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Hi everyone, Glizzano here, the
internet's busiest music nerd, and it's
time for a review of this new Keylock
album, Glocki, The Dawn. Keeglock is a
Memphis rapper who is recently coming
off of his most successful record to
date, and he is hitting us with another
heaping helping of tracks on his latest
here. Now, in regards to Kee Glock's
style, his sound, his presentation, I
don't know if there's a lot to say
because he's the sort of artist where
what you see is pretty much what you
get. He is a steady and consistent
spitter with a very great ear for beats.
Uh, he gives us a lot of relaxed and
very entrancing flows on his tracks. You
know, think 21 Savage if he could come
through with maybe a bit more oomph and
swagger to his performances. And it also
should be noted that this guy came into
the game under the wing of his legendary
and influential cousin uh young Dolph of
course through his Paperroot Empire
Collective. And the two had collaborated
frequently until Dolph's tragic murder
in 2021. But if there is a silver lining
to that very dark cloud, it's the fact
that Glock has been riding a commercial
high since the release of his last album
and has really been coming into his own
artistically. With Glocki here though, I
will say for the most part, it does
sound like he is running pretty much the
same play that he did a few years ago on
his Breakout Glaucoma 2. The deluxe of
which actually brought him even more
attention. And yeah, in my opinion, I
think there are most definitely pros,
mostly pros, but still also cons to
taking that approach on this new record.
I mean, first of all, with this LP,
there is very little in the way of
versatility or growth to make note of,
especially on the song structure side.
Glock historically is not super big on
hooks and choruses and for the most part
he just kind of picks a hypnotic flow
and a great beat to do his thing on top
of and then he just does it and ends
things before any given track sort of
starts to overstay its welcome. I mean
case in point, the deluxe edition of
this album contains 21 entire songs and
in total it doesn't even pass an hour of
runtime. And miraculously, we're also
talking about a featureless experience
on this record, too, as Glock once
again, even with the increased fame and
hype behind this new album, uh, decided,
"Yeah, I don't really need anyone else
other than me to carry this record."
But, you know, that decision has led to
a lot of tracks on this LP that, uh,
tend to kind of blend together. That is
unless Glock happens to drop a super
funny or outlandish bar or picks a beat
that happens to bring a very bold or
attention-grabbing sample like with the
great organ and string combo on the
Grinch, the epic gospel touches on the
opening track Hallelujah. Furthermore,
the chill R&B flavored female vocal
harmonies that paint the background of
Made Away or or or the track Sunny Days,
which features a very simple but
prominent and effective sample of Bobby
Heb Sunny, which just sounds fantastic
as the backbone of the song. However,
not every sample on this record is uh
super complimentary. Like for example,
on the song Blue Devil, we have a pretty
obvious grab of some passages from
Willie Hutch's uh Tell Me Why Our Love
Has Turned Cold, which uh if you're at
all a rap fan, you will instantly
recognize as uh already having been the
backbone of the 36 Mafia classic Stay
Fly. And while sure as a rapper like you
can do that, that's your artistic
choice, but I feel like fans are
naturally going to compare the two songs
in their head, especially given that uh
the sample's kind of employed in much
the same way. I mean, really to a less
impressive degree in this instance. But
yeah, honestly, I just don't really see
what this song adds to the greater rap
cannon given that we kind of already
have a major classic uh doing pretty
much exactly this. Beyond that, I'll say
while I do think Glock's rapping and
lyricism on this project is as
charismatic and as solid as it was on
his last record, I'm finding maybe a few
less catchy moments here and there that
aren't really sticking with me lyrically
speaking after I'm done listening to the
project. And once again, I found the
overall flow of this album to be a lot
like that of a compilation with uh
definitely there being highlights
throughout, but there not really being
uh much highs or lows or rhyme or reason
uh to my ears anyway. in terms of like
why certain tracks are being placed in
certain places. I mean, the closing
track 3:00 a.m. in Tokyo, for example, I
feel like literally could have been
placed anywhere on the album and you
would have had much the same experience
with the record. I mean, if there is a
major improvement or I guess like
overall change to note with this record
when comparing it to its predecessor,
it's that I do think the production does
tend to take maybe a a bit more of a
melodic, harmonious, and cinematic
approach here and there. I think in
terms of beat choices, Glock really
wanted to show uh his softer side in
some instances. However, this doesn't
really coincide with a change in his
rapping or lyricism in any way. So, as a
result, any shift in Glock's ethos as
far as production choices go, more or
less feel like window dressing. So yeah,
overall while I did find Glock to be a
very simple, straightforward, solid,
enjoyable project, super consistent, the
record didn't really bring the increase
in ambition or the widening of Glock's
versatility or what I saw as his full
potential on the last album at all
really. And I failed to see what this
record brings to the table that his last
didn't. Uh it doesn't really function as
uh a replacement. It does many of the
same things. and I I just see no reason
to kind of go to this record after
having heard it uh knowing that I much
prefer Glaucoma 2. With that being said,
it's still very much worth a listen in
my view, especially if you enjoyed uh
anything he's done in the past, which is
why I'm feeling a light to decent seven
on this one. Tran position, have you
given this record a listen? Did you love
it? Did you hate it? What would you rate
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