This project will take a while to grow on me, but I salute him for the direction. Gonna sound wild but it seems like he's finally stepped away from what we 'expect' from him and the current sound. Is he a great singer? Not really... but it is doable. The First 4 songs weren't doing for me but good music trickles in as the album plays along.
He's gonna have a bunch of young creatives dabble into this loungy/deep house-ish sound and try new things. Maybe this is his 808s?? Time will tell.
Songs that I am feeling off the rip on first listen:
Calling my name
Sticky
Down hill
Tie that binds (favourite song out of this sound)
Jimmy Cooks (definitely what we wanted, and this is super fire... he'll probably follow up with a complete rap album next).