LIL YACHTY
LET’S START HERE.
(Quality Control Music/Motown, 2023)
When this writer was growing up, the rap/hip-hop movement was an exciting proposition, telling stories from the streets enhanced by patching in sonic ideas from anywhere in music history – blues, classical, electronics, jazz, rock… a little like the pioneers of prog, huh? But at some point the mainstream scene’s colour palette went monochrome with producers/performers seemingly happy enough if they created a beat and could spit some lyrics over it.