Lil Yachty - Michigan Boy Boat ALBUM REVIEW
40-minute trap albums should be a blessing. Lil Yachty has been needing something. When he first blew up, he was this breath of fresh air in the Soundcloud subset of rap, but ever since then, he’s been slowly going downhill. I’ve pretty much lost interest in Yachty as an artist, especially after the whole ‘blow it like a cello’ debacle, and when I saw that this album kind of dropped out of the blue, I was pretty intrigued. There’s a concept to this album, but not really a story: Yachty is teaming with a bunch of up-and-coming Detroit/Flint rappers and riding on their sound to bring more of an audience to it. Even if the quality of his music has taken a dip, Yachty is still a name that can bring attention to other artists, so I think this could be a fun little detour or even the next stage of Yachty’s career, but does Michigan Boy Boat deliver? That’s what matters here, so let’s just see what went down on this project. Now, I’ve heard some of these Michigan artists pop up on my Twitter...