Review Summary: Lil Dicky is prestatious in his debut album "Professional Rapper", which is not only No.1 on the charts, but in the minds of everyone who listens to it.
Lil Dicky is one of those people who became famous on the internet, YouTube to be specific. He was a low-key comedic rapper who started from the bottom and had nothing, but when people caught a whiff of what he was cooking, everyone quickly jumped onboard to see if he is the real deal. Lil Dicky released a handful of singles and music videos over the last couple of years to hold the crowd of people off while he made his first album. After much anticipation and excitement from many people, Lil Dicky released his debut album "Professional Rapper".
What will get anyone interested in this album is the people who cameo in a couple of his tracks. The legend Snoop Dogg is the first to show up in the album in the song "Professional Rapper". This is an amazing song with comedy gold and portrays exactly what Lil Dicky envisioned in the song, strong comedy that tells about his life in a nutshell, with a strong performance from Snoop Dogg who is funny because he is so serious in the song. The next artist that makes an appearance on the album is Brendon Urie from Panic at the Disco in the song "Molly", which is pretty shocking and unsuspecting. Though it might seem weird and unfitting, Brendon is amazing on the track not only lyrically and vocally, but instrumentally throughout the entire song, Lil Dicky also shows emotional passion for his work in this shining track, which is very nice to hear on the album of comedy shockingly enough. Everyone can agree that T-Pain has been off his game for a while now, but not in the song "Personality" where he fits perfectly. T-Pain shows great comedy back-up with some pretty catchy lyrics when he takes over. Lil Dicky is amazing at making fun of himself in such a way that it's comfortable for everyone to listen to. That is not any more apparent than in the song "Personality" where T-Pain and Lil Dicky take shots at themselves for not being good with women.
Lil Dicky is superb with his lyrics all over this album, but what makes his talent different from everyone else's is that he somehow narrates some of his songs in such a comedic way that it's flawless. Lil Dicky is great at telling stories through his tracks in such a way, that you feel that what he says actually happened in his personal experiences with people in his life. The best track to show off his skills is "Pillow Talking" where Lil Dicky shows great lyrics in a song where he narrates not only himself, but his brain and some girl who was over at his house one night. In the song he successfully makes fun of religion and other topics that people converse amongst themselves in everyday life, but what truly makes this song special is that it should have been exhausting to listen to, with a staggering running time of 11 minutes! Props to anyone who can make an amazing song that is 11 minutes long. It's hard to single out any song for being too different, while at the same time they are different enough to show some great variety of musical styles amongst themselves.
This is an album that will surely be seen as a classic in the future, because of all the things it successfully does to separate itself from the rest of it's competition. This is an album that only comes around once in a while and when listened to it's very noticeable. Everyone who cameo's on this album is fantastic in their own way, which is all you can ask for. It's also an absolute bargain to buy with a cheap price for twenty songs and an hour and half of running time.
In closing, this album is a serious contender with some of the best music of the decade, and after listening to it you will be left saying "wow, he can really spit fire". Lil Dicky is superb in how he takes on his version of rap, and definitely won't be letting anyone down anytime soon. The only problem I have with this album is that it's going to be very difficult for him to top this masterpiece.
Recommended songs:
-Professional Rapper (feat. Snoop Dogg)
-Molly (feat. Brendon Urie)
-Bruh...
-Pillow Talking (feat. brain)
-Classic Male Pregame
-Work (Paid for that?)
. This review came out a little later then I wanted.
