I might be slightly overrating this because a) I did find it stronger than the debut although the conditions were very different b) the fact that it hasn't received any sput attention since 2017 is sad! This is an album that doesn't live up the promise of its first two tracks but still stays afloat. 1-2 are indeed the peak here, both jammy, one being more soulsy and the other showing more hints of RnB DNA. There isn't a transition properly speaking, but the flow is very coherent, which gave me hope that they had fixed the greatest flaw of teh s/t. They didn't quite overall as there are still sequencing issues on this LP, but the flow overall is much improved. 3 is cool too as it shows more pop influences and house even, which gives a feeling of diversity without the album feeling erratic. But the track already shows the record losing steam. 4 also breaks the flow a bit, and my enthusiasm was going down. 5 could have been bad but works well, and 6 picks things back up definitely. 7 has a bit of a weird start but does work, and 8 is cool with a Kendrick contrib that works well, but alas a fadeout. Although most of the tracks are cool, I found that almost none worked as well as 1-2. 9 is nice neo soul, and 10 is a kind of cool slow solemn track to end the album that could've been bad but that I did like. Still an album worth a lsiten with sweet prod, sweet potential, and vocals that are mostly good although not always the best, but that are supplemented nicely with subtle additions in the back. 3.8
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