, with his loosely and monochromatically melodic raps, spells of winding introspection, soft misogyny, and bars that hinge at the joints. “Come Home,” in its submerged R. & B. samples, casual coquetry, and king-making pronouncements, is something of an homage, if not a caricature. Many songs are co-produced by Boi-1da, a longtime Drake beat-maker, and the artist himself makes a guest appearance on “Churchill Downs,” a song that sees Harlow operating dutifully in his idol’s shadow.
Harlow’s music seems to be powered more by simulation of stardom than aptitude, and his craft is without a distinctive style. Wordplay often eludes him, and the hooks on “Come Home” are remarkably bland. Still, he proves himself capable of relaxed, breezy performance in verse. On “Young Harleezy,” Harlow flips through only a couple of rhyme schemes, each tumbling into the next; he skips along the hi-hats of “I’d Do Anything to Make You Smile” as if he’s playing double Dutch.
The album, instead, rests heavily on nostalgic samples from the nineties and early two-thousands—Destiny’s Child, Fergie, Tweet, Snoop Dogg—that can bring welcome color and texture to the tracks. When it works—as on the key-driven opener “Talk of the Town,” which features a pitched-down sample of Destiny’s Child’s “No, No, No Part 2”—such moments feel like extensions of Harlow’s accessible personality. When it doesn’t , it seems like a cheap and useless gimmick.
Harlow doesn’t always hit his cues as a ladies’ man, but he does seem comfortable with his newfound celebrity. Haters, real or imagined, are the most potent inspiration here. “You know they prayin’ that I say the wrong thing / Look at the disdain that these hit songs bring,” he raps, on “Parent Trap.” On “Movie Star,” his elevated status brings awe and envy to those around him, and he responds with some of his slyest quips .
It’s cool how this dude is clearly an industry plant because my TL is fucking blowing up
Finally the day to unfollow and unsubscribe has come. Jack Harlow of all people to put light on 🗑
all the homies love nice, casual, ‘soft misogyny’
What is soft misogyny?
“Soft misogyny”
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