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- Summary: The latest full-length release for Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz features guest appearances from 42 Dugg, Beatking, Jacquees, Swae Lee, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Major Myjah, Moneybagg Yo, Roddy Ricch, Sleepy Rose, Stove God Cooks, Symba, and YoungBoy Never Broke Again.
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- Record Label: Def Jam
- Genre(s): Rap
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Positive: 2 out of 7
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Feb 10, 2022While Dope Don't Sell Itself does not inspire immediate playback like Chainz's last outing, So Help Me God!, and doesn't contain the breakout hits of 2017's acclaimed Pretty Girls Like Trap Music, it is a testament to the rapper's longevity and his vital role in ATL's shifting scene as a gravitational figure for all to aspire to become.
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Feb 4, 2022The songs here are serviceable, thanks to 2 Chainz’s ear and charisma. But they’re more like templates than novel creations, far from his days of sampling Hall & Oates or trading verses with Kendrick Lamar over a Pharrell beat seemingly constructed from cutlery and trash cans.
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Feb 4, 2022Ideas are left unexplored, while 2Chainz innate abilities – on his day, one of the best MCs around – is clouded by a willingness to pack the tracklisting with guests. If this truly is his last trap project, then perhaps a change is overdue.
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Feb 4, 2022This record isn’t the return to form that it aims to be, but Chainz is back in his element here.
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Feb 4, 2022In attempting to recreate his peak, he offers some familiar flows but mostly unimpressive lyrics that lean more toward grown-up nursery rhymes than his catchy, skillful couplets of days past.
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Mar 11, 20222 Chainz simply doesn't sound as inspired as he normally does, as this short set lacks the madcap wit and energy that flow throughout previous albums of much longer duration. A recharge and change of direction clearly seem necessary.
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Mar 16, 2022The hard truth is that “Dope Don’t Sell Itself” takes a tumble down into the same hole of forgettable 2 Chainz albums that has become home to the likes of “Trapavelli Tre’”, “Pretty Girls Like Trap Music”, “Collegrove” and the like. 2 Chainz seems burnt out.
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Feb 6, 2022
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