Flu Game proves Tracey is anything but a bench-warmer – he’s a star.
There are standouts here, but it’s not enough to stop Flu-Game straddling in mid-table mediocrity.
“Flu Game” sees UK Rapper AJ Tracey make a significant improvement on all fronts. This basketball-themed album has plenty of quotables and fun moments despite being relatively generic sounding.
I would say my biggest knock on it is that the production doesn’t really have any variation over the course of the record, it sounds basically the same throughout. That’s fine and all, I just think I would have liked to see AJ utilize his skills over some more interesting and ... read more
Flu Game isn’t amazing and isn’t anything revolutionary, but it’s pretty well executed for this style.
I had seen AJ Tracey’s name before, but I had never heard anything from him until “Anxious”, which was released as a single a few weeks before this came out and I really liked it. It immediately put him on my radar, and when I saw this was coming out I was pretty excited. Then add in the pretty notable list of features and the basketball theme and I was ... read more
Just kinda average really.
Standout: Kukoč
Favs: Draft pick, Dinner guest, West ten, Cheerleaders
Least fav: Top dog
Pretty solid, if not a little derivative, rap album. AJ Tracy has some noticeable swagger that helps carry some of the less engaging tracks.
AJ Tracey sounds so smooth when he's rapping, bringing a very different vibe from Slowthai earlier in the reviews. The production is faultless, most of the tracks have unique elements. Overall his good lines far outweigh the shockers, a bit annoying that he stole Bradford hip hop scene leader ZAYNs line about the BAFTAs. The amount of cultural capital that this has - so many links to the UK, mainly London and we all know he's from Ladbrooke Grove, is great. Boris and Rashford line is my ... read more
1 | Anxious 2:41 | 76 |
2 | Kukoč 3:15 feat. NAV | 76 |
3 | Bringing It Back 3:12 with Digga D | 68 |
4 | Cheerleaders 3:54 | 68 |
5 | Draft Pick 3:13 | 70 |
6 | Eurostep 2:45 | 70 |
7 | Cherry Blossom 2:22 | 64 |
8 | Glockie 3:35 | 62 |
9 | Little More Love 2:40 | 64 |
10 | Top Dog 3:20 | 68 |
11 | Summertime Shootout 3:39 feat. T-Pain | 69 |
12 | Perfect Storm 2:59 | 64 |
13 | Coupé 2:39 feat. Kehlani | 70 |
14 | Numba 9 3:54 feat. SahBabii, Millie Go Lightly | 64 |
15 | Dinner Guest 3:18 feat. Mostack | 85 |
16 | West Ten 3:34 with Mabel | 85 |
#33 | / | NME |
#35 | / | The Independent |