Yeat - 2 Alive
Genre: Hip Hop
Score: 2/10
This is the debut album of new It Rapper Yeat.What to Expect: :
Everyone is really split on Yeat. The old heads hate him, but the kids are enamored with him. Based on the tracklist, I would expect a lot of trap rap and rage style trap beats with plenty of Playboi Carti and Travis Scott influence.
Overall: I understand the appeal of Yeat. He’s perfect for a party or concert if you are trying to have a good time with your friends. If you do not think about his lyrics or his voice, it serves as great background music. However, critical listeners should run the other direction from Yeat immediately. You will not get coherent bars, unique beats, or well built songs from this project. In fact many parts of this record are very much hot garbage. However, my biggest personal issue with this record, as it is with most debut records, is that Yeat just stylistically drowns in the sounds of his influences and contemporaries. While I can admire Yeat for being completely wacky and hilarious lyrically, I would not really go back to this record again with the exception of a track or two. It’s a terrible album, but I’m still curious about what future projects he ends up making.
Play by Play:
Poppin - The beat is very Pierre Bourne influenced. His hook is pretty catchy. His delivery is pretty similar to Thugger. The mix is pretty quality tho.
Outsidë - Ok, I think I understand Yeat’s appeal now. The beat is very simple. I like the chimes and Thugger’s adlibs all over the background. Yeat and Thugger both drop hypnotic flows over this trippy beat, in a similar way that Playboi Carti does on his records. Likewise, Yeat and Thugger both sound absolutely high out of their minds on the track. The bars are completely incoherent thematically. If I were to read them out as bodies of texts, they make for the incoherent journal ramblings of someone attempting to capture their acid trip in real time with their best buddy that is also completely unintelligible. It’s a fun vibe to capture in spades. Given that I am only at the second of a 20 track record, I will preemptively assume that the creative road taken on this record will not be of consistent quality. However, I hope and welcome the idea of being wrong.
Real six - This beat is also Pierre Bourne influenced. The sounds in it are boring to me personally. Yeat is vibing on the track. “My list is underwater might as well call it kelp” made me laugh out loud.
Nvr Again - Damn, did the producers just google “Pierre Bourne Type Beat” for every track? Same damn synth tone for each song, and we’re only 4 tracks in. Yeat is completely incoherent but his flow is fun. “My money is fat like Buddha, your money slim like Jim” is such a wack line, I’m sorry. He said it so convincingly too, I completely broke down laughing the first time I heard it. You got to give it to him: he’s funny. This song reminds me of a wacky version of something that Baby Keem or Roddy Rich would make.
Luh geek - He sounds like Blac Youngsta on this. I think he is trying to sound like Pop Smoke but it isn’t really landing. At least he’s versatile. I’m bored.
Rackz got me (feat Gunna) - The hook isn’t bad. The beat is boring. Both verses are garbage. Gunna sounds like he has no idea where he is at any given moment. Yeat sounded like he was told to sound as aimless as him. Easy skip for me
Double - The beat is too overmodulated for my tastes. I get making it sound overwhelming like a whirlwind, but the 808 sounds like piss when it hits and the over modulated synth drowns out Yeat’s vocals. This one is unlistenable for me.
On the line - This beat is much better. Sounds great backwards too. Yeat sounds like Thugger again on this beat. I can zone out to this one over and again.
Jus better - Yo Pierre? Do you wanna come out here? Folks are just out here googling your beats. It’s still a chill vibe, but he sounds like Lil Durk on this track.
Jump - This beat does not make me want to jump. Yeat sounds non descript, with a hint of Thugger at points. It's a playlist filler track.
Dnt lie - This sounds like a Travis Scott leftover.
Rollin - The beat is simple. I have no idea what Yeat is saying a good chunk of the time, but Osama bin Laden appears to be his bro so that’s pretty interesting.
Taliban - Is Yeat okay? Did he take his Shahada at the Korangal Valley before he got signed or something? I know hip hop speaks truth to power but what is with this aesthetic fixation with terrorists? Theme aside, the beat rings like a phone ringtone.
Narcoticz (feat Yung Kayo) - I do like the slow beat. It reminds me of a vaporwave track. Yeat is completely incoherent but his flow sounds cool. Unfortunately, “Not your kid, not your cuddy” is also a pretty wack line.
Call me - The backwards beat is cool, but the singing is awful on this track. It’s mixed terribly, and Yeat’s performance is really weak.
Kant die - I like the beat. “I’ve been shitting on them all day, I stink” made me laugh out loud. That “uh hah” autotune sounds like pretty harsh on my ears.
Geek high (feat Ken Car$on) - This sounds like an Uzi Vert type beat. Ken’s feature sounds noticeably louder than Yeat’s, and I’m not entirely sure why that is the case.
Luh m - This beat is okay. It’s another generic trap beat. “Fucked my money up so much it told me I was cumming” is all you need to know about this song.
Smooktober - Listening to this album is like pulling teeth at this point. I just want it to end. He sounds like Gunna. These beats are just Groundhog Day to me.
Still Countin - The beat sounds pretty unique. “All of you rappers sound the same, Bitch I can’t tell y’all apart” me neither Yeat. I couldn’t pick you out of a lineup of trap rappers even if I wanted to.
Score: 2/10
Favorite Track in Bold
Just my opinion