Tag: Thy Will Be Done

$uicideboy$ – “Thy Will Be Done” review

New Orleans, Louisiana duo & G*59 Record$ founders the $uicideboy$ consisting of Ruby da Cherry & $crim surprise-dropping their 6th studio LP on Christmas Day. In over a decade, they have given a plethora of projects whether it be the Kill Your$elf saga & Eternal Grey or even the debut album I WANNA DIE IN NEW ORLEANS & the Travis Barker-produced Live Fast, Die Whenever. The sophomore effort Long Term Effects of Suffering followed as did Sing Me a Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation along with New World Depression. In what was supposed to be a 2nd disc of Thy Kingdom Come back in August, the boy$ have decided to make Thy Will Be Done a stand-alone sequel of it’s own.

“Leviticus” starts off with a grisly trap instrumental produced by none other than $crim asking for God to send a flood to wash their sins away whereas “2009 Reggie Bush” goes for a Memphis vibe asking for everyone to get off their dicks. “Bloodsweat” aggressively talks about having the balls to die where they stand unlike others although the homophobic bar was cringe leading into the dirty south flavored “Angel Grove” coming at my 2nd favorite song observing the plot twist of them sacrificing themselves to the world.

Reaching the halfway point, “Whatever Floats Your Boat Will Definitely Sink My Ship” takes a melodic approach in terms of delivery over a blend of hi-hats & a guitar singing about not wanting to be this afraid of the dark while the tropical trap atmosphere of “MSY” begins the 2nd leg talking about spending the past decade of their lives using metaphors to express the way they’ve been feeling. My favorite song has easily gotta be “Old Addicts, New Habits” from the experimentation of trap & jazz rap to the lyrics representing the Northside like they’ve done so their whole careers.

“Frenzy” energetically kicks off the encore of Thy Will Be Done with another top 3 moment in my opinion looking to fuck shit up harder than a Hurricane swapping out the hi-hats in favor of some 808s while “Hypernormalisation” eerily embarks on a trip to the Southside & preferring euthanasia over getting high. “Fuck Ups” finishes off with a hypnotic phonk beat giving middle fingers to 5-0 & hanging out with the fiends because those’re the kind of people they came up with.

This new half hour collection of ideas from the $uicideboy$ carries over the ethos of Thy Kingdom Come almost 5 months ago & it most certainly would enhance the quality if it were an expansion of that predecessor since that was the original plan, but I can’t blame Ruby da Cherry or $crim for spinning Thy Will Be Done off into a completely separate album by itself due to them offering a sequel that progresses beyond the original cohesively. $crim’s production explores the sounds of Memphis rap, trap, phonk, dirty south, jazz rap & a small dosage of trap metal further embracing their new sense of spirituality.

Score: 4.5/5

7xvethegenius – “Thy Will Be Done” review

7xvethegenius is a 31 year old MC from Buffalo, New York breaking out a couple years ago off her debut EP The Calm Before & the full-length album 7xve is Love. This was followed up with the Self 7xve EP & then this past winter, she & Jae Skeese both became the first artists that Conway the Machine would sign to his newly formed Drumwork Music Group. Now since 7xve’s sophomore album albeit Drumwork debut Death of Deuce on the way, she’s preluding it by dropping her 3rd EP.

“Tunechi” is a trap-flavored opener produced by Chup with 7xve & Armani Caesar telling motherfuckers to ask about them whereas “Payback” has an atmospheric boom bap tone thanks to EYEKETYSON speaking on her family. “Roses” goes into jazz territory addressing her lover just before “Marching” returns to that trap sound talking her shit.

The song “Psalm” with Jae Skeese takes it back into jazz turf with the help of Camoflauge Monk saying they out their lives on wax while the penultimate track “If I” with Heem meditatively tells the good they can be anything. Finally, the closer “Bailey Ave” luxuriously pays homage to the street that she came up from.

I feel like this chick has only been getting better within the last 8 months or so. Everything from 7xve’s songwriting to the production choices have improved significantly in comparison to her previous efforts. At this rate, Death of Deuce could very well be her best work yet.

Score: 3.5/5