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Five years is an eternity.
Like Katt Williams once said, you need a team.
You have to work on your franchise players.
The impact was immediate.
Tame smoked festival stages worldwide.
A new rock and roll heavyweight was minted.
Improbably, thePurposeexperiment was a success.
Because Parker cant be pinned down for very long,The Slow Rushdabbles in half a dozen other genres.
Breathe Deeper and Instant Destiny could sneak into a 90s R&B playlist relatively unnoticed.
Five years ago, Parker was pining for past lives and praying for fulfillment in the future.
Here, hes saying to go out and grab your happiness.
If it calls you, embrace it, Parker sings on Lost in Yesterday.
If it haunts you, face it.Slow Rushis a less zany, more stately record for Tame Impala.
Its notably more pointed and serious at no cost to how fun and assured it sounds.
Play your cards right, and growing up can be like that.
The EDM moments are gone, as are the Halsey and Ed Sheeran types.
Drake, Future, and Young Thug inspired a generation of melodic rappers and singers using hip-hop cadences.
Jams like Bood Up and Old Town Road dominated radio for weeks.
Pop had to get busy.
Changesis aslight return for R&Bieb.
The songs are thin and breezy, often delightfully so, but sometimes they come up lacking.
The good ones absolutely soar.
Running Over starts out strong but grinds to a halt on a goofyLil Dickyverse.
(One which was originally meant forSki Maskanyway.)
Second Emotion and ETA are pleasant tunes whose lyrics run a little light in the britches on closer inspection.
Come in expecting that, and its a blast.
If youre looking for more … Why would you be looking for more?
