Yung Miami is a 32 year old rapper & songwriter from Miami, Florida who broke out as 1/2 of the City Girls. They would drop a mixtape & 3 full-lengths under Quality Control Music prior to their disbandment with JT becoming the first of the duo to go solo in 2024 when the City Cinderella mixtape preluding Club Cheetah came out although it left audiences divided. However, I was more interested in Miami’s own solo debut coming out through Uptown Records & Republic Records especially since she was always the nicest of the 2.
“Fuck Shit Up” wasn’t exactly the strongest note to open up on asking whether or not all these other bitches got the memo whereas “Fuck You” produced by London on da Track throws up middle fingers declaring she’s still the same as she was when she was in the gutter. The 3rd & final single “2008” throws it back to when Jeezy was a dominant force in the mixtape scene giving the mood motivation while “Spend Dat” featuring Davido, Kodak Black, Lil Baby, Shenseea & Vybz Kartel on the remix unites for a strip club anthem.
G Herbo & Quavo both appear during “T.M.T.C. (Take Me To Chanel)” so they can talk about their desires of shopping at the French luxury fashion house leading into Miami suggesting to “Blink Twice” if one loves being with here at the club. After an interlude, “Put Together” brings some synthesizers in the picture to talk about staying well dressed from the top of her head to her feet leading into “Dade County” featuring Rick Ross, Trick Daddy & Trina repping their home turf.
After another interlude, “Freak Like Me” continues the 2nd half of Watch Dis! getting raunchy over a Honorable C.N.O.T.E. instrumental while “Just Might Go” featuring Travis Scott chops up a sample to make way for both of them talking about alcohol. “Old Time Sake” embraces a bit of a pop rap vibe confronting a man who she’s well aware of him missing her while “Letter to My Mwah” following the last interlude talks about treating her pussy better.
“Baby” wraps up the last leg of the LP with a pop rap cut reminiscent of T-Pain’s earlier output turning up the horniness topically while “Ride for You” featuring Summer Walker combines trap soul & pop rap to talk about hoping their partners stay by their sides. “Chasing Sunsets” explains how she doesn’t stress about anything because of her boss lifestyle over an OG Parker beat & “Dear JT” finishes the album sampling “Missing You” by Diana Ross for an open letter to her former partner-in-rhyme.
Next weekend will already be half a decade since Yung Miami put out her solo debut single “Rap Freaks” to divisive reception & regardless of there being some moments where Watch Dis!’s production can be uninteresting at times similarly to City Cinderella’s, I’d most likely revisit Watch Dis! more of the 2 due to the way she takes it back to her dirty south origins along with her dedicating it to those who’ve ever counted her out & confidently clapping back at everyone who claimed she’s failed at everything in life.
Score: 3.5/5
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