New Orleans hip-hop duo $uicideboy$ released “YIN YANG TAPES: Spring Season (1989-1990)” last Friday and I was not impressed.
As a huge fan of the past work from the cousins, Ruby da Cherry and $crim missed the mark with this project.
This is the first of four EPs the duo are set to release this month, each one accompanying the four seasons of the year, according to Side Stage Magazine.
All four songs sound extremely similar and don't match the overall vibe of springtime. The EP definitely has an old Memphis rap sound, but is executed poorly.
I hope this Memphis sound $uicideboy$ are trying to achieve is done correctly in the future if they want to continue experimenting within the genre.
The duo needs to take notes from artists like Three 6 Mafia and La Chat, who have made a name for themselves.
This new sound they’re trying to play around with doesn’t mesh well with their raspy vocals and violent lyrics, which explore themes of death and drugs.
I usually judge an artist’s opening track the harshest because it gives me a good sense of what the rest of the project is going to sound like.
The first track, “Spring Season Intro,” told me everything I needed to know.
I just want to know what the hell the duo was thinking while writing the lyrics “Better get an umbrella, motherfucker / (Oh shit I think a storm’s comin’) / From the mothafuckin’ east bank to the west bank, bitch.”
I’m good at interpreting lyrics, but this shit just sounds so corny.
I absolutely hated each track, and have to say this is their worst project to date. I tried giving “YIN YANG TAPES: Spring Season (1989-1990)” multiple chances, but only got more annoyed with each listen.
It’s evident they were lazy with this EP because each track sounds like a single song that was cut into four parts.
I don’t expect each song to be drastically different, but their lack of effort is clear with the repetitive use of autotune in their voices.
I expect the continuous use of autotune from artists such as T-Pain and Travis Scott, but not from them.
The filter on the duo’s voices completely killed it for me and forced me to replay each track several times because they sound so muffled.
When I’m listening to an EP, I should not be Googling the lyrics to every single track.
Listeners will waste more time trying to dissect what each rapper is saying instead of listening to the song.
The only thing I liked about this project was the cover art because of how chaotic it is.
All of their albums, EPs and singles have amazing visuals that are super dark and sinful, complimenting their signature sound.
I absolutely adored their 2022 album, “DIRTIESTNASTIEST$UICIDE,” so I’m shocked at how ass this EP is.
After listening to this, I’m not too stoked for the three EPs set to come out later this May.
If I had to predict which project is going to be the best out of the series, it would probably be their fall one. I think their sound combined with sad lyrics, a mood that’s commonly felt in the colder seasons, will compliment each other really well.
I really hope the summer EP doesn’t disappoint me as much as this one because it’ll lower the chances of me listening to the rest of the series.
