Yung Miami – “Watch Dis!” review

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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City Girls – “R.A.W. (Real Ass Whores)” review

The City Girls are a duo from Miami, Florida consisting of Yung Miami & JT. Both of whom have put out 2 full-lengths & a mixtape under Quality Control Music throughout the past 6 years to mixed reception. JT would go on to become Lil Uzi Vert’s girlfriend with Yung Miami having a child with Southside & recently breaking up with Puff Daddy a.k.a. P. Diddy or Diddy at the beginning of 2023. Nonetheless, the singles they’ve releasing leading up to their 3rd & final LP have actually been some of their best songs ever namely the improved production choices that their previous material lacked.

After the intro, the first song “Piñata” is a industrial no melody trap opener produced by Southsidetalking about how their significant others wanna hit it whereas “Static” featuring Lil Durk works in some pianos & hi-hats thanks to Tay Keith telling dirty bitches not to worry about them at all. “No Bars” by JT fuses hyphy with crunk & mobb music kickin’ it off top solo dolo just before “Line Up” pulls from ratchet music getting raunchy of course.

“Show Me the Money” gives me a bit of a Miami bass vibe instrumentally talking about the dollars leading into the pop rap ballad “Emotions” featuring Muni Long pleading not to let them fall in love for nothing when it’s all said & done. “Fancy Ass Bitch” featuring Juicy J samples “Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)” by UGK & OutKast showing off how fancy both of them are, but then “Good Love”featuring Usher draws inspiration from Atlanta bass detailing being freaked in the city.

The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” sample throughout the pointlessly minute & a half “Work for It” is ok even though the braggadocious lyrics are cool while “I Need a Thug” picks things back up from the bounce undertones that 30 Roc cooks up to the “I Need Love” interpolation looking to get with thugs. “Flashy” featuring Kim Petras dabbles with nu disco describing their ostentatious lifestyles while “Wigs” is a decent ode to the amount of wigs they own.

“Face Down” finds Mike WiLL Made-It cooking up an off-the-wall beat blending hyphy & ratchet music so Miami & JT look to be slutted out while the rubbery “What You Want” produced by Hitmaka & OG Parker talking about their lovers always getting them what they want. “Tonight” goes for a futuristic approach looking to do it all night while “Survive” hooks up a soul sample & hi-hats getting more personal. To close the album however, “Fuck the D to the A” ends things with a Detroit trap instrumental from Helluva bringing it hardcore.

You know I’ve never been big into the City Girls’ past material, but I gotta say that R.A.W. (Real Ass Whores) lived up to my expectations as the most well-crafted body of work in their discography. It’s refreshing to hear their production choices being stepped up with a variety of different sounds, the feature-list is tight & both of them delivering solid performances of their own. Pretty good note to end on for them as they embark on their solo careers.

Score: 3.5/5

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