Welcome to the rest of your life, and welcome to forever.Logic has returned with his zealous, boom-bap hybrid “Young Sinatra IV” - a tribute to the artists who nurtured his passion for rap and to the fans who helped make his dreams a reality. Nothing can ever take that away from him. But this looks to be really it, and No Pressure is the grand finale that gives closure to a Maryland rapper’s story of struggle and his triumph. Like mentioned before, the game doesn’t really ever leave you. It is to be determined down the road whether Bobby is truly done with hip-hop, or taking an extended sabbatical to raise his new family.
All sparked by one of the all-time great mixtape runs ever, in an age when Datpiff was at its peak. But for others, it is merely a coronation of what has been one of hip-hop's biggest risers in the last decade. To some, this is redemption, for an artist whose garnered criticism from fans and listeners of the genre alike with projects in COADM and Supermarket. While there are minor bumps on the road, such as the whimsical “Perfect”, this excellent conclusion to Logic’s polarizing career finishes where it started. Finally, Bobby concludes his career with a beautiful farewell in “Obediently Yours”, a chilling, piano-led, Orsen Welles-narrated interlude that serve as the “passing of the torch” to the next generation to create change in society. Then, he preaches it to the choir with a heartfelt, gospel-like tribute to the fans in “Amen”. It’s emotional in the sense that he’s fought to become a rapper that radiates positivity and just being himself, proclaiming, “I rather be hated for who I am/than loved for who I’m not/give a f*** if it’s hot!”. Driven by emotive, summery piano, piercing synthesizer, and brutal, down-to-earth lyricism that is amongst one of Logic’s honest yet. The Kanye-esque tearjerker "Heard ‘Em Say”, is a confession letter to not conforming to hip-hop's standards, and becoming his brand of “Peace, Love & Positivity”. Their teamwork makes this flawless, versatile, and a throwback that certain listeners, who disapproved of the artificial production from years past, will certainly approve.įinishing after the listening party on gaming platform Twitch, Logic took a moment to shed some tears at its end, because the final stanza to conclude No Pressure truly deem it his swan song. It’s all in debt to the leadership of 6ix and rap figure No I.D, who took role as executive producer as before in Logic’s debut. Not to mention, being able to utilize the actual Alkebulan sample that he was meant to use in Under Pressure’s “Soul Food”, he propelled it to a grander scale in the sequel “Soul Food II”, Logic’s hardest lyrical performance in years. Pillared by pompous horns, and a drum line reminiscent of “Metropolis” from UP, it’s prime Logic at his finest. The woozy “Man I Is” is also another call-back to his debut’s impact. Logic finds himself in a spiritual sit-down with God in “Hit My Line”, a blushful, piano-driven plea mirrored with booming bass, ended by Thalia’s narration the “AI” that’s appeared in nearly every album since his first. His final one does justice to find the same footing, saturated in layered, organic, sample-heavy production and his best in years. His 2014 debut predecessor, “Under Pressure”, was laced in grimy sounds and versatile lyricism that molded together to Bobby’s telling of his Gaithersburg upbringing. Where things start is where it also comes to an end, and that’s what No Pressure stands upon.
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With the release of his final project “No Pressure”, he brings his entire career full circle. That narrative might be at an end however, as Maryland rapper Logic has announced his exit for family life, and by everything said of it, he means it.
The reality is, once you make it in hip-hop, it’s tight grasp is clung onto you forever - for life until death. Eminem claimed the same thing after “Encore” released that same year, only to resume 5 years later with “Relapse”. Jay-Z claimed retirement after the release of his classic “The Black Album” in 2004, only to return two years later with “Kingdom Come”. Nicki Minaj said last year on social media she was to leave, only to retract it days later. After all, have you ever heard of a major hip-hop artist just walking away and going through with it? It’s a move unheard of because, nobody simply just “leaves the game”. When you hear the headline of, “so and so in hip-hop is leaving music”, it is not a believable statement.
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