![]() A lot of people were first introduced to Paak's music when he was featured all over Dre's 2015 album Compton, though Dre stayed away when Paak followed Compton with his own new album, his January 2016 sophomore LP Malibu. Dre, and artists tend to make career-defining albums under Dre's guidance (like The Game did with The Documentary). "This is the album I dreamed of making in high school, when I was listening to ’s The Blueprint, The Game’s The Documentary, and The College Dropout," he told Rolling Stone. There is, at times, the nagging sense that this is an overcompensation for her reluctance to reveal parts of personality, but when she sings with a sense of naked belief – on tracks such as ‘Hoyt and Schermerhorn’, ‘CIAA’ and over plinky piano on ‘In My Eyes’, an emotional tear-jerker that rounds off the album – her chameleonic ability is evident.All of Paak's albums have been named after a city, and naming this one after his birthplace feels like a statement, like Paak is intending this album to be the project he's been building towards all these years, a new beginning. Here, the Brooklyn rapper spits lines such as “ I’m real unstable when I’m off that’ YG / Haffi tell they friends don’t mind me / I stand 5’3 and I’m real feisty”. Intricate production makes up the album’s body, while the Brooklyn-based rapper finds herself at home everywhere: on a colourful, stuttered, radio-friendly tune such as the title track a synth-heavy, distorted club banger on ‘Tic Boom’ or even on the anthemic ‘Roll Call’ with its sparse, layered production. The album starts off forthright and uncompromising – for the first eight tracks, the energy doesn’t subside over dance-friendly beats, Leikeli47 spits bars with a machine-gun spray. Known for covering her face with colourful masks, she reveals an inner sense of self that leaves listeners wanting more even her most ardent fans may be surprised with the emotional honesty subtly littered throughout. On her second full-length album, ‘Acrylic’, New York rapper Leikeli47 showcases her full range of abilities. ![]()
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