Cole Bennett‘s Lyrical Lemonade compilation All Is Yellow is as a lot a testomony to the music video creator’s cachet inside the trade as it’s a celebration of his expertise. Frankly, it’s not fairly clear what Bennett’s position within the challenge is; he doesn’t rap, and the entire songs on the album have numerous producers. He’s a DJ Khaled-adjacent assembler of MCs, and that’s the place All Is Yellow shines.
It’s a posse lower prolonged throughout a whole album, with some predictable and plenty of unpredictable collaborations yielding nice sufficient outcomes. Is that this in any means a recreation changer? No. Does it redefine what Cole Bennett does within the rap trade? Once more, no. However this assortment of songs reveals that whereas Bennett’s ear may not be on par along with his eye, it’s nonetheless higher than most.
Generally, the artists Bennett brings collectively are perplexing, whereas different concepts are vastly profitable. There’s no want for Sheck Wes, Ski Masks The Stoop God, and JID to be on “Fly Away.” The music goes nowhere quick, with Sheck’s refrain essentially the most intriguing a part of the music and it disappears far too rapidly. Ski Masks brings his D+ recreation, rapping: “This shit gentle, Thomas Edison.” One of many large points with a few of the songs on the album is the shortage of cohesion between artists. It’d make sense for JID to hop on a monitor with one other lyrical dynamo like Cordae, however his expertise solely highlights the variations in the way in which he and Ski Masks rap.
These moments are extra frequent than real moments of inspiration. “Good day There,” which options Corbin, Lil Tracy, and Black Kray contains a lazy interpolation of Blink-182, the type of concept that’s enjoyable to mess with within the studio however ought to have been left on the slicing room flooring. “With the Fish” options $not and 6 Canine, neither of whom appear equally thrilled to be there.
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There are excessive factors, although. Chief Keef and Lil Yachty are attractive collectively on “Say Ya Grace,” and BabyTron and G Herbo sound like they’re having a ton of enjoyable on “Equilibrium.” On “Cease Giving Me Recommendation,”Jack Harlow shouldn’t be solely tolerable however pleasing as he stunts on overzealous advisors alongside UK rapper Dave.
The album’s most bloated guestlist seems on “First Evening,” however the assemblage of personalities makes the outcomes enjoyable, albeit a bit messy. Juicy J and Denzel Curry rapping collectively is an impressed collab, and whereas Teezo Landing and Cochise flip in ambivalent performances, Lil B greater than makes up for this lackadaisical effort.
The one solo monitor comes from Eminem, who reveals that he can nonetheless rap at an elite degree on “Doomsday Pt. 2.” Then on its predecessor, “Doomsday,” which samples Eminem’s 1999 hit “Position Mannequin,” Cordae and the late Juice WRLD ship one of the crucial spectacular songs on the report, and it recontextualizes Juice as a really competent rapper.
That’s what your entire album ought to have been: placing spectacular artists into attention-grabbing eventualities and seeing what they do. Too usually, although, the songs are simply clichés of pastiche types. There are many good moments on the challenge, however these excessive factors solely reveal how way more attention-grabbing All Is Yellow might have been.
RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2024
RECORD LABEL: Lyrical Lemonade/Def Jam
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