Album Review: Lil Yachty – Lil Boat 2

By Jon Fuchs, Music Director [Quality Control; 2018] Rating: 5.5/10 Key Tracks: “OOPS”, “she ready”, “love me forever” Since his quick rise in 2016, Lil Yachty has been one of the most head-turning and mind-boggling rappers to blow up in recent memory. Thanks to his quirky style on albums like Lil Boat and Teenage Emotions, he…

Album Review: Lil Yachty – Teenage Emotions

By Jon Fuchs, Music Director [Capitol; 2017] Rating: 8/10 Key Tracks: “All You Had to Say,” “Better,” “FYI (Know Now)” Lil Yachty is one of the few names in mainstream rap who has the ability to say that he’s like no one else currently in the music industry. With his straightedge lifestyle and really strange bars,…

Album Review: Lil Yatchy – Lil Boat

By Jonathan Fuchs, Copy Editor [Self-Released; 2016] Rating: 8/10 Key Tracks: “Intro (Just Keep Swimming),” “Up Next 2,” “1Night” Every now and then, an album comes along that challenges the minds of fans of a particular genre by tinkering with familiar sounds to create something new and different. Deafheaven did it to the metal community with Sunbather,…