There’s nothing too impressive about this Ricky Racks produced track, but guests Yak Gotti, MPA Duke, and PeeWee Roscoe, come through with decent contributions even though their vocals are nearly indistinguishable from Thug’s. Unlike all of Thugger’s projects, Slime Season 3 is mostly devoid of any features, with the exception of the track “Slime Shit”- the album’s obligatory posse cut. Thug is at home when he takes this smooth, melodic approach to his music, delivering sentimental lines to his lover like “ My mama say she ain’t perfect, but if this is how I’m feelin’, it’s gonna work.” Thugger is no master wordsmith, but its vulnerable moments like these that make his persona more likable, and are nice breaks from his usual subject matter. Thug flexes his singing chops, delivering syrupy melodies over an airy, ambient London on Da Track beat. The track, which originally dropped on Valentine’s Day earlier this year, is a love song to his fiance Jerrika Karlae. “ Worth It” is another example of the excellent marriage between Thug’s vocals and the production he’s riding. The London On Da Track beat builds up with warm synth chords before the drums drop as Thug starts singing the song’s hook. Thug shows flashes of insight by crooning “You can lose your life but it gon’ keep goin’/Why not risk life when it’s gon’ keep goin’/When you die somebody else is born,” on the song’s pre-hook. The album’s centerpiece “Digits”, one of SS3’s best tracks, features Thug reflecting on his mortality, using it as an excuse to continue indulging in his hedonistic lifestyle. On the album’s opener “With Them”, which first debuted at Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 event earlier this year, Thug reflects on his riches with lines like “Diamonds all black like I’m racist now,” and expresses his disdain for girls “who play more games than the NBA” over Mike WiLL Made It’s bouncy, playful production. Thugger’s percussive flows blend well with the hypnotic instrumentals as he effortlessly switches up his vocals at a moment’s notice. Thug’s flow on this album is always in the pocket, rarely creeping into unorthodox rhythms, but still riding the beats with precision. The track “Drippin” has Thug switching flows at the drop of a dime, even featuring a section where he barks, squawks, and scats half a verse before seamlessly transforming his vocals to a Drake-like flow and delivery. That’s not to say Young Thug himself isn’t impressive on this record.
In this new installment, Thug recruits frequent collaborators like producer Mike WiLL Made It and London on Da Track to provide the soundscapes to this album, making the production the most compelling part of Slime Season 3. The rolling hi-hats, crisp snares, pulsating bass, and eerie synths are an appropriate backdrop to Thug’s off-the-wall, inebriated antics.
However on SS3, Young Thug does a fine job of trimming the fat, dropping a 28-minute, 8-track record with little filler.
Most of Thug’s albums run too long-and oftentimes the best moments are sandwiched between bland filler, making a lot of his projects a chore to listen to at full-length.
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In Slime Season 3, the third and final installment in the Atlanta MC’s Slime Season mixtape series and Thug’s second release this year, he offers more sugary vocal melodies, catchy flows, and hypnotic production that he has made a staple in his repertoire since 2015’s Barter 6. Since a lot of Thug’s lyrics are intelligible due to his slurred, erratic vocal delivery, they usually take a backseat to the production and Thug’s quirks, making his music easier to digest and his lyrics easier to dismiss. However, it’s Thug’s charisma and impeccable ear for beats and melodies that turned listeners’ heads since his cult favorite 1017 Thugmixtape dropped in 2013. Like a lot of MC’s in contemporary pop-rap, Thug’s lyrical content contains the usual tropes about sex, wealth, and excess over druggy trap instrumentals. Few would cite Atlanta rapper Young Thug’s lyrical ability as their favorite aspect of his music–and for good reason.
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