Yung Gravy : " Serving Country"

 This rapper's turn toward country makes more sense than some artists who have made similar stylistic shifts this year. The opening track works with this change more effectively than "DMPB". "I Went to Jail in Georgia" finds this attempt to sing not working as well for him as his ability to rap. He tends to do both with a deadpan cadence, but he needs to rap more than sing. It's well-produced, but his voice is not getting the job done. "On the Hunt" is not the Lynyrd Skynyrd song, but more of a poppy take on R&B. It's ok for what it is. "Cop a Truck" is the first song that finds everything falling in place in the same banging way his previous work made the most of what he does. 

He gets help from the Zac Brown Band on "Clementine", which finds him stealing the melody from one of Brown's big hits for the hook. I think there is an audience for this song, and most of them live in Florida with me. "My Day 1's" finds him teaming up with Shania Twain. It is more melodic than his previous album. While I am not big on pop country, he is pulling it off better than expected so far. "Woah Nelly" works pretty well, leaning more into his hip-hop with the country elements just decorating the background. 

"Soundcloud Cowboys" has some clever lyrics, and flows well enough but does not feel like the album's most inspired. "Love You For Leaving"  finds him not doing much, but adding a few muttered words until he gets his verse. "Back on that Horse" finds him trying to sing with more earnestness. He falls almost too closely to what pop country is already doing making it less of a novelty. I would Miley Cyrus would work better for "White Claw" than Shania Twain, but his this fixation on older women. That is not as exaggerated on this album. Dylan Marlowe seems to the be force behind "Boys Back Home". Gravy does take the second verse. I will give this album an 8, I could do with him and Shania singing about White Claw, but overll its better than most trying to do this sort of thing and smokes Beyonce's attempt , though it's unlikely this is going to be something I return to as often as his previous work, but can't fault him for trying, 

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