St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada rapper Dax has returned for his 3rd studio LP. Working as a janitor before blowing up after dropping the single “YourWorthIt.org” with Hopsin in the summer of 2018, this was followed up with his debut EP It’s Different Now shortly after & the I’ll Say It For You EP under the Strange Music subsidiary It Goes Up Entertainment. Pain Paints Pictures was one of the worst debuts of this decade & the Columbia Records debut From a Man’s Perspective proved to be worse, unsure of what to get out of Anger Management.
“Big Boys Don’t Cry” tritely opens with this rap rock intro talking about men hiding vulnerability from the world whereas “Trauma” goes for a generic trap vibe, confessing to the feeling of in escaping the past. “Diary of an Alcoholic (10 Shots)” comes through with a fake deep perspective regarding alcoholism over a country rap instrumental leading into “God, Can You Hear Me?” melodramatically begs for the Man upstairs to listen to his pleas.
Continuing with “Man I Used to Be”, we have Dax talking about becoming half the person he was when Jamiroquai already tackled this subject with one of my favorite singles of theirs prior to the country-inspired “Temptation” reaching the halfway point speaking of desire knocking at his door. “The American Dream” forces himself to get in his patriotism bag when he’s not even American while over acoustics until “Caught You in the Bed” gets preachy regarding infidelity.
“Your Feelings” winds down the last leg of Anger Management mutating country rap & trap talking about the place Satan attacks at every chance while “Happy Wife, Happy Life” comes through with a corny pop rap track with a country twist to it. “Gave You the World” makes a turn towards cloudier territory talking about an ex-girlfriend he couldn’t save & “Comfortable Being Alone” hooks up a generic beat to send it all off finding solace in loneliness.
From a Man’s Perspective saw Dax coming into his own stylistically considering he’s pretty much embraced a more prominent country rap sound than anything he’s been doing for the past decade since & attached a sloppy point of view regarding men’s mental health when you got people like King Iso doing those topics justice, but Anger Management gratingly expands the musical ideas of it’s predecessor nearly 2 years ago to insincerely convey the reality of being honest with our struggles.
Score: 0/5
Keep up with @legendswill_never_die on Instagram & @LegendsllLiveOn on Twitter for the best music reviews weekly!
Legends Will Never Die 