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So crazy he follows up his 2014 debut My Krazy Life with Still Brazy, Compton rapper YG is a swaggering contradiction. He can spit gangsta lyrics like "I go broke rob fools for their jewelry/Stick yo hand up like you guilty" (from the cold highlight "Don't Come to L.A.") and then remain chill in the face of adversity because he's "Bool, Balm & Bollective," as now all Cs are turning into Bs. On top of that, he's a G-Funk as fubk on "Twist My Fingaz," where a crooked beat and "I'm about to pull a full Suge Knight/And push the issue on sight" both bring reminders of Death Row in their heyday, but "Why You Always Hatin'," featuring Drake and Kamaiyah, bounces with the hyphy sound of the Bay Area. Beatmaker Swish is an asset to the handful of tracks he helms, especially when he goes minimal for the anti-Donald Trump track "FDT," which allows the MC to unleash a string of caustic and compelling insults. All of these different angles and genre-jumping make a long album seem much smaller, and tacked on the end there lies YG's greatest statement to date, "Police Get Away wit Murder." Elevating the "don't hate the player, hate the game" cliche to another level, the track presents the rapper's everyday reality to the judge, with "It get real in the field, your honor" and "AK get dangerous, shotgun and the mac too/You would have told your kids to hide/At the front door squeezing on that trigger with pride." Heavy stuff, and a fitting end to a heavy album that doesn't pander to what's PC, what's on the radio, or what safe, suburban America believes. Alluring G-Funk and infectious songs of strife are what attracted suburban America to Suge, Snoop, and Dre, and while the Game grows older and Kendrick's music ventures further out, YG offers a West Coast way to keep their heads ringin', and maybe shake something loose in the process.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Spoken Word, ComposerLyricist - YG, MainArtist - Ulysses Jackson, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dee Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mario Hernandez, ComposerLyricist - Terrace Martin, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - YG, MainArtist - AD, FeaturedArtist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Ahana, ComposerLyricist - Travis Margis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bricc Baby, FeaturedArtist - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Swish, Producer - Sad Boy, FeaturedArtist - Zihirr Rene Mitchell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dee Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terrace Martin, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - YG, MainArtist - Samuel Jean, ComposerLyricist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Chelsea Davis, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paloma Ford, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Ahana, ComposerLyricist - Travis Margis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Swish, Producer - Knock Squared, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
YG, MainArtist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Slim 400, FeaturedArtist - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Cohran, ComposerLyricist - P-Lo, Producer - Paulo Rodriguez, ComposerLyricist - Travis Margis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Garry Shider, ComposerLyricist - Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Clinton, ComposerLyricist - Walter Morrison, ComposerLyricist - Dee Brown, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terrace Martin, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - YG, MainArtist - Larrance Dopson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Schaeffer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Garry Shider, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Jones, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer - George Clinton, ComposerLyricist - Walter Morrison, ComposerLyricist - Duce, FeaturedArtist - Terrace Martin, ComposerLyricist - YG, MainArtist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Marquis Medina, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer - Syke 800, FeaturedArtist - Burnt Out, FeaturedArtist - Kenneth Gayton, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer - Tyquan Givens, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer - Dashon Wright, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer - Marley Bleu, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dee Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - YG, MainArtist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Moore, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Ahana, ComposerLyricist - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Swish, Producer - Nye "Nano" Lee, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tanea, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lil Wayne, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Neil Denning, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - YG, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Larrance Dopson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marcus White, ComposerLyricist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Civil, A&R - Seige Monstracity, Producer
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
August Moon, ComposerLyricist - Tyrone Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Drake, FeaturedArtist - Aubrey Graham, ComposerLyricist - YG, MainArtist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Travis Margis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kamaiyah, Producer, Additional Producer, FeaturedArtist - CT Beats, Producer - Clarence Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kamaiyah Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Spoken Word, ComposerLyricist - YG, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Slim 400, FeaturedArtist - Vincent Cohran, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marlon Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dee Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terrace Martin, Producer, ComposerLyricist - YG, MainArtist - Marlon Lu' Ree Williams, ComposerLyricist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - R. McKinney, ComposerLyricist - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Swish, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Miriah Renee Carey, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - J. Allen, ComposerLyricist - Dedrick Rolison, ComposerLyricist - Lamar Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Joe Moses, FeaturedArtist - Neil Denning, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - YG, MainArtist - Larrance Dopson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marcus White, ComposerLyricist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jay 305, FeaturedArtist - Jay Cummins, ComposerLyricist - Travis Margis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nye "Nano" Lee, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer - Seige Monstracity, Producer - Ethan Stevens, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Spoken Word, ComposerLyricist - YG, MainArtist - The Homegirl, FeaturedArtist - Traysha Williams, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIAM CURTIS, ComposerLyricist - YG, MainArtist - Johnny Flippin, ComposerLyricist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Tyrone Griffin, ComposerLyricist - Ty Dolla $ign, Producer - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Travis Margis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Swish, Producer
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
YG, MainArtist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Nipsey Hussle, FeaturedArtist - Matt Anthony, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ermias Asghedom, ComposerLyricist - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Ahana, ComposerLyricist - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Swish, Producer - Steve Carless, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mario Hernandez, ComposerLyricist - YG, MainArtist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Nye Lee Jr., ComposerLyricist - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - P-Lo, Producer - Paulo Rodriguez, ComposerLyricist - Travis Margis, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sad Boy, FeaturedArtist - Adam Pena, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Cochran, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chauncey Hollis, ComposerLyricist - Dee Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - YG, MainArtist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Hit-Boy, Producer - Derek Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zachary Acosta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
So crazy he follows up his 2014 debut My Krazy Life with Still Brazy, Compton rapper YG is a swaggering contradiction. He can spit gangsta lyrics like "I go broke rob fools for their jewelry/Stick yo hand up like you guilty" (from the cold highlight "Don't Come to L.A.") and then remain chill in the face of adversity because he's "Bool, Balm & Bollective," as now all Cs are turning into Bs. On top of that, he's a G-Funk as fubk on "Twist My Fingaz," where a crooked beat and "I'm about to pull a full Suge Knight/And push the issue on sight" both bring reminders of Death Row in their heyday, but "Why You Always Hatin'," featuring Drake and Kamaiyah, bounces with the hyphy sound of the Bay Area. Beatmaker Swish is an asset to the handful of tracks he helms, especially when he goes minimal for the anti-Donald Trump track "FDT," which allows the MC to unleash a string of caustic and compelling insults. All of these different angles and genre-jumping make a long album seem much smaller, and tacked on the end there lies YG's greatest statement to date, "Police Get Away wit Murder." Elevating the "don't hate the player, hate the game" cliche to another level, the track presents the rapper's everyday reality to the judge, with "It get real in the field, your honor" and "AK get dangerous, shotgun and the mac too/You would have told your kids to hide/At the front door squeezing on that trigger with pride." Heavy stuff, and a fitting end to a heavy album that doesn't pander to what's PC, what's on the radio, or what safe, suburban America believes. Alluring G-Funk and infectious songs of strife are what attracted suburban America to Suge, Snoop, and Dre, and while the Game grows older and Kendrick's music ventures further out, YG offers a West Coast way to keep their heads ringin', and maybe shake something loose in the process.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:52
- Main artists: YG
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam Recordings
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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