You may recall that I reviewed another Young Thug release earlier this year. That LP, Slime Season 3 was, in my opinion a fun little album that was good for kicking back and zoning out, but I'd the first to point out how that album was mostly Thugga just sticking to his guns and doing what he does best. But now we have Thugga's third release this year, the hilariously named Jeffery, and album that not only has a ridiculous title and album cover (though I low-key really dig it), but almost every track here is named after someone, for instance the opener "Wyclef Jean" is a reggae influenced cut that seems to take inspiration from the titular artist, despite not featuring him (he instead shows up on the closer, "Kanye West" oddly enough).
Does this tie into some kind of concept? No, not really, in fact really none of the tracks here save for the aforementioned track and the song "Future Swag" even have anything remotely in common with their namesake. Instead it simply seems that Thug chose this naming convention to simply get peoples interest, which it certainly did.
Luckily, aside from all the weirdness that surrounds the project, the actual music here proves to be possibly Young Thugs best work to date. Not only do we see Thugga trying out some new styles like the tracks "Wyclef Jean"and "Guwop", both of which are a lot more melodic than what was seen on Thugga's past work, and in my opinion, his singing voice has never sounded better; case and point, the incredibly seductive "RiRi" which an absolutely killer hook that just melts on your ears. But we also get to see what is possibly Thugga's most aggressive performance as well with the track "Harambe" where he sounds like he gargled mercury before stepping into the booth, but it still manages to work and be very enjoyable.
The only track I didn't especially was "Floyd Mayweather" which has a decent beat, but it just goes on to long and aside from Gucci Mane and Thugga himself, none of the verses here are all that great (sorry Travis). However, if you go ahead and buy the entire album, you do get the great single "Pick Up The Phone" which actually features a really enjoyable Travis $cott verse/ beat and features my favorite member of Migos, Quavo, who absolutely steals the show with his verse.
Overall, this is a very strong release from Young Thug, I can only hope that this translates into a full length that is as refreshing and satisfying.
8.3/10
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