As a person who struggles with both, these two tracks immediately became instantly relatable. The songs “Anziety” and “1-80” both talk about Logic’s recent dealings depression and anxiety.
‘Cause honestly I idolize you on everything, my wordĬause I ain’t fuckin with that hat, with the colors that’s white and red Is blurred I ain’t trying leave ya name slurred Your music is 2020 but them political views Man it’s all love but the youth is confused Wake the fuck up and give the people what they want George Bush don’t care about black people “The track “America” is probably my personal favorite on the album as Logic goes political and talks about the current state of America including Kanye West’s now infamous meeting with President Donald Trump. Other notable songs are “Ink Blot and the intro cut “Hallelujah”. The features on Everybody are also great, my favorites being Damian Lamar Hudson on Black Spiderman and Alessia Cara and Khalid on 1-80. The production on this album is immaculate (when Logic isn’t doing spoken word over it) and Logic’s flow over a lot of these songs is on point. There a ton of negatives, no doubt, but the good stuff here is really really good. If I’m being honest, I usually just skip them.ĭespite all of these negatives, I can still say that I still enjoyed Everybody. Fortunately, Neil does a good job narrating, but they still feel like a chore to get through because of the length. Under Pressure and The Incredible True Story used skits to its advantage by pushing the narrative forward whilst not making the album feel bloated. On Everybody, the skits take up a fair chunk of the album, including a 12 minute closer with an admittedly pretty nice J. Skits are usually fine by me if they are done correctly. In fact, astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson narrates the album as a god-like figure for the course of the album. “Take It Back” isn’t the only track to feature these kind of monologues or skits. All the while, he wastes an excellent beat. Problem is, this story literally takes up a majority of the song with the track clocking in at around 6 minutes. Something he’s done before, of course, but here he gives a bit more of a personal story in the latter half. Another questionable song for me is “Take It Back”, which is a track about Logic’s environment growing up and the racism he’s experienced from both white and black people. Not an inherently bad song topic, but the “technology is consuming society” stuff has been done ad nauseum at this point. Take the track “Killing Spree” where Logic talks about social media and how people are literally living their lives through their technology.
It comes off like something that a 5th grader would say.
It’s like if someone were trying to do a speech about how to achieve world peace and the speaker saying”Hey guys, can’t we all just get along” and nothing deeper than that. The messages on this album are obviously nice and well-intended, but Logic never goes deeper than surface level on these subjects. Logic also talks about acceptance and equality on this album which is something that ties into his “peace, love, and positivity mantra. Under Pressure, Logic’s first studio album, was a gritty and harsh look at his environment. On Everybody, he dives deeper into that, but with a more nuanced perspective. His early mixtapes contained numerous lyrics about being misunderstood because he was mixed and how this affected his childhood in a lot of ways. It’s no secret that the topics of race and individuality are important to Logic. My excitement grew even more when the singles “Everybody” and “Black SpiderMan” were released. So, to say that I was excited about this album would be a massive understatement. His early Young Sinatra mixtapes are widely praised as being some of the best in their respective years and The Incredible True Story was one of my favorite albums of 2015. Term was coined by Eminem) Among the obvious ones like the Kanye’s and David Bowie’s sits Logic, a rapper hailing from Maryland that has put out a lot of quality work in the past. If you ever get to know me, you’ll quickly find out what artists I absolutely “stan” for (Stan referring to a fan who is obsessed with a particular artist. Enough chit chat though, let’s dive into this new album by Logic!
These include the new albums from Mac Demarco, Paramore, Perfume Genius, Harry Styles, and PWR BTTM.
Nevertheless, we have a ton of new reviews headed your way. Sorry we’re late on reviewing this! A lot of music has come out recently and it’s been a little difficult to keep track of all of them.