Music Critics
Florida rapper, Kodak Black, released his first project since his most recent jail sentence on Dec. 14, 2018 and it was one of his best yet.
Kodak has had a history of legal issues, his most recent being a one-year sentence in 2018. He got out in seven months. After the jail time, he was determined to get to work and stop making the same mistakes he had in the past. He put all his time into his music and reportedly turned down six figure deals for live performances. His hard work definitely paid off with his most recent project “Dying to Live.”
The album is riddled with great instrumentals and an improved flow. Kodak always seems to find the right flow for the beat. Songs like “Transgression” and “From the Cradle” were great. They had good flows and improved lyrics telling of how he prevailed through his struggles. Not only were Kodak’s solo songs good, but his features were great as well. Juice WRLD was featured on the song “MoshPit” and he had one of his best features of all time. He shows off his great flow and melodies, as usual, while Kodak delivers a good chorus and solid verse. Another great feature was on ZEZE with Offset and Travis Scott. The track had a great instrumental with steel drums and a vocal sample while Travis Scott had a nice chorus and Offset rapped a great verse with his classic triplet flow and witty lyrics.
The negatives from this album come with Kodak’s repetitiveness. Throughout the album he uses the same flow. He also doesn’t rap about much, he only really talks about how he was poor as a child and has gotten really rich.
Overall, Kodak’s most recent project “Dying to Live” is a pretty good album. Improved flow, lyrics, and instrumentals from his past work. However, due to the similarity of tracks on the album, we will rate it a 7/10.
