Let Me Update My Status/SCARING THE HOES review:

I would like to shoutout my broad music taste palette, because I was never raised with a particular sound in my household, mostly the sounds of traumatic arguments that altered my brain chemistry with the background noise of early 2000’s R&B and Hip-Hop. I wanna assume this combination of sounds extended my musical journey beyond what is considered Pop. I love a good racket which brings me to SCARING THE HOES…

This album is so inane on first listen it’s hard to not think what’s all this noise. 3 or 4 listens in certain iconic samples start to resonate. What geniuses one begins to think. Where ya get ya coke from? Is what a silent movie about flamenco steppers at the eruption of Pompeii with pantomime-type orchestra playing would sound like “to me”. The dissonance in 80% of the tracks in this album perfectly reflects my playlists and state of mind.

The juxtaposition of early 2000’s hit Milkshake by Kelis (the only flip I presume she approves of) and Jersey sound sensation on Fentanyl Tester is what I think would get the girls moving on TikTok. Shut Yo Bitch ass up/ Muddy & Run the Jewels I hear early hip-hop type of DJing and the hardest bars from both rappers in question, it’s inexplicable mastering.

The album feels so advanced in Afro-futurism yet possibly unintentionally. Lean Beef Patty combines sped up mixing of “I need a girl PT2’ with what sounds like garage drum patterns mashing up the place.

A solid 8 in my book. JPEG has continued to evolve sonically as for 42 year old Danny Brown, it seems like he is living out his badass mid life crisis purposefully and publicly which is kinda iconic. Songs HOE (Heaven on Earth) and Orange juice Jones are songs I could play at the apartment house without my old man noticing it is indeed rap music.

Let me update my status is an album that seems to compile and highlight raps prominent eras for my generation. Listening to Tisakorean and hearing Atlantic influences is compelling considering the rapper hails from Houston Texas. However him and I have a thing in common in enjoying music from rappers of different states.

Almost each one of his song titles seem to reference Soulja boy’s entire come up era, specifically Crank It Up” & “Stunna Shades” are songs with clear Soulja Boy influence on his music. The undeniable S.O.D. Money gang type ad-libs, repetitive jingles, dance moves and a XXXL sense of style. It’s only a moment until the greatest rapper of all time tells you he did it first. “uHhH HuH” & “Middle fingers up” seems to draw inspiration from the New Boyz jerking era.

“Stop texting” & “mOtOrCyClE.mP3” uses Playboy Carti-esque repetitive choruses. Whilst “OnCe UpOn a SiLlY” uses grunts familiarly known which Gucci Mane’s sound. All in all the nostalgia jumped out of this and there’s a whole tumblr generation that will feel this one.