The highly anticipated 3rd album from Young Thug is out tomorrow.

Ok so i've listened to the album quite a good few times and I now have a proper opinion on this record thankfully.

 

I came into this album maybe expecting a tracklist centred around how Young Thug is feeling in his current situation. I was maybe hoping for more of a conceptual record from him. The opener 'Parade On Cleveland' gave me false hope for a conceptual record. as it sees Drake rapping about jail over a lush beat, the track also includes a recorded phone call of Drake calling Young Thug in prison. Both artists flows are great (I was quite surprised by Drake's as he has released some atrocities recently) and the track serves as a great opener. However, the next two tracks don't sound great really. Both sound as though they were recorded in the 2010's which give them a dated feel (probably correct as Thug's team have stated that some tracks were made up to 6 years ago), one of these tracks 'Gucci Grocery Bag' has one of the most obnoxious hooks I have heard all year (it's Thug repeating "Gucci Grocery Bag" over and over again). Thug's performances seem pretty repetitive on most solo tracks bar 'Jonesboro' and 'Uncle M'. Most of the time his features show him up on this record, most notably 21 Savage's killer flows on 'Wit Da Racks' and 'Want Me Dead', Travis Scott on 'Abracadabra' and Drake on 'Oh U Went'. Despite this record not showing me much about Thug's ability it definitely shows me one thing, Thug and Drake's chemistry. 'Oh U Went' must be one of my favourite tracks of the year so far with Thug sounding on top form and a Her Loss-esque Drake dropping a great verse. Alongside Metro Boomin's flawless production, this creates the best track of the album by far. The record also shows me that Thug and Uzi don't work well together always as 'Hellcat Kenny' is utter garbage, poor flows and uninteresting production contribute to how bad this song is.

 

In all this record is a mixed bag really. For the majority I enjoyed the features more than Thug who sounded a bit limp on this album. I was hoping for something conceptual but Instead we got a record of unused tracks from the past that never mention what has happened to Thug recently.