Where does that leave the music on Barter 6, which has ostensibly been dismissed as a stopgap almost the second it was made public? It doesn’t sound like a mixtape, on one hand. So what was once an album called Carter 6 is now a mixtape called Barter 6 (as in “Bicken Back Being Bool”), with a “real” album - Hy!£UN35, his publicist says it’s pronounced Hi Tunes - due at the end of August. But the fun was ruined by a litigious Lil Wayne, who’s done little to assure us that his long-delayed Tha Carter V will see the light of day either (unless you believe Weezy: “ Carter V coming soon ain’t no motherfuckin’ such thing as Carter 6,” - we’ll wait for the lawyers’ opinion). On the other end of the spectrum, we have the once-mighty Carter 6, which was to be the unpinnable Young Thug‘s first true album after a landfill of mixtapes that got better and better, peaking with last year’s nothing-like-it Black Portland, a stoned bull session between Thugger and the incarcerated Bloody Jay. There’s no reason to believe we won’t still see Views From the 6 later this year, but any parentheses around If You’re Reading This‘ status as a true full-length in Drake’s canon have certainly disappeared. 1 and now we’re seeing a physical release. When Drake dropped If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, he kept the little Views From the 6 emblem on the cover as a hint that the proper LP might still be coming, while people tried to figure out if it was a “mixtape” or an “album.” Then If You’re Reading This went to No.
Whereas mixtapes graduated from being dry runs to promising albums, they quickly became the main event itself, and now a certain strain of them occupies arguably the wimpiest role of all: the toe-dipper. This trend means that once former SPIN Rappers of the Year like Danny Brown ( XXX) and Chance the Rapper ( Acid Rap) - as well as somebody named Kendrick Lamar ( Section.80) - introduced their massive talents to the world on, ahem, “download-only albums” via lush, expensive productions (sometimes even including live musicians), rather than scratchy pirated beats.
Originality, but personally I’m yet to see it. The influence of evil puppeteer Birdman of course). Surprise that Young Thug is now trying to steal Lil Wayne’s sound (all under The title of this album was originally going to be ‘The Carter 6’, it’s no Given that Thugga has already stolen Wayne’s look, given that Overall, Young Thug just seems to be trying to sound more like his I guess there’s a certain goofiness to it that’s entertaining, but it’s nothing
Obese’ is a genuine line from this record as is ‘ I want that neck like a giraffe/ I like fish in water, I’m a bear’. Lyrics are yet to see any improvements, still consisting of the same clichés and The trap beats aren’t all bad either – someĪre generic, but others like ‘Constantly Hating’ and ‘Dream’ have a spacey andĪtmospheric vibe more akin to Drake’s recent album. Metrosexual Atlanta rapper is actually spitting on most of these tracks, some There’s no annoying autotune and less dying cat warbles.
This album wasn’t the turd I expected it to be.