CGertonson

Pulitzer-winning poet Matthew Peter “Lil Mabu” DeLuca returns with some of the most heartfelt, deep, and introspective songs ever written. It’s wonderful that he’s using his platform to uplift smaller, unknown artists like Dominique “Lil Baby” Jones and Maxie “Fivio Foreign” Ryles III. To get into a little bit of lyrical analysis, I would like to point you towards one of my favorite stanzas. “I’m with the white kids then the gang, ... read more

I absolutely love the sound of this, the instrumentals are all so cool and the musicians are so talented. unfortunately, i cannot say the same thing about the writing. these lyrics sound like they were written by a 32-year-old cosplaying as an 18-year-old goth feminist type beat (not saying feminist messaging in songwriting is a bad thing at all, but it feels so fake, commercial, and tiktok artist-core here). the pure strength of that british accent does not help either.