Smino - Maybe in Nirvana: REVIEW

Ayo, ayo, AYO, what the heck's up y'all?! This ya boy Young Denzel comin' straight outta the deserts of the Southwest wit' summa the freshest reviews y'all can find on the whole planet, WORD!! We got the skills that pay the bills here, nahmean? We got the real lowdown on all this "new album" shit, word!

Aight, nuff talkin'. We got this cat Smino wit' a new record that jus' come out - Maybe in Nirvana. We gon' see if son can spit or if he jus' anotha of these no talent, sangin', pop sellout, R&B wannabe, no-game havin' typa SUCKAS. Let's get into it y'all! 

Intro - This soundin' like some folk talkin' a lil in the background. Ain't sure what the point is but okay.

Dear Fren - This guy got a weird voice but it's aight. Son's voice Melton's into the beat kinda nice, this a good beat. The rhymes here kinda weak though an then son whimperin' all them flowers outta the speakers on the two minutes mark jus' ain't soundin' right one bit. I kinda felt like I had a gnat buzzin in my ears, word.

Beats - 6/10

Lyrics - 5/10

11/20

Ready Set Goku - First off this sorta title makin' an anime pun kinda corny, namsayin'? Kinda sounds like we talkin' 'bout episodes of a kiddie TV show than HIPHOP. Word. But we ain't gon' judge till we hear this.

Aight, maybe I shoulda judged. Son's rappin' soundin' scrambled two bars in. I ain't likin' this flow, it too sloppy in pints an he might know what he sayin' but the audience sure ain't. Fast rappin' don't equal good rappin', WORD!

That ready, set, Goku mess is mad corny y'all. The beat's aight but son whinin' again messes up the whole thing.

Beats - 8/10

Lyrics - 3/10

11/20

Maybe in Nirvana - So far the beats here all been dope soulful beats. This one kinda weak on the bass but I vibes wit' it. Son soundin' like he a combo of Yeat n Drake here - not good. He switchin between mumblin' an' sangin'. The samplin' game on this beat dope tho' y'all.

Beats - 6/10

Lyrics - 4/10

10/20

Hold up y'all! They stuck an outro on here that got a doper beat than anythin' else so far. Why they cut it off like that??! Y'all buggin homie, on me!!

Lee - This startin' off witta tight beat again. Son's lyrics tho.......This thing soundin' like if you described what this Nigerian singer BNXN sounded like to an AI and told the robot to try n duplicate that artist. That ain't a diss against BNXN, son's mad dope, one of my favourite non-rappin' artists. But I don't want a Yankee rapper tryna sound like him witta sore throat. Give BNXN his flow back, b. Damn.

Beats - 8/10

Lyrics - 3/10

11/20

Tequan ft. Ravyn Lenae - Ravyn had an aight album. Chick's on here doin' sum kinda aight backin vocals. This thing ain't really rap. This shit psych jazz, b?!?! Then we got corny bars too. Ayo, this ain't even really no experimental rap, this summa that corn for jus' bein weird. The Jamaican sangin' the only thing I really vibin' wit', especially cause parts of the beat soundin' like it got a guitar in the wrong place or sumthin'.

There's a kinda pointless skit at the end too y'all.

Beats - 6/10

Lyrics - 2/10

8/20

NSYNC - Son gotta quit sangin' on all these joints. An' he clearly ain't sangin' his real voice, he keep tryna sound Afrobeats. You AIN'T AFROBEATS, YOU RAP. Getcha self straight, b.

This whole thing soundin' like opium poppies for the ears. Son got these soul samples which go hard but if you don't put em right, they jus' put folk to sleep. This summa that music to nap to. Son's talkin' 'bout takin' folks chicks an smashin em, but it sound like he ain't too serious bout it. Like son jus' was like "Yea, I'd like to smash yo chick but I ain't too happy 'bout it, yawwwwwn".

Beats - 5/10

Lyrics - 2/10

7/20

Ms. Joyce ft. Bun B - Son rappin' but he got this problem where the last word kinda get lisped out. Thr hook on this track soundin' like he sampled it off sum vinyl record called sumthin' like"Hello Kitty Dance Party" or sumthin'. 

Bun B out here, kinda copyin' a couple lines off Kendrick Lamar, but he still dope. This the sickest verse on the album so far y'all, an' it kinda basic.

Smino back on....bitin' JID's flow. He soundin' like if JID was too high an' got in the booth. This verse weird an' jus' lazy y'all.

An we endin' wit anotha skit teasin only a coupla seconds of sumthin' that was too dope to be on here.

Beats - 5/10

Lyrics - 7/10

12/20

Hoe-nouns ft. Thundercat, Reggie - The intro here dope. The lil voice soundin' like Quasimoto. Thundercat got a pretty tight flow, but this whole thing soundin' like trap, Afrobeats, R&B, and reggae had a collision an' got all mashed up togetha into this lil ball of auditory chaos Smino though was gonna be dope. It all soundin' like it jus' a buncha mess hangin by a thread.

Then we got dumbass lines like:

"Used to get shitted on, now I'm shit king"

Afta that, Smino starts rappin' properly finally an got a few bars in. Kinda seems like that's it tho', kinda confusin, pointless, noise jungle.

Beats - 3/10

Lyrics - 6/10

9/20

Glo-Fi ft. Ravyn Lenae - This soundin' like an attempt at R&B AGAIN. This beat samplin' this one 70s disco group Kleer, as if they ain't already been sampled a thousan' times in hiphop. Miss me wit' them uncreative samplin' sources, b.

Beats - 5/10

Lyrics - 3/10

8/20

 

That whole thing was mad rough to listen to y'all. Let's tally it up, b.

87/180
48%

I gots a lotta quibbles wit' this tape. First, summa son's rhymes is mad corny. The song titles too. Then we got all this sangin' mess. I KNOW son got a squeaky voice, but cats like Kenny Mason are able to pull off rappin' witta squeaky voice wit'out goin' pop. Kenny's younger than this guy, n' he already been droppin' hot verse wit' his lil' squeaky voice. So when this guy comes in wit' first his squeaky voice, THEN wit' his SANGIN' mess, that ain't gonna sit right wit' me. All the times son got good jazzy or soulful beats an' jus' wasted them ticked me the hell off y'all.

 

Then there's all the times son tryna imitate some otha artist. He tryna imitate BNXN, he tryna sound like he Kendrick a coupla times, he keeps bitin' JID's flow, n' rhymes. I ain't wit' all that bitin' mess, son. You soundin' like a conglomerate an' I ain't gonna be vibin' wit' no conglomerates, b. That BNXN attempt was WACK, on me!!

Aight, I'm out till next time y'all. We gon' be reviewin' that Kool Keith/Czarface album soonest. Stay tuned, peace!