Recommended on Pitchfork - I haven't actually gotten one from them in a while!
Another example of the value of this full-album project. The first 4 songs on this album just do nothing for me, the production is spare, the subject matter aimlessly self-aggrandizing. Normally, I probably would have just given up, but then at track 5 it just turns into a whole different album and runs strong the rest of the way through. The production turns very madlib, lots of bent soft jazz and steely-dan smoothness that works strangely well alongside the laid-back rapping about drinking, smoking, playing video games, chilling out and general everyday occurrences. Its relateable without being gimmicky. The actual rapping is simultaneously tight and swung, and it largely works.
Does it blow me away? Nah, there's nothing altogether groundbreaking here, but its enjoyable, listenable and interesting enough for 4/5
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