It's Only Me

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For just about as long as he’s been rapping, Lil Baby has known exactly what fans have wanted to hear. From the rambling and electric non sequitur of breakout single “Freestyle,” to mock-crying on Drake collaboration “Yes Indeed,” to the way his gruff and always to-the-point bar delivery counterbalanced the pain-inspired melody of Lil Durk across their <i>Voice of the Heroes</i> project—rare is the Lil Baby mi. On his third official album, <i>It’s Only Me</i>, Baby takes great pains to maintain this accuracy. There’s a heap of producers on <i>It’s Only Me</i> who’ve yet to really stake their claim as big-ticket collaborator, but the most recognizable (Wheezy, Murda Beatz, Tay Keith, SEVN Thomas) are certified hitmaker. The production across the project is largely skittering and urgent, the exception being the woozy and ominous horror-movielike score beneath Jeremih collaboration “Stop Playin.” Throughout, Baby is rapping like he’s pressed to rid himself of a gaggle of old rhyme book, depositing the best of their contents on record. .

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