I wasn't the tad bit surprised when we got "Slime Season 2" so soon after "Slime Season". It's definitely in Young Thug's nature to constantly drop music before we've had the chance to fully digest his previous song or project. And that's exactly the case here.
Thugger's follow-up to his much-anticipated mixtape "Slime Season" played a dual role in giving me exactly what I expected and barely giving me enough difference sonically from "SS". "SS2" is about as common in sound as most music in the hip-hop realm has become these days. From start to finish it's all 808s. There are a few darker synths thrown in to change things up, but that's the general sound. That isn't necessarily a bad thing. It doesn't affect the overall enjoyment of the mixtape but the 808s aren't used in a memorable or different way from say a Future or Chief Keef song. There's a lot of the same rolling hi-hats and drums that overtime can become pretty stale. Even for me, after giving this tape a few listens the songs, although good, began to run together from time to time and completely sound like a beat I've heard on another artists' song. I know that isn't Thug's fault. Everyone he has from the production standpoint of this tape is a producer that gets around - from Metro Boomin and London On Da Track to TM88, Southside and other 808 Mafia members. They all work with a lot of people and this is a post-808s & Heartbreak world so the sound of 808s is to definitely be expected with multiple artists.
With the production being what I expected, Young Thug was the difference between the two tapes. He did stick with his sing-rap style throughout the tape but he had a wider range of dark and light tones. Like with the first track "Big Racks". He has a more slurred than usual delivery with deeper, more demonic vocals backing his main vocals. It gave "Big Racks" a certain attitude that everyone has from time to time. It's a very dope and catchy song. And catchy is definitely Thugger's thing on "Slime Season 2". Thug's track "Don't Know" (feat. Shad Da God) keeps a darker tone using synths and Thug changes things up by having a more aggressive and raspy flow juxtaposed to the lightly sung hook. That style keeps this track sounding fresh and makes it stand out when Young Thug jumps tones with the following song, "Hey, I". Those tone jumps stay consistent on the entire tape and give everything a fun feeling while we listen and try to sing along.
Now, a good portion of the remaining tracks Thug dropped ahead of time, like "Raw", "She Notice Me" and "Phoenix" just to name a few. I previously wrote about the tracks, noticing their lighter tone and that they kind of follow closer in theme than many of the other songs, with that theme being love. All three songs show many different sides of Young Thug and the different types of love he offers: whether it be love for himself, love for women, and love for money. I think that's the true difference between "Slime Season" and "Slime Season 2". 'SS2' shows more sides and interests of Young Thug and does it in a fun way that I truly enjoyed hearing. Both were good mixtapes with good production quality. Both have monotonous beats. And both are a fun listening experience through Young Thug's weird, wild and oddly enjoyable way of singing and rapping. I enjoyed them both equally and will be listening to them for a while. I just hope the next project doesn't come so soon.
Check out "Slime Season 2" in full below.
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