Young Thug : "UY SCUTI"

Young Thug is out of jail and unapologetic. Despite being one of the conditions of his release being not making gang-related music, it opens with a court recording of the District Attorney making an argument against Williams' bail. In the first song, it seems that incarceration has not changed his perspective much, as he laments how he hates being sober.I have not been impressed with anything he has released since "Beautiful Thugger Girls," and he raised the bar high for himself despite it just being a commercially released mixtape. The first two songs on this album kind of run together, but there is a darker, more serious atmosphere, 

"On the News" finds Cardi B dropping by to do what she does, and it works well enough. I feel there is more honesty on "Catch Me I'm Falling". The more laid-back track works well. It allows him to employ his more melodic sensibilities that set him apart from the other trap mumblers. "Fucking Told U" and "Whoopty Doo" groove on the kind of non-sense that sometimes is the backbone of Future albums. It transitions into a pretty absurd final section..It's almsot so bizarre that it makes it awesome. You gotta be pretty stoned for it to click, I guess. 

"Blaming Jesus" is another turn toward the more melodic side that works best for him. He flirts with rapping about things that might violate his probation. You would think his lawyer would have to listen to everything first.  "Sad Slime" also blurs the line between hip-hop and pop/ r7b balladry with a pretty decent beat, keeping it moving. "RIP Big & Mack" finds TI joining him. The song bullshits around the beat and wanders around, never getting to the point.

"Invest Into You," another hip-hop ballad, but it works better than the previous song. But at this point in the album, the songs begin to run together until the bpm increases for "Pardon My Back". The backing track for "Mami" is interesting, and the song features Sexy Red, though her verse makes it clear that Cardi B is the superior rapper. "Whaddup, Jesus?"  flows well enough to work. A strong beat helps "Walk Down" 21 Savage really does not do much to help him out on this track, but Williams is carrying all of these songs.  There is a darker vibe to the Travis Scott collab, "Pipe Down".   This darker trap feel continues on "Revenge". Though this song feels woozier and has less focused lyrics. Future delivers with the 808 Mafia for "Money on Money". Though Future's verse feels like it is a different song. 

"Dreams Rarely Do Come True" is a highly atmospheric hip-hop ballad. It is hard to fathom that any level of sobriety was held to capture this kind of mood. Midway into the song, it kicks into something that more clowely resembles modern hip-hop. "Miss My Dogs" is another hip-hop ballad. He sings more than raps on it. Granted, there is plenty of auto-tune to help his efforts. I will give this album a 9 as it might not be as good as "Beautiful Thugger Girls." but it's better than everything he has done since that album.  

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