Week 16
02/11/22 Freddie Gibbs - $oul $old $eparately Freddie really did it again. SSS has a little bit of everything, from commercial to classic to unseen Freddie. The album does start off a little bit disjointed. I would say that the first five tracks sway between a few styles that Freddie is trying out. 'Pain & Strife' and 'Too Much' play with a trap-banger, commercial mood that sounds good, but are amongst the weakest cuts on the album. These are intermixed with songs containing an Alchemist beat and another with a smooth R&B feel. It seems like the album hasn't really figured itself out at this point. However, from track six onwards is near-perfection. Freddie really leans in to the concept of the album, that being the feeling of being in a lift of a luxury hotel. Most of the beats from here on are smooth and atmospheric, all in their own ways. The huge variety of producers used does not subtract from the coherence of these songs with the album theme. I loved t...