Chicago, Illinois emcee/producer SABA celebrating Devil’s Night with a brand new EP. The co-founder of the Pivot Gang collective a decade back, he broke out in the fall of 2016 off the solo debut Bucket List Project & the follow-up CARE FOR ME was where his potential would be put on a much more broader display. Few Good Things was a better version of Cordae’s sophomore effort From a Bird’s Eye View coming off From the Private Collection produced by No I.D., he’s grabbing himself a cup of C0FFEE!.
“How Many X?” begins by asking all sorts of questions like the amount of times this woman had broken his heart or if she even wants give his love a chance & after the “don’t be long” interlude, “my bro” featuring Senite jazzily talks about charming a woman he fell for more than once. The self-produced “Looking for Parking” shows off his singing abilities hoping his girl ain’t tired after pulling up to her complex while “Today Years Old” talks about not being like others.
Starting the 2nd half, “high tides” discusses all the hues in his life get so bright for the moment just before “itachi” after the “supplier” interlude talks about trying to stay sane despite that not being so easy because of the turmoil unraveling in front of us these past 9 months. “TICTACTOE” lastly finishes the EP with him starting to miss phone calls & texts from a female he’s no longer on speaking terms with realizing that some shit is better off being let go of.
It doesn’t really surprise me that coming off the most beloved full-length of SABA’s career this spring, C0FFEE! would embrace an experimental sound & get more abstract with his songwriting. However even with all these interesting creative ideas floating around, I don’t find myself coming back to it as much as From the Private Collection because there are a few key moments where some of these tracks don’t feel fully fleshed out.
Score: 3/5
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