The album dropped in Belgium. This has been worth the wait. Damn! That first track has some real JJFP vibes. Never thought we would get something like that from Will. Love the album. It really feels like an album. Bulletproof goes hard! You Looking for me is dope! Hell, Rave in the wasteland is crazy.
The interludes make it feel like a real album. I agree with Tim about First Love, it will be a skip for me.
Based on a True Story Tracklist:
Int. Barbershop Day ft. DJ Jazzy Jeff & Simone
You Lookin’ for Me?
The Reverend (Rave Sermon)
Rave in the Wasteland
Bulletproof ft. Jac Ross
Hard Times (Smile) ft. Teyana Taylor
Beautiful Scars ft. Big Sean and OBanga
Tantrum ft. Joyner Lucas
First Love ft. India Martinez and Marcin
Make It Look Easy
The Reverend (YCMI Sermon)
You Can Make it ft. Fridayy and Sunday Service
Work of Art ft. Russ and Jaden
The Reverend (WOA Sermon)
I love this interview. They talk about Code Red, Willennium and hip hop in general. The interviewer knows what he's talking about. He talks about songs like "The Rain" and "Shadow Dreams". Great stuff!
So we know that there will be three albums (or seasons) as he calls it. One will be released in March this year.
The albums will be called Based On A True Story and every season gets a news title:
Album 1: Rave in the wasteland
Album 2: The Gift of Madness
Album 3: no title yet
We will get 10 tracks per album.
https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/will-smith-talks-based-true-story-album-new-music-1235888222/
Great to see him dropping three albums! Wasn't expecting that at all! Looking forward to it.
I know we all want Jeff to be involved but let's not forget that Jeff wasn't involved much on his previous albums. He was on BWS, Willennium and Lost & Found but just on a couple of tracks. (Except for Willennium, which was basically a JJFP album). He wasn't on Born To Reign. I bet he will be featured on one or two tracks. He has to be!