Almost There

the take

Though I know of Tiacorine via her feature on a Denzel Curry song from a cool minute ago, I never was completely intrigued into how her own music sounds. But then this album cover came up and I gave it a listen. To be completely honest, on first listen, I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected, and I planned to have my thoughts on "Almost There" ready to put into complete sentences. That didn't happen, as a lot of time has passed between then and now, and I've since gave this a relisten some time ago to see if I feel the same way about this. I'm sure Tiacorine's goal was to show how energetic and fun this project is supposed to be, given some of the most popular producers who lended her beats. It's cool, but it's nothing too mind-blowing for me. Like, it has bright spots, but is inconsistent for me. First, Tiacorine. Rapping ability alone, she's not bad. I can actually get through a song with her rapping nonstop... depending on how interesting her verses are. And that's where the problems begin. While she maintains the energy through the whole thing, at times she came off as boring and had me looking past her raps and toward the beats instead in some cases. Even then, the beats were hit or miss. "Olive" and "Burnt" are two that stayed on repeat, while I'm questioning why Tiacorine decided to use those beats for "Bonnet" and "Blick". And two of the features didn't add anything either. Luh Tyler and Key Glock both just said what they said, uninteresting and all, and dipped. ZelooperZ, on the other hand? Nothing but rapid fire like rent was due. I'm kinda glad I revisited this because while it's not amazing like I initially thought it was, it still has its moments to make this a (barely) satisfying listen.