Steve Lacy - Apollo XXI
May 24, 2019
44
Hot. Take. Time.

I am such a fan of Steve Lacy and I think he is someone to genuinely admire how he tackled the music industry and, more recently, the fashion industry as well. Some is still a song that I play to this day. But this is something that absolutely did not work for me and lands as the biggest disappointment of the year for me so far. God. I don't think I can even express how much I hate this album.

The big thing about this album is Steve being incredibly horny. Notice I didn't say sensual or sexual, because on this project he just sounds like a horny teenage kid trying to get some. I think he thinks that he is putting it out in a way that is actually sensual, but the inane repetitiveness and the STUPID lyrics just make it almost unbearable to suffer through for the majority of the tracks. I mean, it actually sounds like a twelve year old wrote this.

That being said, I did like the more organic songs, such as Only If and Love 2 Fast where one can tell that Steve is just letting things slide out in a more natural manner, and actually seems introspective as opposed to just horny. Also, the vocals are pretty good for the whole piece as well.

I will listen in for future projects, just because of the sheer talent he possesses, but I will never revisit this again.

1 Comment
4y
I totally agree with you and yet I gave it a 75 because I'm totally biased. I kinda hate myself now
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