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Tory Lanez – “Peterson” review

This is the 9th full-length studio LP from Toronto, Ontario, Canada rapper Tory Lanez. Blowing up a decade ago off The New Toronto mixtape, he ended up signing with Interscope Records the following year & releasing a total of 4 albums until departing at the beginning of 2020. Daystar that same fall gaslight everyone after shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot & if that wasn’t enough, we’re getting a successor 5 years later after teasing it with multiple singles last summer.

After the intro, the first song “Free Me” calls for his freedom due to him having a family & some homies who need him advising to not let your emotions supercede your intelligence whereas “Sneeze Wrong” talks about the game not being based around sympathy & finding his way home until he loses himself. “White Lightning” finds himself getting drunk in his cell off that moonshine while “Guide Me Through the Storm” talks about needing God more than ever.

“9$ide / Amethyst” is a 2-parter with the 2nd half of it sounding rather unfinished compared to the other & after the “MAWA” interlude, “Lunch Tray” promises that shit won’t ever be the same again once he comes home. “$ailor Moon” has one of the better instrumentals courtesy of araabMUZIK dissing a woman who fucked his dog after becoming incarcerated just before “Verdict Day” reflects on the very day he was found guilty.

After the “Lawyer Fees” interlude, the actual Lawyer Fees” song itself admits that he doesn’t have the money he needs since he’s down bad & his pockets are currently light leading into “Slipping & Falling” coming off as a decent homage to one of the late DMX’s most popular cuts “Fallin’”. We get treated to a couple more 2-parter with the first “Charlie Row / Wishing Well” having a more repetitive 2nd half, but then both halves of “Phone Secs / FaceTime” feel fully complete except the themes of love portrayed don’t do it for me.

“T.D.F (Turn Down Fades) / County Jail” produced by Lex Luger has to be my favorite 2-part joint on the album rejecting any fades that come his way & asking where everyone was when he was fucked up in the county while “Gangland / Fargentina 4EVR” featuring WolfGang Petersen finds the 2 being fed up with these bitches playing with them. “I Fucked a Lady Cop” tells a female officer that she’s his best kept secret while “My Shayla / SPICE-RILLA” featuring D$TNY responds to being served restraining order papers in his cell.

The track “Back Out$ide” featuring SOS oddly begins the encore of Peterson by defending disgraced Bad Boy Entertainment founder Puff Daddy a.k.a. P. Diddy or Diddy ahead of his trial a couple months from now & after TB’s interlude, “Free Tory” wraps up the Daystar sequel by promising to God that he’ll be released from prison at some point later on in 2025 & even if I personally am not so sure of it, we’ll just have to find out for ourselves in due time.

Tory’s 5 Fingers of Death freestyle on Sway’s Universe back in 2018 epitomizes the amount of talent he has & it’s a shame that he hasn’t put anything out channeling that same energy since. Peterson for being a continuation of his most panned body of work isn’t as bad as the predecessor albeit it almost is. I’d be lying if I said the production wasn’t only a smidge above Daystar almost half a decade ago this fall & his performances for a good run of it are subpar.

Score: 1.5/5

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Tory Lanez – “Daystar” review

Tory Lanez is a 28 year old rapper & singer/songwriter from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who blew up off his 2015 mixtape The New Toronto. He ended up signing with Interscope Records the following year, releasing a total of 4 albums under the major label before departing at the beginning of 2020. But after disappearing off social media for almost 3 months due to him shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot this past summer, Tory is back out of the blue with a surprise album.

The opener “Money Over Fallouts” denies the fact that he shot Megan shooting over a keyboard-inflicted trap beat while the next song “A Woman” is a cringey auto-tune ballad about his heart being cold. The track “Friends Become Strangers” talks about those who turned his back on him over a spacious beat while the song “Sorry But I Had To…” is one of the better cuts on here as he talks about how no one can stop him over a mellow instrumental.

The track “A Poem from Me 2 You” goes a capella to speak on what fame really is about while “The Most High” is another highlight in the tracklisting where Tory gives praise to God over an araabMUZIK beat with some triumphant horns. The next 2 tracks “Look How GOD Works” & “Queen & Slim” are both tepid love songs in their own right even if Dez Wright co-produced the latter, but the track “What’s Kulture??” is another enjoyable moment on the album as Tory gets on the conscious side of things over a trap beat with some acoustics.

The song “Solar Drive @ Night” is an unlikeable simp anthem with a decent instrumental while the track “Bittersweet” talks about how he never meant to break this woman’s heart over a trap beat with some menacing piano-leads. The song “Things I Should’ve Said” talks about being fucked up over a woman over a horrid dancehall instrumental while the track “Just Got It Done” ponders about a falling out he had over an lavish beat.

The song “Jokes on Me” melodramatically talks about how he thought this woman would be more faithful to him over a moody instrumental while the song “Care for You” talks about Black children worldwide over another acoustic beat. The penultimate track “In the Air” talks about the fear of African-Americans over a dreary instrumental & then the closer “Life” talks about being newly improved over a beautiful piano instrumental.

Even though Tory Lanez has very much shown how talented he can be on his 5 Fingers of Death freestyle 2 & a half years ago, none of his projects have resonated with me in that same fashion & Daystar could very well be the worst of them all. It just seems as if he’s gaslighting the whole situation with Megan & it’s pretty sad.

Score: 1/5