This is the 7th EP from Atlanta up-&-comer tana. Coming up in 2018 as a member of the plu2o9 collective under the original moniker BabySantana, he would go on to drop his first 2 EPs Recreation! & Planet Sosa alongside his debut mixtape Quan a couple years later & eventually signed to Lil Tecca’s very own Republic Records imprint Galactic Records the next fall. But coming off his last 3 EPs n(n) as well as Santana & it’s sequel, tana’s rang in 2023 by making an impressive major label debut off his last EP Gaultier at the beginning of the year. So considering that, I went into London to hear where he’d take it from there ahead of a self-titled body of work next month.
Things start off with a cloudy 2 & a half intro talking about being unable to prioritize a bitch over a bag despite wanting her badly whereas “nan” takes it a step further by detailing having to cut off his last girl because she was fucking with his head backed by a booming trap instrumental. “bool” talks about running the bucks up accompanied by a spacious beat with some 808s, but then “up” shoots for a glitchier trap approach sonically admitting he fucked up but he knows how to fix it.
“kould tell” psychedelically points out that the one he’s seeing now has clearly never been with a rockstar before leading into the trillwave-infused “cheque” encouraging shawty to rock with him even though he doesn’t play guitar. “rn (right now)” makes it clear that he don’t pop out when it’s bright out over a pluggnb instrumental that is until “ainmean.” strips the drums completely telling her that he didn’t mean to hurt her feelings. “pop it.” wraps up London by blending synths & hi-hats telling his lover that he’ll buy anything in the stores for her.
Gaultier quickly became the best EP in his discography once the year started & London is already right behind it on top of raising my expectations for self-titled next month. The production’s on par with tana’s major label debut continuing to expand on his pluggnb, cloudy pop rap sound & he’s continuing to deliver some of his strongest performances.
Score: 3.5/5
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