![]() ![]() Moneybagg Yo explores duality with the contrasting “Hate It Here” and “Love It Here,” the former a dark slice of self-reflection about the fallout of a relationship, the latter a lighter pop number driven by acoustic guitar and chipmunk cooing. ![]() He can work with a smooth beat, but sounds a little out-of-place serenading Jhené Aiko on “One of Dem Night”-the album’s most sincere romantic intentions are expressed toward his double cup.īut even in the more luxurious, yacht rap vibe pieces, there are still clouds on the horizon and an edge of paranoia: “Trouble in paradise,” as he puts it on “Love It Here.” Moneybagg seems more comfortable working than relaxing-“Hard for the Next” recruits Future for a slice of HNDRXX-like pop, complete with electric guitar and seagull-like sound effects, but it feels at odds with Moneybagg’s strengths and is largely carried by Future. The beats on A Gangsta’s Pain often contain stray melodic details, glittering tones or ornate strings, but they’re usually buried under layers of preset hi-hats and pounding keys. With a Pharrell feature and Neptunes production to boot, “Certified Neptunes” is the only of the album’s tracks to fully embrace an off-kilter and unsettling sound, constructed from a distorted shard of noise. ![]() Moneybagg Yo’s assertive and chiseled flow is right at home atop a futuristic beat that would have fit in on Eternal Atake. Though Pharrell might be as big as pop gets, this collaboration is one of the album’s least overt attempts at pop, and it’s in these more experimental edges that Moneybagg finds most success. These high-profile features indicate a major bid for stardom, a process not without growing pains, but Moneybagg Yo seems most energized when he’s in the trenches.Ĭatch up every Saturday with 10 of our best-reviewed albums of the week. Sign up for the 10 to Hear newsletter here. Moneybagg: Oh, I saw her in the mall or somewhere shopping and there was just too much going on at the time so I felt like I couldn’t shoot my shot in that particular place, and then I got to reaching out to mutual friends, and people that we know and I was like “Hey, there’s a big party going on in Atlanta, make sure she’ll be there” and stuff like that and I went there and they set it up for me and I went in that section, and the rest is history. It doesn’t matter where you meet, it doesn’t matter the setting. If the two connect.Īri: Yeah you were trying to act like you were too turnt up, like you were having a ball, just fronting. ![]()
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