Atlanta, Georgia recording artist 1300SAINT finally releasing his 3rd LP. Known for staying out of the box with a versatile sound & style drawing in listeners from all walks of life painting pictures of all colors & shapes to create a true experience for his audience, the heavy 808 based instrumentals he lays his smooth vocals over on his full-length debut Noir makes you feel every song a little more than usual & led to Young Thug signing him to YSL Records not too long after he came home last Halloween. All Hail marked his debut for the label, preluding Savior with Saint Season as well as 4 & NewDrug. respectively. However, the main course has arrived.
We get some background vocals & hi-hats colliding all over the intro “Bigger Than Life” so 1300 can describe how he’s been feeling this whole entire year to the world whereas “Kyoto” talks about being posted up in the capital city of the 京都 prefecture of 日本. “Stop Playin” finds himself refusing to go back-&-forth with these clowns online including a jab at his former labelmate 9 Vicious just before the cloudy “Slitherin’” talks about having his way.
Lil Gotit fresh off his new collaborative album with his late brother Lil Keed this past Halloween appears on “R.I.P. Pope” so they can sell swag & discuss the way both of them are living while “Heard It All” embraces a hazier trap vibe talking about how that bro shit don’t work with him anymore. “Divine” luxuriously breaks down his expensive habits & assuring the racks don’t speak for him while the flute-tinged “Mona Lisa” talk about possibly needing money counseling.
“Palm Springs” starts the 2nd half of 1300SAVIOR’s sophomore effort for YSL repping his squad for eternity & promising this fine woman that he’s been speaking to that he’ll buy her anything she wants leading into “Slimier > You” boisterously talking about how slimy he is. “Bounty” gives off a shimmery trap atmosphere suggesting you might need another engine to catch up with him while “Soulties” talks about not giving a fuck regarding all these broke ass rapper & not regressing to his past self.
Yung Heir makes the 2nd & final guest appearance of Savior on “Chainz & “Corvettez” decently clarifies they ain’t ever lonely because of the cash flow while “Flaws” talks about getting his killstreak back up. “Return You” likens himself to a pilot the way he make these muhfuckas flying while the “Interlude” feels more like a 3 & a half minutes song talking about going through it all. “Savior Solitude” spaciously concludes by showing off his singing chops over a beat kin to Yeezus.
Now it was confirmed yesterday that 9 Vicious is officially no longer on YSL Records despite Young Thug initially saying he was the weekend Uy Scuti dropped due to Tezzus recently joining the rebuilding label & 9 Vicious having beef with him, 1300SAINT has already paving the way for a new generation of YSL since late February & this could be my favorite project of the 5 he’s dropped since he got signed. The production is more detailed than NewDrug. a few months ago & despite Yung Heir’s feature being the weakest of the 2, I do admire that he & Gotit’s verses make Savior feel less monotonous than All Hail.
Score: 4/5
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