Not horrible, but not great. He has a relatively soft timbre to his voice and relatively
calm, monotonous delivery, which prevents 'gangsta' tracks to really feel impactful or
aggressive, but also doesn't work too well with chill tracks either due to ubiquitous
rapping. However the album's major issue lies in its instrumentals, which are minimalistic
to a degree that simply cannot work with vocals this monochromatic. This was clear from the
opening track even though I kinda dug his delivery, with 2 in the same vein and kinda fun.
But 3 already disappoints, although I have to say there is a nice album-level sensibility
at play here with nice transitions and interludey bits between tracks. 4 exemplifies the
over minimal instrumentals well, and so does 6 where the nice drugged vocal delivery is
ruined by a beat that sounds like it comes from some guy on youtube. 8 is kinda nice as a
chill track, and 9 has some ideas here and there but again a nearly nonexistent
instrumental. The real surprise comes at 10, which out of nowhere delights us with a
bouncy, colourful instrumental with cool guest vox and very little of his own rap. The
track single-handedly saves the record, helped by the fact that the next two tracks also
feel fuller and are both kinda cool even though his delivery on 11 is super flat. 2.7
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