1/27/2024 0 Comments Ab soul drugs album![]() ![]() It seems that he has remembered: the most poignant discovery is that of one's own character. He mourns Mac Miller and ponders drug dependency, wrestles with survivor's guilt and challenges his own inactivity. Soul leans into his usual imagery - the crown of thorns, puzzles and chakras, stardust and galaxies - but here he draws upon it to think about self-improvement. The beat is built around a swirling sample of Nick Hakim's "Green Twins," which seems to echo in the background as drums click into place before him. Trying to do better is a common theme in his songs, working through the big questions to get at more personal answers, but here he puts the onus on himself explicitly. His new song, "Do Better," resurfaces the Ab-Soul at the root of even his most outlandish music - the curious, trenchant around-the-way philosopher. On his last album, Do What Thou Wilt., from 2016, he got so tangled in the threads of string theory that he lost the plot entirely. He not only lost his sense of reason chasing conspiracy theories, but also the grounded outlook that made his wordplay so bracing. But soon his chosen rap position as the stoned overthinker started to spiral out of control. As one of TDE's original four, he helped build the label's rep as a rap powerhouse with epigrammatic lyricism that attempted the heady work of unraveling the mysteries of the universe. I highly recommend this project.Ab-Soul is trying to get back on track. Ab-Souls 2012 sophomore album, Control System, includes a heartfelt track. The second best album I've reviewed so far, and I've reviewed every project from both ASAP Rocky and Ab-Soul. Overall- B+, almost an A- but some songs Ab Soul falters a little. ![]() This album holds a special place for me because of that night. The mixing & background voices are mindblowing. Not a fan of the production on Wifey vs Wifi or YMF.įlaws- the closing track ruined a good idea, it was lazy. Soul’s rhymes on that track are so damn hard, zacari’s vocals go crazy, and the beat slaps. The heaviness of Ab souls topics are amplified by the dark, spacey production. The feel of the instrumentals really match the lyrical themes Ab Soul is trying to expound on. portishead in the mourning, the aforementioned DRUGS, and Threatening Nature have dope ass beats. Ab-Soul’s third album, These Days, was released in June 2014 and the fourth album, Do What Thou Wilt, was released in December 2016. The fresh prince sample is genius in Huey new. Even though ab-soul also had a song on GTAV more people will still probably recognize Jay Rock more just because they heard the ad at least 2 or 3 months ahead of ab-souls song. This gave Ab Soul choice and expression over the instrumental palette. Thats untrue at least now because of GTAV much more people know about Jay Rock especially since his song 'Hood gon love it' was in one of the main ads for the game. Produced By Dave Free Intro: Ab-Soul Wicked as Aleister Crowley You niggas know me Wicked as Aleister Crowley You niggas know me Bridge: Jhene Aiko Kick your game, spit your flow Can't. With limited amount of beats being produced by TDE affiliated producers and tracks being handle by several different producers from several different camps. 9), and now he comes through with another song off the LP called 'D.R.U.G.S.'The song is produced by. Production- The production on this album is really cool. Ab-Souls new DWTW album (which stands for Do What Thou Will) drops this Friday (Dec. The song writing in DRUGS is wonderful as well. Huey knew, Raw, and Braille are really lyrical. Great Hook: Ab-Soul For all my niggas doing drugs Fucking hoes and showing love (Do that shit, we done that shit, you new to this, we run that shit) (Do that shit, we done that shit, you new to. YMF is fucking redundant and serves no purpose except for its outro. But Soulo doesn't have the answers, and he never claimed to have them. ![]() I think this is because Ab Soul just raises questions onto his addiction, origin of man, etc rather then answering them. I read some reviews of the album saying that Ab souls idea of incorporating the belief that women is god and Alistir Crowley's teachings into one project was a good idea but it was a half formed one. They came off of one song (threatening nature) but overall Ab Soul showed great lyrical ability. I know a lot of people where making jokes about Ab souls "there my lesbian friends", and "did you know isis really meant the genealogy of isis" lines. Lyrics- Ab-Souls lyrics really became under fire following the release of the album. My final review in the Ab-soul album and mixtape review series. ![]()
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