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Coming off of the success of "Super Gremlin," one of his biggest charting hits to date, Florida rapper Kodak Black mines heartache and angst on fifth studio album Pistolz & Pearlz. The album's production sticks largely to minimal trap with occasional echoes of the mournful atmospheres of Kanye West's 2008 touchstone 808s & Heartbreak. With over 20 tracks, Pistolz & Pearlz runs on for more than an hour, Kodak being joined occasionally by other artists on tracks like "Dirt McGirk," when EST Gee and Lil Crix drop by, and group track "Church on Saturday," which features contributions from WizDaWizard, Syko Bob, and Wam SpinThaBin. While Kodak Black musters up a few respectable moments throughout the course of the album (the pained, heart-heavy piano and emo verses of "No Love for a Thug" are serviceable for by-the-numbers breakup rap and "Gunsmoke Town" has some energy), the majority of Pistolz & Pearlz's bloated tracklisting is lazy, boring, and bored. The titular opening track is laughably bad, moving from a cut-rate Lil Wayne impression to a truly confusing mumbly outro that seems like someone in Kodak's management should have told him to leave off of the song. The bulk of the album feels unfinished or unthought to some degree, with its best tracks merely checking all the boxes for what a formulaic commercial rap song should sound like in 2023, and the weaker entries failing to cover even that bare minimum.
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Michael Williams, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Andrew Rodriguez, AssistantEngineer - Asheton Hogan, Writer - Jess Jackson, Mixer - Mike Will Made-It, Producer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Pluss, Producer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Section 8, Producer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Chi Chi, Producer - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Dez Wright, Producer - Dylan Cleary-Krell, Writer - Oscar Zulu, Writer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Vvsnce, FeaturedArtist - Chidi Osondu, Writer - Essence Davis, Writer - Rai’Shaun Williams, Writer - Jordan Giordano, AssistantEngineer - Oscar Zulu for Purity Control, Producer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Andrew Rodriguez, AssistantEngineer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Vince Made The Beat, Producer - Loe Shimmy, FeaturedArtist - Shamar Cox, Writer - Vincent Makai Anderson, Writer - Shawn E.S.S. Branchedor, Producer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Joseph Scott, Writer - Leroy Hutson, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Jesus Bobe, Writer - Roger Anfinsen, Writer - Derek Garcia, Writer - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - DR ZEUZ, Producer - Ernesto Cornejo, Writer - Sebastián Rojas, Writer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Producer, Mixer - GorditoFlo, FeaturedArtist - Hiram Shulterbrandt, AssistantEngineer - CHRISTIAN MACIAS, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Denzel Richards, Recorded by
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Jesus Bobe, Writer - Eero Turunen, Keyboards, Writer - Derek Garcia, Writer, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - DR ZEUZ, Producer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Producer, Mixer - EST Gee, FeaturedArtist - George Stone III, Writer - Lil Crix, FeaturedArtist - Cristian Denis, Writer - Jordan Giordano, AssistantEngineer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Jesus Bobe, Writer - Eero Turunen, Keyboards, Writer - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - DR ZEUZ, Producer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Kiara Moreno, Recorded by - Adam Moralejo, AssistantEngineer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Lester Williams, Writer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Lbeats, Producer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Caro Orjuela, AssistantEngineer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - TNT, Producer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Airway, Producer - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Dvosk, Producer - Rangle Lopez, AssistantEngineer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Nicholas Solis, Writer - Jesus Bobe, Writer - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - DR ZEUZ, Producer - Andrew O'brien, Writer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Ayo B, Producer - Denzel Richards, Recorded by - Liam Eagan, AssistantEngineer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Timothy Wright, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Jesus Bobe, Writer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - DR ZEUZ, Producer - Ernesto Cornejo, Writer - Andrew O'brien, Writer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Johan Chavez, Writer - Justin Ragbeer, Writer - Ayo B, Keyboards - WizDaWizard, FeaturedArtist - Wam SpinThaBin, FeaturedArtist - Syko Bob, FeaturedArtist - Cambrell Smart, Writer - Alex Bethune, AssistantEngineer - Wisdom Williams, Writer - Just Rags, Producer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - ATL Jacob, Producer - Jacob Canady, Writer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Hendrix Smoke, Producer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Derrick Miller, Writer - Kuji, Producer - Ofer Shaul Ishai, Writer - Charles Reese, AssistantEngineer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Jesus Bobe, Writer - CTP, Producer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Brett Bailey, AssistantEngineer - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - DR ZEUZ, Producer - Andrew O'brien, Writer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Ayo B, Producer - Christopher Jon Latimer, Writer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Fierce, Producer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Ambezza, Producer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Veyis, Producer - Jojo Vandalkidd, AssistantEngineer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - David Cunningham, Writer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Pooh Beatz, Producer - Darryl Clemons, Writer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Charles Reese, AssistantEngineer - Dundealonthetrack, Producer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - DJ CAM, Producer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - JT Beatz, Producer - James Therrien, Writer - Camron Amedee, Writer - Anton Ingvarsson, Writer - We Love Heavy, Producer - Russel Pochop, AssistantEngineer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Lloyd Smith, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - James Alexander, Writer - CHARLES ALLEN, Writer - Harvey Henderson, Writer - Larry Dodson, Writer - Michael Beard, Writer - Winston Stewart, Writer - Allen Jones, Writer - Jesus Bobe, Writer - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Franklin Thompson, Writer - DR ZEUZ, Producer - Ernesto Cornejo, Writer - EC Fresco, Producer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Kiara Moreno, AssistantEngineer - Denzel Richards, Recorded by
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Kasim Ali Walker, Writer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - kasimgotjuice, Producer - Richard Preval, AssistantEngineer - DzyOnDaBeat, Producer - UV Killin Em, Producer - Anthony Michael Howard, Writer - Yuval Chain, Writer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brian White, Writer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Julian Bohorquez, Writer - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Jason Silber, Writer - BrianXWhite, Producer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Julianbeatz, Producer - TheonlyDiet, Producer - Richard Preval, AssistantEngineer - 4EVRSHX, Producer - Shamika Laksan Alahakoon, Writer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Fabian Marasciullo, Immersive Mixer - Chris Athens, Masterer - Lester Williams, Writer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Lbeats, Producer - Bill Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Orlando Wharton, A&R Direction - Irene Sourlis, AAndRAdministrator - Derek “Dyryk” Garcia, Mixer - Davidson Octave, AssistantEngineer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Crater, Producer - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Nathaniel Hill Kim, Writer - Park Mingeon, Writer - William Boyette, Writer - G06Beatz, Producer - Kat Hicks, AssistantEngineer - Ned Josephn, Recorded by
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Athens, Masterer - Jesus Bobe, Writer - Derek Garcia, Recorded by - Wallace Jefferson, Producer, Writer - Kodak Black, Vocals, MainArtist - DR ZEUZ, Producer - Ernesto Cornejo, Writer - EC Fresco, Producer - Bill K. Kapri, Writer - Derek "Dyryk" Garcia, Mixer - Arnold Gutierrez, AssistantEngineer
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2023 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Album review
Coming off of the success of "Super Gremlin," one of his biggest charting hits to date, Florida rapper Kodak Black mines heartache and angst on fifth studio album Pistolz & Pearlz. The album's production sticks largely to minimal trap with occasional echoes of the mournful atmospheres of Kanye West's 2008 touchstone 808s & Heartbreak. With over 20 tracks, Pistolz & Pearlz runs on for more than an hour, Kodak being joined occasionally by other artists on tracks like "Dirt McGirk," when EST Gee and Lil Crix drop by, and group track "Church on Saturday," which features contributions from WizDaWizard, Syko Bob, and Wam SpinThaBin. While Kodak Black musters up a few respectable moments throughout the course of the album (the pained, heart-heavy piano and emo verses of "No Love for a Thug" are serviceable for by-the-numbers breakup rap and "Gunsmoke Town" has some energy), the majority of Pistolz & Pearlz's bloated tracklisting is lazy, boring, and bored. The titular opening track is laughably bad, moving from a cut-rate Lil Wayne impression to a truly confusing mumbly outro that seems like someone in Kodak's management should have told him to leave off of the song. The bulk of the album feels unfinished or unthought to some degree, with its best tracks merely checking all the boxes for what a formulaic commercial rap song should sound like in 2023, and the weaker entries failing to cover even that bare minimum.
© TiVo Staff /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:42
- Main artists: Kodak Black
- Label: Atlantic Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2022 Atlantic Recording Corporation
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