DaBaby released his second studio album, Blame it on Baby and he definitley proved me wrong.
In my opinion, all of his songs sound the same because he sticks to the flow he's known for. In todays hip-hop culture, artists can get away with sounding the same as long as the beat bumps and the hook is catchy.
And DaBaby took advantage of this in the past.
When Baby released his single, Find My Way, he proved to critics that he can not only switch up his flow, but also do a little singing. Throughout this project he keeps up with that and shows he's more versatile then we thought.
Blame it on Baby is a 13 track, 33 minute album that has 9 features and wont disappoint the die hard fans. Below is the track list in order and is followed by my review of each song concluding with an overall grade:
Can't Stop
Pick Up ft. Quavo
Lightskin Shit ft. Future & jetsonmade
Talk About It
Sad Sh*t
Find My Way
Rockstar ft. Roddy Rich
Jump ft. YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Champion
Drop ft. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie & London On Da Track
Blame it on Baby
Nasty ft. Ashanti & Megan Thee Stallion
Amazing Grace
Track One: Can't Stop
Can't Stop kicks off the album and right off the bat Baby comes in saying, "there ain't no stopping a n***a like me". He grabbed my attention with the first line and the flutes of the beat.
Already I'm nodding my head and thinking he's going to come in with a different flow than normal, however I was wrong. I'm not bashing the track, it's definitely one to get you going, but this is what I expected.
Same flow as every one of his songs.
The second time listening I liked the track more. To me it's an amp up song for when I'm working out or if someone pisses me off.
Track Two: Pick Up ft. Quavo
Pick Up is a perfect song to have Quavo featured on. The beat has that Migos trap feel and has a nice bop to it.
Nothing really stuck out to me in this track. DaBaby has his typic style and the verse from Quavo...well it's a verse from Quavo.
To me, this is a song that would come on shuffle while I'm cursing with the windows down and I wouldn't skip it.
Track Three: Lightskin Sh*t ft. Future & jetsonmade
The beat for this track is produced by jetsonmade and has a dance vibe to it. DaBaby comes in, again, with his normal flow for the hook.
However, 22 seconds in he switches it up by giving us faster word play.
Finally, this is what I've been waiting to hear in the past two tracks! Future comes in for the second verse, and for all you Future fans out there he doesn't disappoint.
Track Four: Talk About It
Now track four is what I like!
Wheezy produced this track and I love this beat. DaBaby comes out strong with the hook mentioning his Gramm nomination for Suge and again shows he can switch up the flow
Grammy nominated n***a, bitches lit now
Talk About It is the track that starts the whole flow switch for the rest of the album. There are a couple of other tracks that I feel should've been placed before this one, but ill mention that later.
Track Five: Sad Sh*t
With a name like sad sh*t you think the song is going to have some Drake vibes to it. Even how Baby comes in singing, I prepared for it.
After the hook though, he comes in hard and the line he uses is," F**k that, I'm back on my pimpin'."
And then you're right back to being amped in and remember you're still listening to DaBaby.
Track Six: Find My Way
If it wasn't for this song, I don't think I would've even listened to this album.
The first time I heard this track I thought to myself, "if he does more music like this, id probably like him", and that's why I gave this album a chance.
Anyway, going from Sad Sh*t to this was a great transition. He's stays in his feels and sticks with the autotuned, singing vibe but still gives us bars.
Track Seven: Rockstar ft. Roddy Rich
There you go DaBaby! This is what I'm talking about!
Teaming up with Roddy Rich for this track shows us a whole other side of Baby. I love his flow, the beat, everything about this track. As the album progresses you'll notice his style does as well.
Rockstar is an all around great track in my opinion.
Track Eight: Jump ft. YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Before I say anything about this track, I want y'all to know I am not a YoungBoy NBA fan what so ever.
Now that did have an impact on what I thought about the song before I listened to it, however I liked it more than I thought I would. Besides there being so much going on with the beat, I as hoping Baby was going to stick to the style he had on the last four tracks.
This is on of the songs I think he should've had before Talk About It. In my opinion, it fits better with the firsts few songs and he could've split the album into 50/50
All in all, this track isn't my cup of tea.
Track Nine: Champion
Boom! And he's back!
If you haven't caught on already, there's obviously a certain type of music I'm a fan of.
I like upbeat songs with a melody.
However, that doesn't mean I don't care for good lyrics and witty bars, because I most certainty do. I'm just saying, the style of Champion is what I like to hear from DaBaby because he is good at it.
On this track he went back to his slight auto tuned voice, fast flow, but kept up with is familiar ad libs. It sorta reminds me of YNF Lucci's Keys to the Streets.
Track Ten: Drop ft. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie & London On Da Track
Never would I have thought that DaBaby would team up with A Boogie Wit da Hoodie.
Hoodie has a different vibe and sound than Baby so I couldn't picture them on the same track.
But with this new sound has shown through this project, they mash perfectly and they created a banger.
I hope that DaBaby continues to put out music like this and keeps trying new styles, because he hasn't disappoint me yet.
Track Eleven: Blame It On Baby
Blame it on Baby, the song entitled album, is another great outing showing off his versatile style.
I love the beginning of this track and he comes in dropping heat. One thing I like about DaBaby as an artist is how he nonchalantly drops funny bars.
Special Ed, yeah, I’m a re-re n***a Can I get a re? (Ahem) Yeah, a refill, n***a
That's just one example, but there are plenty laid out through the album.
Another section I liked, which while I was listening to it felt it was directed toward me, was when Baby says, "I thought he couldn't switch the flow, how the hell he switchin' the beat up?".
My whole opinion of DaBaby was based on the fact he doesn't do anything different with his flow, and this son, along with the whole album, he proved me wrong big time.
Track Twelve: Nasty ft. Ashanti & Megan Thee Stallion
Again, full disclosure I am not a Meg fan so just knowing she was on this song Iwent in not liking it.
When I saw Ashanti was on it though, I was hoping for an old school Ja Rule vibe, which the beat didn't let me down...either did Ashanti. This is another song I feel was misplaced on the track list. It should've been around Find My Way and Sad Sh*t or the last song on the album.
In all, the song wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and I bet people will be making quarnantine babies to this track.
Track Thirteen: Amazing Grace
This is another track I feel was misplaced.
I would've put this song either before Talk About It or switched it with Can't Stop.
But hey, he had a method to his own madness and the order of his tracks worked for him. I did enjoy this song and in the grand scheme of things, it does close out the project well.
Blame it on Baby Final Thoughts
Now I didn't take a complete dive into each track but yet just talked about certain aspects of them. I did it this way to spark conversation and to get everyone involved.
I honestly think DaBaby put together a great album and all you die hard fans should not be disappointed with this. My unbiased opinion here...I give Blame it on Baby a solid 8 out of 10.
He gave his fans his typical sound while proving to critics, like myself, he can switch up his flow. The features complemented his style on each track and the production held up as well.
If you haven't already, you can listen to the album on your preferred streaming service and once you have, comment your thoughts below.
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