just started

have to

This is hard

this is great so far, not my tempo or preferred type of songs, esp from him, but executed and done very well none the less

other side groovy as hell

did yall like tony soprano?

world is yours very generic

The last two albums this mf dropped are QUALITY damn

He’s really expanded his sound. Kudos are deserved

Four Seasons is that s***

F***ing with this heavy.

don’t tell me that

it’s up

sonder son is my fav thus far

this over or under that s*** so far ?

other side

Butterflies

2 things: I get why he cut the hair & Raphael Saadiq is a gift to the world

Wrong Faces one of my favorite songs of the year, I had to replay it back a couple times before gettin into the album. After the music video, it's clear that song is about himself and that's made this s*** 10x harder.

overall writing from Brent has improved so much 10000x on this album, long are we past the "fuck the world I'm a walking erection" days

Only demerit on this album

Other Side legit one of the worst songs on the year. I understand that MJ has a lot. of. influence over R&B entirely and for good reason but there's a reason some vocalists know their lane.

Brent just don't got the chops for that, and that's ok. there was times on this song where it legit felt hard on the ears dude.

overall though

I'm not mad at the new sound, I feel like Four Seasons (definitely the next single) is the Sonder sound on steroids. Holy s*** that song is amazing. It's like...2 song of the year candidates on this album for me.

The maturity is refreshing and unlike "Show You Off" the writing on here feels very much more genuine and not surface level. Definitely one of those albums you can tell had to be made after living some more life. He said in an interview he didn't start making real money til FTW and then began balling tf out which plays a part in why Wasteland and Bigger than Life content/lyrics sound the way they do.

"conspiracy" below: I really really do wanna know if this was the planned pivot before them texts leaked cause I do think that, even though they didn't show him do anything illegal, it made lotta people look at him a bit funny. And we all talk about how "he was just living his raps" but deniability has always been a thing. Yeah, rap or sing about how toxic you are but don't be "we can pass your lil s\*\*\* around for years" toxic or now your female audience is gonna look at you funny.

depending how you feel bout the 80s sound is how you might feel about this album

BUT, Wrong Faces and Four Seasons are legit song of the year type of songs.

reheating doja cat nachos with other side! get that white people bag, black man!

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

to be clear i’m cackling at the other side tidbit not the rest of your well written review twin

man that one was...really really bad twinny.

they coulda left that one on the cutting room floor.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 a mess

intro and wrong faces are insane did not expect this start

SOMETIMES YOURE HOT AS JULY

NAH LOVER BOY BRENT HITS DIFFERENT