I’m not going to lie, nothing on this tape really grabbed me. Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not saying that the music was terrible. Raury had an interesting sound, but nothing about his lyrics or performance made me want to listen to the record again after the first few listens. But I did come away with the thought that Raury had a lot of potential. So coming into this project my hopes were that Raury would have refined his sound a bit more, as well as improve his lyricism. I won’t say that this is a perfect album but this project exceeded my expectations. Raury is definitely still making similar sounds musically. His mixture of the pop, folk, and hip-hop genres definitely still feels fresh and like he has room to grow in this space. Interestingly Raury is rapping a lot more on this project than he did in his debut record “Indigo Child”. Where we saw Raury almost exclusively singing. I know a lot of people make this comparison unfairly, but I think it’s the right thing to say in this case. When Raury raps on this album he sounds a lot like Andre 3000. The style works for Read More...