NO HANDS (Deluxe Edition)

the take

A part of me really needs to follow my own advice more often and never judge ̶a̶ ̶b̶o̶o̶k̶ an album by its cover. For the most part of last year, I've seen people here on Musicgram praise this album but I never really had any interest in it. Partly because I thought it would be really cringe. Holy shit, was I wrong. "NO HANDS" is such a fucking fun album. This album pays homage to different eras of urban music and each song doesn't sound generic at all. With that, I never knew which sound to expect going into each song, but 10 times out of 9, I ended up enjoying it (with me getting hype 10 times out of 10). It also helps that both Joey Valence & Brae brought humorous lyricism while still giving off that great rapper energy. If they weren't trying too hard, they did amazing at being inconspicuous about it. Instead, they gave us one party record that goes through the (musical) motions. It's hard to pick a definite standout favorite on this one, but "WHERE U FROM" is the one that fully convinced me to continue listening, although the preceding songs were just as good. I hated that it took me until now to give this album a listen, but I'm glad I finally gave this a chance, as "NO HANDS" may or may not be in heavy rotation for a while.