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Hip-hop appreciates change … up to a point.
Stir the pot too much and the dish gets a little tougher to sell.
Cole, thinkers who dont much care for the spotlight if their long absences are to be believed.
A new Thug release could signal a quick detour into a new genre or introduce new bit players.
WouldPunkfollowthe re-influx of pop-punk aesthetics in mainstream music?
Rebirthwas sunk by taste and timing.
These songs inform the new albums approach to rock music.Punkisnt punk.
Theres nothing abrasive in its aesthetic.
(Destroying a spray-painted Rolls-Royce with baseball bats asa promotional stuntisnt bucking any system.
Hard to say.)
The guitars are soft.
The arrangements are plush, soulful.
The pace is relaxed.
Cohesion has never been the goal.
Young Thug is a chameleon.
Thug is doing whatever he wants.
Everyone else is meeting the challenge.
Iron is sharpening iron.
Hes also primed an audience that no longer finds his quirks forbiddingly quirky.
Lets hope he doesnt fuck this up.
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