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| 3.1 good | Erwann S. STAFF | February 10th 20 |
Then again, more singing and less rapping. He always had that more poppy side, but it was nicely blended with his soul influences and bars. This is still the case, but the biggest change is his voice: while some prefer this tone of voice, he sounds less versatile and more suitable to the greater taste (eg his feat with Angele, the new Belgian darling, where his falsetto voice fits when in unison with Angele but falls flat when alone). While American rappers have successfully ventured from hip hop to more poppy and soulful territories, French-speaking ones still struggle finding the perfect balance between the two worlds (exception: Lomepal). That's frustrating, because Marabout, his first EP, was a fantastic first incursion into this type of sound. And that's the main problem here: even though it's still quality content, nicely produced and with good lyrics, I can't help but feel disappointed when comparing this to the first EP. Maybe it's because of the darker overtones this EP has compared to the rather chill atmosphere of the first one. Or because I really like his bars and I feel like their drastic reduction make him lose a bit of himself. But this would be unfair to Swing, who takes his time to deliver above-average and intelligent muffled hip hop. Either way, we got another Brusseleir homie dropping an interesting project which, although it won't be a big success (beware of the Angele effect though), will continue cementing the city as a now important place to take into account when talking about French-speaking hip hop.
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