Quavo

QUAVO HUNCHO

The album is very on-brand for Quavo and doesn’t stray far from the musical stylings he dishes out on each and every Migos song. In short, most of these cuts sound just like Migos songs just sans Takeoff and Offset ... That said, Takeoff’s rapid-fire verses and Offset’s ominous presence are both missed dearly when rounding out these trap cuts – leaving the majority of them sounding far from complete.

With a mostly forgettable first half and a strong second half, sharper attention to editing could have made this a stronger album. Otherwise, Quavo Huncho is enjoyable but unmemorable.

By the end of the project, Quavo Huncho begins to feel more like a mixtape, with Quavo popping out to add a few unenergetic verses and repetitive adlibs rather than a strong solo debut.

It is so ordinary, so uniquely uninspiring that it makes it difficult to imagine a solo work from Quavo that would truly grip our attention (or our club nights or car stereos).

QUAVO HUNCHO ends up being a half-and-half affair: half making it easy to hit the skip button and the other half highlighting the talents Quavo brings to Migos.

If nothing else, Quavo Huncho suggests that Quavo's dependence on Takeoff and Offset doesn't run quite as deep as one might think. But what little appeal the album ends up having has less to do with him, and more to do with the features and variety of production.

People like to joke that the Migos are the new Beatles, but QUAVO HUNCHO isn’t a classic breakaway solo effort in the vein of John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band, Paul McCartney’s Ram or George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass… it’s more like one of Ringo’s.