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Flower Boy Review

Flower Boy Review:

Quick Thoughts:

Let’s just start with what type of album I think this is. I think it is a mixture of neo soul, funk and trap music.

I do not think there is much trap in this album but I it is worth mention with tracks like “I Ain’t got no time” and “Who Dat Boy” and even there is a little trap on “Foreword”. First note I had about this album is it's a very cohesive album, it is well put together and all the sounds are very similar to a point where I was unsure when the first track ended and then I realized I was already on the third song. Which is also a compliment on the production of this album it's very well done and it's glossy.

Tyler has never really been afraid to talk about what is on his mind. There are definitely some outlining topics in this album from self-love, relationships and loneliness, which is a big theme here. Although, he talks and mentions these topics I think he does it through talking about himself and in a very self-reflecting manner, which makes this an interesting album because I think Tyler is an interesting person.

Before I go into the song reviews I also enjoy the way this album is themed. Tyler like in the past has made his album into a radio show were the radio host has transitioned a couple of songs and made some good appearances. On to Track reviews.

Extended Track review:

Foreword:

I enjoy this track. I think it sets a pretty good tone for this album moving forward. In this song Tyler is questioning a few issue that he has come across lately and questioning a few issues in society to round out the song with this very lonely bridge with lyrics like, “And I ain't seen my friends in a minute, guessing nothing lasts forever.” Plays well into overall theme. Rex Orange County feature was well done, no real complaints from this song.

Where This Flower Blooms:

This track kind of falls flat for me except for Frank Ocean’s feature in which he was gives this song some life. In the first verse, Tyler doesn’t seem very interested in this track not to say that it is a throw away track or anything like that. I do think the message in the track is beautiful especially where he says, “Tell these Black kids they could be who they are, Dye your hair blue, shit, I'll do it too.” Be yourself kids it will make you better in the long run.

Sometimes….

A transitional track this is where he plays the role of the radio host which I already mentioned I enjoyed.

See You Again

Wew, I like this track a lot it starts off pretty slow it kinda takes you on a roller coaster from there and when the track takes off it’s pretty boisterous. Throughout this album also I enjoy Tyler’s different use of the talent he pulls into sing. This is a very soulful song I think, although, there is not much said in this song I just enjoy the vibe it brings. It’s almost a song you would expect from like a Jhene Aiko in a sense. This is a love song a very melodic one at that.

Who Dat Boy

This single/song is amazing from top to bottom. It gets you really hype. WHO DAT BOY WHO HIM IS. The A$AP Rocky feature is perfect as they have shown in the past two have great chemistry it continues here. The bass hits heavy and really gets you into the flexing that Tyler showing and it’s just perfect to get a flex king on this track in Rocky, one of the very Trap heavy tracks from this record. I also think this track is seated just perfectly in the middle of the record it gives you a break from the serious themes Tyler speaks of before this. Track is just fuego!

Pothole

I am not a huge fan of this track I do like the chorus on here though. I think that is Jaden Smith doing the Chorus as well unsure. I do not think there is much to say about this track as I do not find this as a very memorable track and its a very boring one compared to others in the album.

Garden Shed

In the same boat as Pothole for me it doesn’t do much for me. Maybe, when I give this album another listen at a different time it will do more for me. This track is probably worse than pothole for me. It’s probably the least well-constructed track of all of them on the album until Tyler comes in toward the end of the song. It feels like this song was more of a feel it out type of thing. This is one of the few features I actually did not care for on this project.

Boredom

WEW, okay, so this track right here I found it great right away compared to the two tracks before it because it’s very melodic very melancholy and then all of a sudden it gets even better because of the track following after it. This track plays into the overall theme of album, promoting his loneliness in a way were it was like he didn’t go out because it was his choice, noting that it may have been some depression there that is preventing him to doing enjoyable things. With lyrics really embracing that he was tired of the walls he was in like they were a constraint. Again, more great usage of the chorus and singers he has on this record. Lastly, to end this track going into another great radio skit to bring in the next track.

I Ain’t Got Time

I think this track works so well because of the song Boredom another trap influenced song here. I just love the energy Tyler brings on this track. I AINTTTT GOT TIMMMMEEEEEEEEE FOR THESE NIGGGAS. This song also has a hint of Spanish influence in it which Tyler has dipped into in the past. It’s almost as if Boredom is Tyler is in a depressed state then he comes up to himself and pumps himself up and makes himself feel much bigger than what he was at the moment. This song really is on the attack, this song also could be a response in the way of how he feels when he tells other he was going through something and maybe that’s how he felt their responses were coming off either way this was a great song.

9/11 Mr. Lonely

I do not have much to say about this track simply because we all know how great it is already. Continues to play into the theme of loneliness. There are definitely two sides to this track and both are enjoyable. I could definitely see this being a killer song at his concerts. To kind of just chill everyone out and maybe even ramp them up for another song toward the end.

Dropping Seeds

This song definitely feels different from the rest of the tracks it has a very rap heavy vibe to it with Lil Wayne having the only verse here and a good feature at that. It just feels like this track was maybe an interlude to the remaining tracks, it’s also very short as Tyler does a collab outro with Wayne here.

 November, Glitter, Enjoy Right Now, Today

I am lumping these three tracks together in one paragraph because I do not have much to say on these tracks. November and Glitter aren’t really memorable tracks for me. November is a little funkier has a little more pop to it but nothing that stands out in particular. Glitter is pretty flat line for myself, others may enjoy it though. Lastly, Enjoy Right Now, Today is just a looping beat until it gets toward the middle and end of the track which isn’t bad just wondering why Tyler chose this as his con conclusion.

Rating:

Overall Good project from Tyler. I hope he doesn’t go on another longer break before we hear an album from him again (Ha Ha look at me talking like two years is a long time.) Do I think this is better than Cherry Bomb probably not I do think there aver very enjoyable tracks on here some that are lackluster.

Going to give this album a strong 6.5 - 7 BZZZZZ out of 10 BZZZZZZ.

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2017 Rap I Love so Far

Below is a list of tracks that have released in 2017 that I have enjoyed and a little understanding of why I enjoy these tracks and why you should check them for yourself.

1.5 XO Tour Lif3 – Lil Uzi Vert

I love this song. You really feel the bass hitting in this song, another thing about this beat that I think goes unacknowledged is the small “check” like sound layered right above the bass in the beat. Lil Uzi’s singing is actually decent in the song. It’s very easy to just lose yourself in the spacey vibes this beat produces.

If anything hurts this song, it’s more likely the content of this song. The chorus of this song talks about a woman who is hurt or himself and it deviates from that as it goes on and barely backs it up through the rest. In the first verse he speaks on it a little with lines like, “My Brittany got mad, I'm barely her man now.” Then directly follows with “Everybody got the same swag now.”

https://soundcloud.com/liluzivert/15-xo-tour-llif3

Kill Jay-Z – Jay Z

I think this is probably my favorite or second favorite track from this album. I have been debating whether I enjoy this, 4:44 or Marcy Me more. I enjoy all of them for almost the same reasons. What makes this track for me is Jay Z. What makes me love this track is Jay’s ability to make seem like he is not only talking to/about someone else but to himself as well. I also do not think this track is what many people believe it to be. Lastly, I love the subtle shot at Future, it’s as if it just snuck into a line of waiting people and no one noticed it at first. “In the Future, other niggas playin' football with your son”

Equalizer – Denzel Curry

I think recently I have just been infatuated with the Florida scene and that leads to Denzel Curry’s recent Ep drop 13. It’s almost as if they have their own metal rap or industrial rap, it’s not death grips though.

I like the way this track just starts it’s self almost as if it’s a riots starting especially with the first few lines Denzel says, “Equalizer, synthesizer, Ultimately, I will brutalize ya, I got the shit that could take out New York, I do not fuck with the population” I also really love the heavy bass it just puts that energy in your back. I would just check out this entire project tbh. I am indifferent about the Ronny J feature I’d probably just like a second verse from Curry.

https://soundcloud.com/denzelcurryph/denzel-curry-equalizer-demo-produced-by-ronny-j

Lil Purrp – Different Color Molly

This is another rapper from the Florida scene doing good things right now. The vibe of this song is what makes me like it so much. Lil Purrp isn’t really saying much in this song it’s clearly a flexing song with lines like, “Look at the diamond they dance (what)” but it’s way more on the mellow side of flexing it’s not really heavy and in your face. The chorus almost sounds like something Travis Scott would produce and let me tell you I am a La Flame Fiend (we will get to that soon.) It’s a nice listen check it out.

https://soundcloud.com/smokepurpp/different-color-molly

 A Man and Green & Purple ft Playboi Carti – Travis scott

Now I am a Travis Scott fiend. I can definitely say he is my favorite artist out right now. I just love his energy and beats and sometimes he even has great stuff to say in these tracks. Unfortunately, this is one of those times where I do not feel like he is saying much: A man is about him just being a man with a double entendre of the phrase A man to be used as Amen. Green & Purple is similar in which the first verse he is speaking about a Girl and helping her out with several things or getting her to do several things, the second verse I am unable to decipher. The Playboi Carti feature is dam near perfect he doesn’t say much either. I love these songs very much because they are dark and it’s just what I need, they aren’t as dark as an Antidote or Goosebumps but I will take it and am awaiting Travis’ next project patiently.

https://soundcloud.com/travisscott-2/a-man

https://soundcloud.com/travisscott-2/green-purple

 Slide ft Frank Ocean and Migos – Calvin Harris

I was super skeptical when I heard that there was a Calvin Harris track with Frank Ocean and Migos on it. MIGOS? The Migos whom are known for making heavy and dark trap music but they fit on this track perfectly, I would even argue they just as good on the track as Frank Ocean. I will say that there are parts in Frank Ocean’s verse that I do not enjoy his singing.

I think Offset is the shining star of this song though, I love the way he enters the song “whoop whoop whoop, OFFSET!” I also wish Takeoff got a verse on this song (another song where he is left off, and yes you look left off Bad and Boujee.) It’s just a really nice funky/R&B groove layered with rapping. From this album also check out the Don’t Quit and Cash Out track especially Cash Out wew lad such fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ee4QjCEHHc

XXX – Kendrick Lamar

I am simply in love with this track. Just a magnificent track if you ask me, there are some issues with it though. First off I love how Kendrick just sets up the rest of this track with the first few bars in the first verse. Identifying the mindset of black men and then all of a sudden it ramps up with him telling the story of how his friend found out they killed his son because of “insufficient funds” then asks Kendrick for advice. Ooooo weeeee this track is just amazing in the first half the second half is where it kind of dies off I am indifferent of the U2 feature I can currently think of anyone better to fill that role it does seem a little forced. I also wish he would have just kept going harder for just as long as it dies down.  

http://stereoday.com/kendrick-lamar-xxx-feat-u2/

Submission ft Danny Brown and Kelela – Gorillaz

The Interlude right before this track and this track are set up perfectly. I also love the wacky sounds that come out of this beat it is very techno like. It’s a sound that I would love to hear more of with the correct rappers on it and for this track I think Danny Brown was great. I do think his voice though overtakes this track he is very boisterous when he comes on, Kelela vibes well in her part then almost makes me wonder if you had a voice that was just as boisterous’ as Danny Browns like a Beyoncé on the track would It be even better. I will say that the guitar strums in the middle of the chorus are annoying along with the fading beat as soon as Danny browns verse starts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTVebUPyQqg

Met Gala ft Offset – Gucci Mane

OOOOOooooo WEEEEEeeeee this track is a flex song of the summer for me, Not going to lie my jaw dropped when I first heard this. First off salute to Offset for absolutely killing this track for about 2 minutes’ straight, the chorus and verse are amazing for the purpose the serve. Second, salute to you MetroBoomin sit this beat is crazy and beautiful, that bass wew lawd. Unlike Lil Purrp’s Different Color Molly Gucci mane and Offset want you to know they are flex kings and better than you from the beginning to end, top to bottom, left to right. With lines Offset give that compare Pac and Biggie to himself and Gucci, “Me and the Wop, Biggie and Pac (Wop), But we so different, we keepin' the Glock (bow).”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTh2A7GavZQ

 Honorable Mentions:

Magnolia – Playboi Carti

4 Am ft Travis Scott – 2 Chainz

745 – Vince Staples

Rain Come Down – Vince Staples

Love Galore ft Travis Scott – SZA

Doves in the Wind – SZA

Weekend – SZA

ELEMENT – Kendrick Lamar

DNA – Kendrick Lamar (The video for this is cray too)

OMG ft Pusha T – Vic Mensa

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