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JUNE MUSIC REVIEWS JACK HARLOW Come Home the Kids Miss You Generation Now/Atlantic Records Louisville
homegrown
FUTURE I Never Liked You Freebanz/Epic Records Rapper Future is still staying and slaying
rapper
in the game with his ninth studio album.
Jack Harlow is dabbling swagger
All
throughout his second studio album. "First Class" samples Fergie’s classic hit “Glamorous” (ft. Ludacris) and it oozes with the same bougie flare, yet is still infused with fresh flavor the way he smoothly snaps sound bites in between her famous lyrics. From the looped piano in "Talk of the Town" and electro “Movie Star” (ft. Pharrell Williams) to the flute-filled "Churchill Downs" with Drake and chill vibes of "Poison" with Lil Wayne, it's one banger after the next. Harlow's rap lyrics are next level, always pushing the tongue-twisting and play on words limits. One of my favorite verses from "Movie Star" is, “Your girl's a fan of me, in fact, I'm what her fantasy is/ Duckin' out the party, we can't let the cameras see us/ I'm with a movie star, ooh, young Cameron Diaz.” You tell ‘em. - Marisa Patwa
delivers
songs
quickly
reached
the
knock out features from Kanye West, Gunna, Tems, Kodak Black, Young Thug, EST Gee and Drake - busy man. Lead single “Worst Day” is legendary, some of his best work with lyrics, “Valentine's day, the worst day, got too many to please/ I popped a half a pink pill, and put my mind at ease/ I bought you all these gifts, chain your heart all in pieces/ Try to pass out new whips, yeah, but all you want is me/ Got a glock under her pillow, she blowin' for my gang/ Not tryna lie to you, I don't wanna explain/ Took off on a store run and jumped on a plane/ Every single birthday, another private location.” And the track's accompanied by a red rose-filled music video to boot. Elsewhere, he and Kanye snap off with “Keep it Burnin'" proving that with Future, the fire will never die down. - Marisa Patwa
KEHLANI Blue Water Road TSNMI/Atlantic Records Khelani
16
Billboard Hot 100. He also has a bevy of
a
kaleidoscope
DREAM WIDOW (FOO FIGHTERS) Dream Widow Roswell/RCA Records of
Dream Widow is both an album title
emotions on her third studio album,
and the name of a fictional metal
exploring the messiness of breakups to
band created by Dave Grohl and
the heartbreak of cheating. Her voice
Foo Fighters. I appreciate FF trying
is as smooth as champagne on a Sunday. Through the despair, she
something new. I also recognize that this album may be the last
melts us with romantic love. She seduces us then spits us back out,
to feature the late Taylor Hawkins, RIP. Further, I’ll acknowledge
leaving us craving more. “Up At Night” (ft. Justin Bieber) is an angelic
that when Grohl (one of the biggest names in rock) makes a
vibe. Combined, their honey-butter vocals make you shiver with
metal album, it creates visibility for the genre. So why then does
ecstasy and excitement. The big standout though is her collaboration
this record fall flat in my view? There are some heavy riffs and
with Jessie Reyes on “More Than I Should.” They are the dream duo,
moments of speed and thrash, but this sounds exactly like what
complementing each other with ease while still letting the other shine,
you’d expect from FF doing a metal album. There is nothing
especially with powerful lyrics like, “Wasted time and money/ Tryin' to
revolutionary here, particularly when the offerings within the
treat you like a queen/ I might as well have just thrown matches at a
genre are vast these days. The songs on Dream Widow are often
tank of gasoline/ Well it all went up in a ball of flames/ Girl you torched
repetitive, and Grohl’s unmistakable shriek makes it clear that
me good/ Yeah, I got burned and learned that I loved you more than I
you’re listening to FF as they temporarily meander into the
should.” Burn it all down, ladies. - Marisa Patwa
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metal world. - Matt Alschbach
