Hardstone Psycho, the fourth studio album from rapper, singer, songwriter, and entertainer Don Toliver, continues his trippy, trappy, post-Travis Scott style of R&B-inflected melodic rap. He takes this style to multiple places throughout the album, leaning heavily on the intense-but-pretty R&B side of things on tracks like "Glock" and the flowing "Attitude," and bringing charged hooks and anthemic energy to the workout jam "Bandit" and the minimal banger "Donny Darko" with Lil Uzi Vert. Scott himself shows up to assist on two tracks here, and Toliver is also joined by fellow rap stars Yeat, Teezo Touchdown, Kodak Black, and more. Despite the impressive guest list and solid instrumentals, the entire album feels somewhat generic and nondescript, with Toliver basically repeating a formula weve heard done more interestingly by other artists many times over. ~ TiVo Staff
Rovi
トラヴィス・スコット率いるカクタス・ジャック所属のラッパー/シンガーによる新作は4つのパートに分かれたコンセプチュアルな作品で、ハードなリフが印象的な先行曲"Bandit"で予期させたように冒頭パートからスタジアム級のステージを意識したようなトラヴィス仕込みの圧倒的なスケールの楽曲が並んでいる。ホイットニー・ヒューストンのヒット曲を引用した"Glock"やトラヴィスとのコラボ"Ice Aga"、4つ打ち調の"New Drop"、フューチャー&メトロ・ブーミンを迎えた"Purple Rain"など曲単位での聴きどころも多数。終盤にはトリヴァーの歌とラップをしっかり聴かせる展開もあり。
bounce (C)Masso 187um
タワーレコード(vol.490(2024年9月25日発行号)掲載)