11/30/2022 0 Comments Melodics reviews![]() One can practically see him turning green with disgust as he's writing this verse, targeting anyone who doubted him such as the ‘overnight activists’. Lamar, though, is everything the hype suggests. The regal horns of the first beat settle the throne for King Kendrick later on, but Sire Keem still tirelessly attacks the track to put on a glorious show. For the easiest examples to grab, go to the trembling Aztec beat of ‘cocoa’, or the almost poly-rhythmic banger ‘Booman’.Įven past the headline-grabbing event of ‘family ties’ (which marked Kendrick Lamar’s first verse since 2019), the track itself still feels colossal. Keem’s delivery is bellowed from the nose and wet-through with autotune, but somehow sounds vigorously direct in practice. On his debut album, Baby Keem is continuing the mission of putting himself forward as the premier name in mosh pit rap. Again, the situation is not lost on Keem, as he exclaims on ‘range brothers’: “The shoes I fill are huge!”. However, when the two collide, Keem leads the way and pushes Lamar down new avenues, so much so that it would be no surprise if Kendrick’s upcoming album took influence from The Melodic Blue’s aesthetic. Keem acknowledges this on ‘family ties’: “I’m grateful to Man-Man, he opened up doors”. ![]() It’s felt from the outside that Kendrick has been helicopter-parenting Keem, lending him the resources to make some of the best production and visuals for a freshman mixtape ever. ![]()
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