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James BlakeandLil Yachtyare a match made in buddy-comedy heaven.
He wrote briskly over instrumentals by Blake, who tinkered further afterward.
The best songs benefit from these differences in process, seeming catchy and loose yet carefully structured.
Theres no interest in hiding his hand this time.
Instead, Boat seems interested in legitimacy.
Missing Man came out in ten minutes, Blake told Zane Lowe in a cheeky Apple Music interview.
The practice feels like less of a liability the busier a track gets.
The album succeeds in communicating a sense that you could drop Lil Boat into any situation and hed float.
Closer Red Carpet, a barbershop-quartet performance, best exemplifies the logic-defying synergyBad Cameotaps into.
Do Blake and Yachty come out of this odd-couple experience loosening up in their respective solo catalogues?
Their restlessness suggests the latter.
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