Atlanta, Georgia rapper Lil Baby returning to put out his 4th studio LP. Rising to stardom in 2018 off his debut album Harder Than Ever, his profile would gradually increase from there by following up with a collab project with Gunna entitled Drip Harder & his 4th solo mixtape Street Gossip. His sophomore effort My Turn & It’s Only Me were equally welcomed moderately & is posing the question of W.H.A.M. (Who Hard As Me?) few weeks after former AAA Reina de Reinas Campeon, CMLL Mundial Femenil Parejas Campeon, the only female TNA World Champion, TNA Knockouts World Champion & documented racist Tessa Blanchard returning at Final Resolution XIII.
“Listen Up” produced by London on da Track is this drumless intro dropping off 2 dope verses without a hook flexing that nobody can stand the way he does whereas “Dum, Dumb & Dumber” featuring Future & Young Thug gets together over a synth-trap beat from Wheezy talking about being GA certified. “F U 2x” boasts that he stealing women from lames who really ain’t players & DJ Champ going for a darker trap route instrumentally, but then “I Promise” with co-production from Southside assures that you ain’t always have to pour your heart out.
Glorilla joins Baby on “Redbone” for a decent joint dedicated to all the baddies out there except I find myself enjoying it more than “By Myself” featuring Rylo Rodriguez, which unites the CBFW Records artists together over a DY instrumental that I find myself enjoying as much as Baby’s verses & more than both Rod Wave’s hook AND the Rylo verse. “Due 4A Win” has a great concept not wanting to be compared to anyone else even if the beat’s kinda mild just before “Stiff Gang” makes up for it with it’s overall celebratory flare.
“So Sorry” takes a more serious approach making an open apology to someone that he thought was his homie & ready to see himself moving on from having that friendship coming to an end while “Stuff” featuring Travis Scott gets back on the carefree tip talking about them tryna see who colder. “Say Twin” hooks up some hi-hats & piano chords for Baby to hop over them maintaining his self-esteem while “Free Promo” wanting to know if you’re stupid or dumb.
The song “Outfit” featuring 21 Savage reaches the final moments of W.H.A.M. (Who Hard As Me?)by getting them together over this moderately cavernous trap beat breaking down their lifestyles while “Drugs Talkin’” finds Dez Wright bringing in some horns & hi-hats talking about being under the influence of both drugs & alcohol. “Streets Colder” warms up for Dominique a month from now with a DY-laced closer pointing out how colder people are becoming out here.
“99” featuring Future gets the deluxe run going with both of them comparing themselves to Juvenile in his prime 25 years ago while “Idol” cloudily talks about not fucking with anyone else since they ain’t like him in any way shape or form. “Runnin’ This Shit” heads for a symphonic trap direction dissing Gunna for being a rat not giving a fuck if Young Thug said that they’re still cool & the final bonus track “My Shawty” rounds it out with a moody pop rap joint penned about his current girlfriend.
My Turn & It’s Only Me are both underwhelming compared to Harder Than Ever in my opinion, which is my favorite in Lil Baby’s discography. W.H.A.M. (Who Hard As Me?) on the other end, I find to be a decent body of work to hold everyone off getting in his young n***a bag for 41 minutes only doing without less than half of it. Either way you want to put it, I’ll take the highs until he shows us a more personal side to himself on Dominique.
Score: 2.5/5
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