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Jackman.

Jack Harlow

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Just shy of a year after Kentucky rapper Jack Harlow released his 2022 sophomore studio album, Come Home the Kids Miss You, he narrowed his focus and drew from more personal material for his third proper commercial effort, Jackman. Harlow was fresh off of an enormous surge in popularity due to his appearance on Lil Nas X's 2021 track "Industry Baby" when Come Home the Kids Miss You was released, and he was primed for mainstream breakthrough with the album's extravagant production and superstar guests like Pharrell Williams, Drake, and Justin Timberlake. Jackman. is spare and understated by contrast, with just ten tracks clocking in at under 25 minutes, no features, and a somewhat bleak and solitary emotional tone throughout. Harlow stays in the role of a cautious observer in most of his lyrics, sometimes commenting on society at large (the white appropriation of Black culture on "Common Ground," loyalties deteriorating when ugly true colors are shown on "Gang Gang Gang") but mostly reflecting on his own struggles with family, fame, and his place in the rap game. "It Can't Be" finds Harlow running down a list of his talents and the hard work he's put in to get to his level of success, and "They Don't Love It" comes from the confrontational perspective of a rapper who was grinding out mixtapes for years before the world caught on. It's ironic that Harlow sounds worn down by the weight of his own stardom on his first album to debut at the top of the Billboard charts, and how Jackman. moves further away from pop than his previous record, feeling more like being in the room while Harlow is filterlessly talking to himself for almost half an hour. In that way, however, a lot of his thoughts are unfinished, and statements don't feel fully resolved. Even when he's rapping about a painfully strained relationship with his brother on "Blame on Me," there's no sense of closure, catharsis, or even deeper understanding of the pain; Harlow just raps in what equates to sad venting for a few minutes and then the song ends. As ever, Harlow is serviceable as a rapper and performs well enough cycling between beats styled after either late-2000s Kanye or early-2010s Drake. So much about Jackman. feels incomplete or partially thought out, however, that the album relegates itself to mere background music with occasional flashes that suggest serious emotion or profound contemplation without ever fully delivering.

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1
Common Ground Explicit
00:01:40

José Velazquez, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Niko, Producer, Writer - EMANUEL OFFICER, Writer - Jaysoul, Producer, Writer - Joi Marshall, Writer - Jack Harlow, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Tonya Kelly, Writer - Mike Wavvs, Producer - Michael Washington Jr, Writer - Nickie Pabon, Mixer, Recorded by - Angel “Babe Truth” Lopez, Producer - Diyelle Reed, Writer

© 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation.

2
They Don't Love It Explicit
00:01:53

Timothy Wright, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Jack Harlow, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Hollywood Cole, Producer - Kameron Cole, Writer - Nickie Pabon, Mixer, Recorded by

© 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation.

3
Ambitious Explicit
00:02:52

Goldy, Producer, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Keith Echols, Writer - Tony Miller, Writer - Alice Sanderson, Writer - Paimon Jahanbin, Writer - Nima Jahanbin, Writer - Jack Harlow, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nickie Pabon, Mixer, Recorded by - WallisLane, Producer

© 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation.

4
Is That Ight? Explicit
00:01:58

Chris Athens, Masterer - Justyn Amechi, Writer - 808Charmer, Producer - Jack Harlow, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Jason Wool, Writer - Gerson Zaragoza, Writer - Mario Luciano, Producer - Mario Dragoi, Writer - Hollywood Cole, Producer - Kameron Cole, Writer - Nickie Pabon, Mixer, Recorded by - Lauren Santi, Writer

© 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation.

5
Gang Gang Gang Explicit
00:02:49

Timothy Gane, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Rashad Thomas, Producer, Writer - Jack Harlow, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Laetita Sadier, Writer - Nickie Pabon, Mixer, Recorded by

© 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation.

6
Denver Explicit
00:02:38

José Velazquez, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Michael Mule, Writer - Isaac DeBoni, Writer - FNZ, Producer - Jack Harlow, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nickie Pabon, Mixer, Recorded by - Angel “Babe Truth” Lopez, Producer - Douglas Penn, Writer

© 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation.

7
No Enhancers
00:01:39

Chris Athens, Masterer - Dacoury Dahi Natche, Writer - Jack Harlow, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Justin Zim, Producer, Writer - Coop the Truth, Producer - Ashley Nicole Leone, Writer - Cooper Douglas McGill, Writer - Dahi, Producer - Nickie Pabon, Mixer, Recorded by

© 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation.

8
It Can't Be
00:02:19

Bill Withers, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Rashad Thomas, Producer, Writer - Jack Harlow, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nickie Pabon, Mixer, Recorded by

© 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation.

9
Blame On Me
00:04:01

José Velazquez, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Matthew Samuels, Writer - Gray Hawken, Producer, Writer - Boi1da, Producer - Jack Harlow, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Hollywood Cole, Producer - Kameron Cole, Writer - Nickie Pabon, Mixer, Recorded by - Angel “Babe Truth” Lopez, Producer

© 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation.

10
Questions
00:02:14

Chris Athens, Masterer - Jack Harlow, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nickie Pabon, Mixer, Recorded by - shy!!!, Producer, Writer

© 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation. ℗ 2023 Generation Now/Atlantic Recording Corporation.

Album review

Just shy of a year after Kentucky rapper Jack Harlow released his 2022 sophomore studio album, Come Home the Kids Miss You, he narrowed his focus and drew from more personal material for his third proper commercial effort, Jackman. Harlow was fresh off of an enormous surge in popularity due to his appearance on Lil Nas X's 2021 track "Industry Baby" when Come Home the Kids Miss You was released, and he was primed for mainstream breakthrough with the album's extravagant production and superstar guests like Pharrell Williams, Drake, and Justin Timberlake. Jackman. is spare and understated by contrast, with just ten tracks clocking in at under 25 minutes, no features, and a somewhat bleak and solitary emotional tone throughout. Harlow stays in the role of a cautious observer in most of his lyrics, sometimes commenting on society at large (the white appropriation of Black culture on "Common Ground," loyalties deteriorating when ugly true colors are shown on "Gang Gang Gang") but mostly reflecting on his own struggles with family, fame, and his place in the rap game. "It Can't Be" finds Harlow running down a list of his talents and the hard work he's put in to get to his level of success, and "They Don't Love It" comes from the confrontational perspective of a rapper who was grinding out mixtapes for years before the world caught on. It's ironic that Harlow sounds worn down by the weight of his own stardom on his first album to debut at the top of the Billboard charts, and how Jackman. moves further away from pop than his previous record, feeling more like being in the room while Harlow is filterlessly talking to himself for almost half an hour. In that way, however, a lot of his thoughts are unfinished, and statements don't feel fully resolved. Even when he's rapping about a painfully strained relationship with his brother on "Blame on Me," there's no sense of closure, catharsis, or even deeper understanding of the pain; Harlow just raps in what equates to sad venting for a few minutes and then the song ends. As ever, Harlow is serviceable as a rapper and performs well enough cycling between beats styled after either late-2000s Kanye or early-2010s Drake. So much about Jackman. feels incomplete or partially thought out, however, that the album relegates itself to mere background music with occasional flashes that suggest serious emotion or profound contemplation without ever fully delivering.

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