Album title: Everybody
Artist: Logic
Genre: Conscious Hip-hop
Nationality: American
Release date: May 5
Position in Discography: Third
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Familiar with this artist? No but I've heard of him and of this album
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.09
Now this is more like it! From the kick off, this has heart, passion, energy. You can feel your feet move, your heart beat, your soul fill up. This is uplifting music and even though the opener pushes seven and a half minutes, there's nothing wasted. If the rest of the album is like this I'll have no problem with it. I love the talk with God at the end. “Confess” is a brilliant track that just rocks along with a superfast rap and a real soul vibe to it. “Killing Spree” is a powerful sermon from the Church of Trap, while “America” features the legendary Chuck D himself, what an honour. “Ink Blot” allows something of a chance to catch the breath, slowing things down for a short relaxed little track, before we're back and firing on all cylinders with “Mos Definitely”, a rapid-fire rap spraying around like an Uzi.
Back to Logic's meeting with God on “Waiting Room”, which has no music at all. And no rap. It's literally a spoken conversation between Logic, as Adam, and God. Very impressive. That segues almost directly into “1-800-273-8255”, which tackles the idea of suicide, the title being the phone number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Love that. They should have this on the hold music for that help line. If there is hold music, which I guess at some point there must be. Superb song, a real highlight. This album just keeps on giving. Excellent stuff. If the opener was long at nearly eight minutes, the closer is very long at over twelve, and features everyone's favourite astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Now what rapper can boast of having both him and the Public Enemy founder guesting on his album? That's pretty special. So is this album.
Check out more from this artist? Yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes
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