Still Brazy

Remember when YG didn't sound like a redundant, underachieving MC? Nope, me neither!

Still Brazy, by far the most listenable YG project out there, only succeeds off the modernization of 90's G Funk that the producers for this record should get all the credit in the world for. YG should also get credit for tapping into catchy hooks and solid verses on songs like Who Shot Me, Twist My Fingaz, Gimmie Got Shot, and the always-delightful FDT.

While he does have successes on this record, please don't go out of your way to hold the dude up as a shining example of West Coast hip hop. He is riding trends twenty years after their success with little of his own original style to add onto it. He'd be called a biter of a vulture if the album flopped, but because the album turned out fine - not even great or good, just fine - suddenly, we gotta give props for 'paying back to the OGs' and 'reviving the sound of the old guard.' Fuck off, YG got lucky with a good idea, sound, and group of producers - he hasn't proved himself capable of a half-decent album before or since.