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Having broken through to mainstream audiences with 2021 EP Unfuckwitable -- and its 14-track, deluxe version -- Detroit's own Babyface Ray looks to make his statement piece with FACE, his latest full-length LP. Though there's plenty of space for local talents like 42 Dugg and Icewear Vezzo, FACE notably contains Ray's most varied set of collaborators to date: cloud rap pioneer Yung Lean croons through "Overtime," Pusha T and Landstrip Chip make for an unlikely combo on "Dancing with the Devil," and Wiz Khalifa offers a homage to his classic mixtapes with "Kush & Codeine." This openness to new ideas manifests equally in FACE's solo tracks: though the rapper dedicates a few cuts to the frosted-over lane he has spent the last decade carving out, many of the tracks here add a more melodic angle to the MC's typically neutral sound. Some, like the groove-led "Idols," are entirely new concepts -- and thoroughly brilliant. Yet at the top of the pile is the grandiose, OneRepublic-sampling "My Thoughts 3/Pop's Prayer," where the rapper adds a pain-tinged reflection of his typically distant persona, "I come asking your choice blessings on my baby boy Ray," reads the rapper's father in prayer, "that you might wrap him up with your love, your grace, and your mercy." It's a compelling plea, an afternote that casts Ray's insular raps in a spectral, emotive light.
© David Crone /TiVo
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Kura, Producer - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Leroy Chauncey Page, ComposerLyricist
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Southside, Producer - 808 Mafia, Producer - Joshua Howard Luellen, ComposerLyricist - ATL Jacob, Producer - Jacob Canady, ComposerLyricist - Icewear Vezzo, FeaturedArtist - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Chivaz Smith, ComposerLyricist
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Flea, Producer - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Ernst Junior Nelson, ComposerLyricist
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William Moore, ComposerLyricist - DJ ESCO, Producer - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist
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Yung Lean, FeaturedArtist - Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, ComposerLyricist - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Carlo Coxen, ComposerLyricist - WhoTheHellIsCarlos, Producer - Carl-Mikael Göran Berlander, ComposerLyricist
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Southside, Producer - 808 Mafia, Producer - Joshua Howard Luellen, ComposerLyricist - G Herbo, FeaturedArtist - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist
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William Moore, ComposerLyricist - DJ ESCO, Producer - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist
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Joseph, ComposerLyricist - Machado, ComposerLyricist - Pooh Beatz, Producer - Darryl Clemons, ComposerLyricist - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - EJ Beats, Producer - Cameron Joseph, ComposerLyricist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - xynothing, Producer - Ernest Adams, ComposerLyricist
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Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Glen Cannon II, ComposerLyricist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Glen On The Track, Producer
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Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Jonathan Jesus Alvarez Abundiz, ComposerLyricist - Trill Bans, Producer - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Marko Cervantes, ComposerLyricist - Hood Rich Keem, Producer - 48 Hours A Day, Producer - Schuyler Hakeem Anderson, ComposerLyricist
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Chosen 1, Producer - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - 42 Dugg, FeaturedArtist - Dion Hayes, ComposerLyricist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Doc Playboi, Producer - Run It Back Playboi, Producer - Jordan Prod It, Producer
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Space, Producer - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Evan Jarrod, ComposerLyricist - Scaife Milton, ComposerLyricist
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Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Foethousandwatts, Producer - Dayan Watson, ComposerLyricist
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K Money, Producer - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - kareem devon johnson, ComposerLyricist
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romano, Producer - Pusha T, MainArtist - Terrance Williams, ComposerLyricist - OG Parker, Producer - Joshua Parker, ComposerLyricist - Landstrip Chip, MainArtist - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Jordan Holt-May, ComposerLyricist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Dominique Bryant-Jones, ComposerLyricist - Terrence Thronton, ComposerLyricist
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Reuel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Boi, Producer - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Burt, ComposerLyricist
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Wiz Khalifa, FeaturedArtist - Cameron Thomaz, ComposerLyricist - Edward Murray, ComposerLyricist - Sledgren, Producer - Ryan Baker, ComposerLyricist - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist
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William Moore, ComposerLyricist - Alexey Silin, ComposerLyricist - DJ ESCO, Producer - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist
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Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Daniel Rothenberg, ComposerLyricist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist - Foethousandwatts, Producer - Dayan Watson, ComposerLyricist
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William Moore, ComposerLyricist - DJ ESCO, Producer - Babyface Ray, MainArtist - Marcellus Register, ComposerLyricist
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Album review
Having broken through to mainstream audiences with 2021 EP Unfuckwitable -- and its 14-track, deluxe version -- Detroit's own Babyface Ray looks to make his statement piece with FACE, his latest full-length LP. Though there's plenty of space for local talents like 42 Dugg and Icewear Vezzo, FACE notably contains Ray's most varied set of collaborators to date: cloud rap pioneer Yung Lean croons through "Overtime," Pusha T and Landstrip Chip make for an unlikely combo on "Dancing with the Devil," and Wiz Khalifa offers a homage to his classic mixtapes with "Kush & Codeine." This openness to new ideas manifests equally in FACE's solo tracks: though the rapper dedicates a few cuts to the frosted-over lane he has spent the last decade carving out, many of the tracks here add a more melodic angle to the MC's typically neutral sound. Some, like the groove-led "Idols," are entirely new concepts -- and thoroughly brilliant. Yet at the top of the pile is the grandiose, OneRepublic-sampling "My Thoughts 3/Pop's Prayer," where the rapper adds a pain-tinged reflection of his typically distant persona, "I come asking your choice blessings on my baby boy Ray," reads the rapper's father in prayer, "that you might wrap him up with your love, your grace, and your mercy." It's a compelling plea, an afternote that casts Ray's insular raps in a spectral, emotive light.
© David Crone /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:41
- Main artists: Babyface Ray
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Wavy Gang - EMPIRE
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
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