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I’m not going to lie, I hadn’t even heard of Boogie until he
signed his Shady Records deal with Eminem, let alone any of his music. However,
this may have played to his advantage, as even though ‘Everything for Sale’ has come at a few albums in to his career, many
listeners won’t have come in to the album with preconceptions of what it should
sound like, or how the content should be. Many artists suffer from fans having
strong expectations of how their music should sound, even though they may not
be in the same creative space as they have been previously, Eminem is a prime
example of this. Just as a quick side
note, I can imagine the likes of J Cole & Kendrick Lamar being victims
of this in the future.
But anyway, overall ‘Everything
for Sale’ is a brilliant album. It is layered, diverse and consistently
quality throughout. Boogie is multi-talented, showing off his singing ability
whilst flexing his lyrical prowess. This album is filled with multi-syllable,
dynamic flows and is laced with catchy melodies, key examples of Boogie
displaying all these attributes can be found on songs such as; ‘Silent Ride’, ‘Lolsmh’ and ‘Live 95’.
This album is roughly 40 minutes long, so can be easy to
listen to a couple of times per day and still not be repetitive or feel ‘over-consumed’.
The features on here are really valuable and all add something different, I was
especially impressed by JID’s verse, a rapper who has made big moves over the
last 12 months, so watch this space. Unsurprisingly, Eminem’s verse received mixed
views, in my opinion despite some cringy, wack bars, it was hard, the start was
awesome, and the choppy ad-lib bit at the end worked really well I think.
A negative of this album is that I felt there were some forgettable
songs, mainly towards the end of the album, for example ‘Whose Fault’ and ‘No Warning’.
If you’re reading this, it’s possible you’ve never heard
Boogie before, in that case, I’d recommend you checking him out and this album,
I find him quite similar to both Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper.
8/10.
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