Album title: Ransom 2
Artist: Mike WiLL Made It
Genre: Hip-hop/Trap
Nationality: American
Release date: March 24
Position in Discography: Debut album; one mixtape prior to this
Fear Factor: High
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.50
Not quite sure what the artist's name is all about, but it's more hip-hop with some trap, and once again a guest list that reads like a who's who (maybe) of hip-hop: Big Sean, Pharrell Williams, Young Thug, Kendrick, Lil Wayne, Migos, Future, Lil Yachty and on and on. I do like the opening track though, has a kind of operatic singing thing going on in the background, and the piano on “WYO (What You On?)” is almost unsettling in its repetitive ominous line, but now there's a problem. I'm up to track ten of seventeen and I'm rapidly losing interest. It's not that it's all the same or anything (though much of it is), it's just that there's nothing really grabbing me as it goes along. All good stuff, but just good, not great. Sounds like he's taking on Death Grips now with “Y'all Ain't Ready”, which sounds just like “ Artificial Death in the West”.
Okay, “Aries (Yugo)” is a nice change of pace, introducing the vocal talents of Pharrell Williams, apparently, and “Emotions Unlocked” has a lot going for it, but basically I feel this album is too long at seventeen tracks (sixteen really I guess, as the penultimate one is less than half a minute long, but still) and it's a bit of a chore to get through, unlike the previous one.
Check out more from this artist? Probably not
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes
Expectation Index: 6