Not to overthink it, but there's a real advancement and evolution of production techniques happening here that are straight-up fascinating when compared to JPEGMAFIA's earlier output. This sounds hard in a different way, toning down a little bit of the wilder production found on, say, Scaring the Hoes, in favor of something that takes on more of a heavy-metal-like style, complete with some absolutely killer guitar parts. Or are they "guitar parts?" It doesn't matter. Either way it'd be fun to see JPEGMAFIA team up and tour with a full band for some of this stuff.
Sonically, the way Peggy's vocals play around with quiet/loud and calm/yell-type stuff fits really well with this current batch of material. Lyrically,… More
Jpeg is currently at the peak of his game. Following up from my rap AOTY last year with this mainly solo record, I had some doubts. Those were quickly quelled. As always, his production is one-of-a-kind and continues to push hip-hop into a new age through fusion with punk and industrial. Then we get to his collabs: "New Black History" and "JPEGULTRA!" masterfully incorporate two of hip-hop's most electric voices into an overall vision of retrospect to fuel the need to party in the present and future. This album is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Tal y como esperaba, este disco tiene un sonido muy interesante. Es un rap muy agresivo, un mejunje de sonidos a lo rock, metal y música electrónica. Por muy interesante que sea, como yo me baso en mi disfrute personal y este tipo de rap no me llama la atención, no lo volvería a escuchar (que no significa que no sea un buen álbum). El gran “SCARING THE HOES” del año pasado, junto con Danny Brown, tuvo una aceptación buenísima tanto de la crítica como del público general, pero tampoco conectó conmigo. Me encanta que haya seguido un camino más guitarrero para este disco, pero hay algo en la intensidad, en las letras y en las voces que no va… More