetitious hook :)
• uncompromising final phife dawg verse on the donald, love the bait and switch with the title and sample use—using the space to pass over some political rehashing, it's all focused on phife :,)
  • busta rhymes and q-tip's parts fit snugly as always, and the repeated 'phife dawg' set-ups with the layered vocals in the outro—after the smooth instrumental break—are perfect for the closer <3