

He found a really easy pocket and is just letting it ride. This production is so slick and I like that PARTY is letting it breathe. This is much more like it! There’s a little whistle sound that’s a really nice touch. “PGT” and “Never Again” might be tied for worst song on PARTYMOBILE I didn’t even get to decode the acronym! It’s “ pretty thing” but the G-word was inaudible. PARTY’s vocals feel like they may sound good on another song, but it’s hard to tell because this beat is so obnoxious. It’s discordant in a way I’m not enjoying. “PGT”Įxcited to learn what terrible acronym “PGT” is shorthand for! This production is not it. At least the synth melody on the outro is pretty. This is less a song than a few minutes of unfocused warbling. Judging by his delivery, PARTY has been listening to a lot of Young Thug. “NEVER AGAIN”Īnd now we’ve traveled back one more decade to the ’80s.
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Again, this song is perfectly pleasant, but it seems to be missing that intangible zip that makes me want to revisit it immediately. Her vocal tone really has a way of elevating songs. Rihanna isn’t doing much other than harmonizing, but it’s enough to make me wish this was her song instead. The chopped vocals in the production are such a nice touch. Rihanna! How very odd that she’s chosen to reappear on a PARTYNEXTDOOR song, of all things. This song is catchy enough, but I’m not sure it has the special sauce it needs to be a hit. “ Vuja De turn Deja Vu” might be one of the most nonsensical lines I’ve heard in a long time. The fact that he’s actually Jamaican makes this so much less cringe-worthy than when someone like Ed Sheeran works in this space. Why is the percussion on these songs always so similar? I appreciate that his patois is authentic. Another extended outro that kills the momentum. A great sentiment in theory, but in practice, I don’t think he’s following his own advice by writing a song about it. Evidently, he needs to “ spend more time showing” and “ not telling” her that he loves her. PARTY is trying to bargain with his partner by telling her he can be better. It feels almost like he wrote to a different beat and then they swapped the instrumental at the last second. There’s a bit too much going on in this production for PND to find a pocket to ride. The flute sound that has been so popular in hip-hop since “Mask Off.” Strangely enough, I’ve yet to get tired of it. This song is about 75 percent chorus, but I dig how heartfelt PARTY sounds. PARTY wants us to know that he’s a broken human being: “ You get the best of me / whatever is left of me.” This is something you say with a couple’s counselor present, not on the introduction to an album. In standard 1-listen fashion, the rules are as usual: no pausing, no rewinding, just my gut reactions in real-time. He may try to recapture the acclaim of his first two projects, or he may opt to veer in a new direction entirely. Aside from the three singles that he’s released to date-“ SPLIT DECISION,” “ THE NEWS,” and the Drake-featuring “ LOYAL”- PND has given fans few ideas of what to expect from this project. Today, this album arrives in the form of PARTYMOBILE. In the interim, fans have begun reminiscing on the glory of PARTY’s first two projects-the supple vocal runs, the soaring hooks, the sheer triumph that is “ Break From Toronto”-and begun clamoring loudly for a new album. And so, this break has acted as a palate cleanser of sorts.
