Young thug slime season 3 review
Or as Thug put it on ‘Digits’, “when you die, somebody else was born”. And while one might focus on the bleakness of endings, SS3 doesn’t revel in sadness but in the joy of things to come.
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At it’s best moments SS3 shows the versatility of Thugger as well as his ability to keep us guessing.įor the promotion of SS3 Thug had a funeral procession down the streets of SXSW and after it’s release he provided a eulogy for the Slime Season series as a whole. SS3 highlights ‘Digits’ and ‘Memo’ manage to do both as Thug mixes humorous lines (“I don’t play on auto, but I’m moonwalkin”) with heartfelt sentiment (“You can lose your life but it gon’ keep going, why not risk life when it gon’ keep going?). Track after track there is at least one or two moments that make for great punchlines or showcase Thug’s ability to speak on deeper topics. Thankfully though even when the production isn’t up to task, Thug is. Closer ‘Problems’ fairs a little better, but doesn’t sound mixed right, as it’s hard to hear Thug at points.
“Slime Shit” especially falters with it’s basic trap sound that feels phoned in. ‘Slime Shit’ and ‘Drippin’ are handled by Ricky Racks and Allen Ritter respectively, and show that the slow burn type of beats are not the best for Thug’s delivery. The other tacks not produced by London are more of a mixed bag. His input provides SS3 with some of his best beat work to date and helps provide some clear distinction between tracks. Helping this feeling is the return of Thug’s long-time collaborator, London on Da Track, who provides the majority of the production on the album. But where I’m Up felt almost passive, SS3 feels grand, which is fitting for the finale to the trilogy. Thankfully Thug has taken what he’s learned from his previous release, I’m Up, and trimmed down the track list to a lean collection of songs that move at a breakneck pace. While the previous two entries in the Slime Season series were solid, they felt overlong and scattershot even in their best moments. That track, ‘With Them’, is now the opener to Slime Season 3, which features several tracks like it that showcase how much of a force Young Thug is. Up till that moment everyone’s eyes were on Ye, but the second the bubbling synths and call of “Thugger Thugger baby” boomed from the speakers it became Young Thug’s time to shine. Instead it was when Young Thug interrupted one of Kanye’s songs to take the aux cord to play a sample of a new song he was working on. The most memorable moments from last month’s Yeezy Season 3 event didn’t come from Kanye West or even from the album he was premiering. By Jake Doolin album review, Slime Season 3, Young Thug