Day 37: The Passion by Jaden Smith // 7

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Image result for syre jaden smithgenre: hip hop, rap
food: T-bone steak
I've listened to some of Jaden's stuff before, but I really should've taken a closer look at the entire album. I was really into "Icon", but stumbled upon this piece on a binge. I didn't realize a bunch of music videos got put out. It also seems like all his music videos' footage was filmed in one day. I have no strong feelings either way about this, but it's whimsical. 

 Anyway, the best part about his albums are his beats. His lyrics, not so much. They don't go beyond simple dissing and self-absorbed flaunting (flexing). It's a lot of r/im14andthisisdeep. It's shame really, because his beats are exquisite and paint a fluorescent picture with its production. Usually my favorite rappers have multiple voices and tones for conveying their message. But on this song, and like most of Jaden's songs really, he has a uniform, one-note character. But, the one twist in this song is the soulful piano bit at the end. However, majority of the props to the producer. 

Rating: 7/10



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