Serving as the record’s only true highlight, “Solid” unravels a rarely seen side of Aminé as we see him make a powerful anthem focusing on the ideas of brotherhood and equality. Fortunately, this expansion isn’t a complete disaster, as the hard-hitting “Zack & Cody” with Valee makes for a pretty fun trap banger. Making things even worse, Aminé somehow manages to waste a Saba feature as he trades his passionate storytelling ability for some straight forward braggadocios bars on “Talk”. With most of these short 17 minutes being hogged by horrendous moments like these, it makes you wonder what was going through the Portland visionaries head when putting this out. Still, hearing these knock off Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert impressions are superior to the god awful Unknown Mortal Orchestra collaboration “Buzzin” as its simple lyrics about the struggles of love are so redundant and played out at this point. Clean” or the extremely dense “Gelato”, there’s nearly nothing to admire in the authenticity of these cuts. Whether it’s the painfully generic overly sexualized “Mrs. While the original version thrives because of its risky but rewarding creative choices, the seven new tracks completely disregard this principle. With seven new songs, can Aminé make this already excellent record even better? Yesterday, he expanded on his vision with a brand new deluxe edition of the project, Limbo (Deluxe).
This August, he released his third album, Limbo, which received high critical praise due to its forward-thinking production and stylistic versatility.
Aminé is a 26-year-old rapper from Portland, Oregon.
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