Control System
by Ab-Soul
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Control System is ranked as the best album by Ab-Soul.
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Control System track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (16 out of 17 tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 01:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,324 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 16:27 | Leginlists | 3,753 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 13:33 | TonySayers61 | 25,134 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2024 06:57 | Retrocybin | 40 | 92/100 |
| ! | 05/06/2023 20:49 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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The perfect blend of technical rap skill on display without sacrificing songwriting and hooks. Instrumentals all fit perfectly as do the features. Book of Soul might be one of the greatest songs ever.
The production is great as it is in most of their projects, drawing some obvious influence from the West Coast, but at the same time sounding super modern. The lyrics are somewhat of a let down ("See, the moral of the story is: She a ho, he a pimp"). Assessing his rapping has always been tricky. On the one hand, he seems to hold his own to a more than decent level againist the guests, and when the guests are guys like Danny Brown or Kendrick Lamar, this is no small feat. On the other hand, I can't quite put my finger on the reason this happens, but he fails to caputre my interest for a longer period of time, maybe he lacks in personality or charisma. Also, the length of the album does him no favors, it's way too long. If I recall correctly, I had managed to listen to it just once back in 2012 and never bothered again in the meantime. However, I have to note that The Book Of Soul easily ranks among my favorites, one of the songs of the year, if not the decade ("Everything I love the most gets taken away My momma and music is next And if that happens before I turn 28 Then I'm going out with Kurt Cobain I still believe in God, we just ain't never spoke Unless we talkin' symbolically—then, I might agree But if you really wanna look at it that way Then, ayy, man, God don't like me").
ProfessorSquid 04/13/2013 20:41 | #72876 | TOP COMMENT
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Some real good tracks on here, good verses too. It's nice that these Black Hippy guys are making it okay to like West Coast.
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