If Tomorrow Comes actually plays out similar to a real-life movie, complete with director commentary from Maino himself. Thankfully Maino manages to buck this trend with his debut album If Tomorrow Comes, a biographical album which chronologically depicts his life starting from the day he was released from jail after serving a 10 year stretch up until the very present, where he feels good enough to give away a Million Bucks as he declares on the the Swizz Beatz assisted introductory track.
However most rappers clearly don’t agree with me because for the most part their retail effort contains the exact same lyrical content as their mixtape material, just with maybe higher production values and more R&B hooks. I’ve always felt that when artist makes an album it should be personal and bring you insight into the artists’ life, explicitly detailing both the up and downs of their tribulations. These days it seems like the best material comes from artists you’re almost not even paying attention to, and a perfect example of that is Maino. The rap game these days is almost a joke, If you follow eastcoast hip-hop then by now you’re probably used to the feeling of “disappointment”, whether it’s because your favorite rappers album keeps getting pushed back in to oblivion or they deliver a water-down final product which completely contradicts the reason why you liked them in the first place.
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