Need a new Kano album

1st track is great

Let's see how this goes

Bro is elite with it

I wanna spin this but is it gonna ruin my Friday night with all the depression

serious question

off first listen its not an album you're gonna dance too

What do you call this kind of sound cus it's not for me lol

idk poem rap

excuse my ignorance lol

Nah you can make that s*** fly but it's these somber ass piano/mellow type s***s. I think Stormzy last album had this very same tone. It's just too dour. Even the bops are depressing lmao

i couldn’t get through it i kept waiting for it to start

it’s a dave solo album so it’s not gonna be super happy and dancey but it’s cool music just high level raps, songwriting, and lyrics

felt like he tried to do something on every song with this all his other albums had a couple bangers at least

Hes really saying nothing here though
Hes not speaking about illegal settlers bc he used to be afraid of the taliban and now hes afraid of a shadowban?
What?

It's really upbeat, the lyrical content will beat you up

Intro already classic

Not really related but the final verse on Sprinter is one of the best verses of this decade

heard that girls a gold digger

well can’t be true if she’s dating you

Long post but, he starts the song with the question

"What would I do in a next generation?"

But to answer that he goes back to historical fights against oppression and tries to put himself in perspective of the older generation and what he would of done if he was there

In 1940, if I was enlisted to fight for the nation
Or in 1960, if I had to fight for the rights of my people
And laid down my life on the line so my grandkids could live a life that's peaceful
Would I be on that? Would I be frontline?

Then he comes back to the same question and realizes that theres no point of that question because he's he's currently living in similar times and still not doing enough

sometimes wonder, "What would I do in a next generation?"
But I'm knowin' the answer, 'cause what am I doin' in this generation?

And he uses Palestine as an example of a fight against oppression where he and others arent doing enough and how that stems from islamophobic propaganda that frames Palestine and Hamas as terrorists and a fear of retaliation from Zionists. Basically highlighting that he and his generation are p**** compared to the previous ones and their fights

What am I willin' to die for? What am I doin' in this generation?
I get in my head sometimes, I feel like I'm in despair
That feelin' of total powerlessness, I get that sinkin' feelin'
That good ain't defeatin' evil
I put that pain on vinyl, but feel like that s*** ain't movin' the needle
Retweetin' people, raisin' awareness, in all fairness
Ain't gonna bring Chris back to his parents

only rapper to name drop Lumumba,, Battle of Karbala and zio-rats occupation of Palestine in the same track

Raindance, Selfish, Title track and Marvellous are my highlights on the album. Fairchild is a very powerful song. Imo a bit more variety sonically would've helped this project overall. Just because a song is addressing deeper topics, doesn't mean the beat has to be empty and somber all the time. However its been a while since I have seen a mainstream rapper been this political in an album and I appreciate this. Raps are great as always as well.

Never having egusi soup is diablocial Kano needs to fix that immediately

Off the first listen, this was heavy and lacked the versatility of his past releases.

There were some crazy moments like Chapter 16 (RapSOTY) and the title track, but the track sequencing kept it this way too intense without moments of reliefs. Marvellous, following the end of my 27th Birthday, I was fatigued. Also, its time to admit JB needs to stop being tapped in for these type of tracks. It worked somewhat in the 10s and even on Both Sides of A Smile, but he hasn't evolved when its come to rap production / features.

I know Dave got a lot to say and he showed why he's top 3 of this generation with the pen, but he needs a proper A&R to help package his messages in a more digestible way.

He don't drop like that so when he drops he wants it to be meaningful music

27th birthday is peak rap