In many ways, Honest has parallels with YG's My Krazy Life, an album I quite enjoyed even if my review didn't fully indicate. Just like YG, the general consensus on Future's album was that the shit was actually pretty good (apparently his debut was met with a similar reaction), which was unexpected, at least in my expectations. Secondly, and probably more importantly, is the albums production. DJ Mustard was the mastermind (I'm only halfway kidding) responsible for most of YG's album and the dude runs the radio this year, but the same could be said about Mike Will Made It last year, and he's responsible for three tracks on Honest. I've been particularity interested in hearing his response after being dethroned of the top spot on the producer popularity chart. Will he switch it up or keep up the same tricks in the hope that Mustard becomes a born again Christian and steps away from the rap game? The latter seems unlikely (although not impossible; lets not forget that Terminator X left one of the most popular groups ever in favor of running an Alpaca farm), so Honest should be an interesting look into his future.
Let me just address this real quick: Future has a weird, auto-tuned as fuck voice. There, now hopefully I won't have to spend much more time talking about his standout quality that most people can't get past. Anyway the rapper known to his mother as Nayvadius Cash has recently developed quite the confidence boost, adopting the moniker "Future Hendrix" and making statements about the uniqueness and timelessness of his music. Nothing wrong with that, but he's certainly had some bold words for someone most people would consider "trash". (Because everything's either trash or classic to hip hop fans) But what the hell, I was interested to see what he had up his sleeve, so I decided to check out his sophomore album, Honest.
In many ways, Honest has parallels with YG's My Krazy Life, an album I quite enjoyed even if my review didn't fully indicate. Just like YG, the general consensus on Future's album was that the shit was actually pretty good (apparently his debut was met with a similar reaction), which was unexpected, at least in my expectations. Secondly, and probably more importantly, is the albums production. DJ Mustard was the mastermind (I'm only halfway kidding) responsible for most of YG's album and the dude runs the radio this year, but the same could be said about Mike Will Made It last year, and he's responsible for three tracks on Honest. I've been particularity interested in hearing his response after being dethroned of the top spot on the producer popularity chart. Will he switch it up or keep up the same tricks in the hope that Mustard becomes a born again Christian and steps away from the rap game? The latter seems unlikely (although not impossible; lets not forget that Terminator X left one of the most popular groups ever in favor of running an Alpaca farm), so Honest should be an interesting look into his future.
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