Gunna - WUNNA ALBUM REVIEW
Gunna has been popping up on my radar for the past couple of months, and honestly, he hasn’t impressed me that much. His most recent project Drip or Drown 2 didn’t really do much for me, although “Speed It Up” was a mindless bop that I enjoyed for a week, and his collaborative mixtape with Lil Baby, Drip Harder, proved that Gunna could have chemistry if he’s on the right track, even if the project itself was pretty boring. Now, his second studio album WUNNA is here, which was announced out of the blue the week of its release. How is WUNNA, and how does it fare with other artists in his genre? Let’s get into it and find out.
WUNNA is a trap album and like most albums in this subgenre of rap, most of it isn’t that pretty. To become famous in this area, it usually has to be a viral track or album to send an artist into stardom. For Gunna, it was “Drip Too Hard” with Lil Baby and Drake. It’s a pretty infectious track, and sadly, none of that is heard throughout WUNNA. While the production throughout the project is pretty great, it was a little annoying to keep hearing Wheezy’s producer tag on nearly every song. “MOTW” is probably the worst track on here, but that could honestly go to maybe a quarter of the tracks on here. I did like the RWBY sample on “ROCKSTAR BIKERS AND CHAINS” quite a bit. An anime sample, or a good vocal sample in general, always gets me hooked. “TOP FLOOR” with Travis Scott is exactly what you expect from a Gunna and Travis Scott song: a woozy trap song. The lead single “SKYBOX” is also pretty decent, although it isn’t surprising that this was the lead single.
The big problem with WUNNA is that it’s boring. I found it difficult to not skip to the next song because so many of these tracks sound exactly the same. The main reason on why I figured that it was a different track was of the producer tags, and most of then were still Wheezy. I like Wheezy beats, but his little tags peppered throughout the record got to be a little irritating. While Travis Scott and Roddy Ricch and multiple Young Thug features are welcome, they tend to overshadow Gunna’s own track.
All in all, WUNNA is the definition of ‘meh.’ Along with Lil Xan’s Total Xanarchy, WUNNA is the definition of what all older people think trap or mumble rap is. It isn’t all bad with its almost unique instrumentals, but Gunna’s vocal performance is so boring and generic that it voids out nearly all of the creative elements on the album. I still think that Gunna has a lot of potential to stand out, but I guess we’ll have to wait on that.
3/10
Stream WUNNA here
WUNNA is a trap album and like most albums in this subgenre of rap, most of it isn’t that pretty. To become famous in this area, it usually has to be a viral track or album to send an artist into stardom. For Gunna, it was “Drip Too Hard” with Lil Baby and Drake. It’s a pretty infectious track, and sadly, none of that is heard throughout WUNNA. While the production throughout the project is pretty great, it was a little annoying to keep hearing Wheezy’s producer tag on nearly every song. “MOTW” is probably the worst track on here, but that could honestly go to maybe a quarter of the tracks on here. I did like the RWBY sample on “ROCKSTAR BIKERS AND CHAINS” quite a bit. An anime sample, or a good vocal sample in general, always gets me hooked. “TOP FLOOR” with Travis Scott is exactly what you expect from a Gunna and Travis Scott song: a woozy trap song. The lead single “SKYBOX” is also pretty decent, although it isn’t surprising that this was the lead single.
The big problem with WUNNA is that it’s boring. I found it difficult to not skip to the next song because so many of these tracks sound exactly the same. The main reason on why I figured that it was a different track was of the producer tags, and most of then were still Wheezy. I like Wheezy beats, but his little tags peppered throughout the record got to be a little irritating. While Travis Scott and Roddy Ricch and multiple Young Thug features are welcome, they tend to overshadow Gunna’s own track.
All in all, WUNNA is the definition of ‘meh.’ Along with Lil Xan’s Total Xanarchy, WUNNA is the definition of what all older people think trap or mumble rap is. It isn’t all bad with its almost unique instrumentals, but Gunna’s vocal performance is so boring and generic that it voids out nearly all of the creative elements on the album. I still think that Gunna has a lot of potential to stand out, but I guess we’ll have to wait on that.
3/10
Stream WUNNA here
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