Staff Writers
The long-anticipated collaborative album between rappers Lil Baby and Gunna, Drip Harder, released on Oct. 10 and it is worth the listen.
The positives of the album undoubtedly outweigh the negatives. Highlight tracks like “Business is Business” and “I Am” have a bouncy beat and smooth flow that we have all come to love about the duo. The lead single “Drip Too Hard”, released a month before the full album. It is a song of the year candidate because of its catchy chorus and how easy it is to put on repeat. The duo pulled the biggest feature in the rap game with Drake on the outro track “Never Recover” produced by legend Tay Keith.
Of course there are negative that come with any album. “Drip Harder’s” downfall was production. The mixing on the album was not good with tracks sounding muddy or too quiet. “Never Recover”, for example, was well mixed during Drake's verse, but when Gunna started it felt like something in the song was clashing and the vocals no longer sounded clear. The bottom tier tracks were “Deep End” and “Style Stealer.” Both tracks felt forced and off from the usual style.
Drip Harder Sold 130k charting fourth on the billboard top 100. Compared to other albums that dropped on the same day like Mudboy by Seck Wes(29k) it did really well.
Overall, the album was great, most songs were above average, but there was not a song to push it over the edge. The top songs, “I Am,” “Business and Business,” and “Never Recover (feat. Drake)” make one forget about most of the project’s negatives. The collaboration of Gunna and Lil Baby is just getting started and is exciting to see how they can improve, but for now their first collab will receive a 8/10.
