Love sick 20117/14/2023 ![]() Love, after all, is the most personal and primal of human emotions, even as it remains the most universal. Love Sick, on the other hand, seemed like it would be a step forward when we’d begin to see more of the artist in his work. the wounded melodic howling, eerie vocal effects, and clipped, erratic rap deliveries that made them stand out from the pack when they first broke out in the middle of the last decade. The feeling that pervaded his prior releases Heaven Or Hell and Life Of A Don is that his primary preoccupation in making them was imitating and improving upon the aesthetics of stylistic forebears like his mentor Travis Scott, Future (both of whom appear here), and Young Thug – i.e. I tend to believe that he’s the consummate aesthete – his presentation is everything, and he’s going for a look rather than a feel. With Don Toliver, I’ve never gotten the impression that I’m learning anything about him or what he truly cares about in his music. ![]() When Marvin Gaye made “What’s Goin’ On?” it was considered a massive creative risk, but it was a sentiment he cared about deeply enough to take that risk. When you push play on “Song Cry,” you get the impression that Jay is letting us in on a moment in his life. The one thing all of those greats did, though, is put themselves into their music. All I strive for is to be in the conversation with some of the greatest of all time.” “To think about Marvin Gaye, Sade, Jay-Z, and just listen again. “I want people to listen to my music and think it’s timeless,” he echoed in another. ![]() “On this particular album, I really locked in on the actual story and the theme of the album and basically the tracklist is going in sequence, in motion of the actual story, of what it will be,” he said in one interview. ![]() In the leadup to the release of his third album, Love Sick, Houston rapper-singer Don Toliver said enough of the right things to make me believe that this would be the project of his that would finally tell us who he is. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow and signals the most important music being released throughout the year. The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. ![]()
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