Ho, Why is You Here? - Flo Milli: Review
is an up and coming rapper out of Alabama who blew up with a viral song that saw her borrowing the beat from Ethereal & Playboi Carti's Beef. She has maintained a level of popularity for much of 2020 releasing successful singles leading up to this, her debut mixtape.
Review By Lavender:
I've liked Flo Milli since the first time I heard those enigmatic opening bars to Beef FloMix that have been used in many a Twitter fancam this year. As far as viral breakout songs go it is one of the better ones in recent memory and has me excited for what she would do next. Ho, Why is You Here? is a raw debut with some lyrical shortcomings and really only one type of punch to pull, but when she is working this formula to it's best she puts some immense talent and potential on display.
So yeah Beef is the song everybody it talking about and I think it's very good. Despite a lyrical flaw or two the flow is so confrontational and the song is so hilarious I can't get enough of it, but it's far from the only highlight here. Pockets Bigger foregoes a hook entirely for 2 minutes of fiery, sexually charged bars and it doesn't really need much else other than that. Weak is a thematically strong track all about the men in Flo Milli's life and why they can't help but come back to her no matter what. The beat stands out from the rest of the songs here with some soulful samples hanging in the mix and the hook also maintains the topical focus making for a big highlight.
Send The Addy is a rumbling trap banger with pretty strong sexually charged themes. What the track lacks in unique features it mostly makes up for with uncompromising lyrics and a hilarious attitude. 19 explores clout and independence where Flo Milli proper herself up for all her success at such a young age. In contrast to some of the other songs here she dismisses her need for any man in her life to fit the songs theme. The best track on the entire record is definitely May I. The beat is dark and rumbling with some clapping samples that I love. The flow switch-ups are slick as hell and she borrows from Gin & Juice for one of the albums best hooks. This is an awesome banger that is super catchy and well executed from top to bottom. The final big highlight is the incredibly hard-hitting finale Scuse Me with one of the most explosive hooks on the album and confident verses that help wrap the record up well.
While the album is one dimensional and most of the songs could use some better lyricism, the biggest flaws on the records songs individually is often the hooks. Like That Bitch features a super generic beat and a hook that sounds fine at first but has absolutely no flow to it whatsoever and totally kills the momentum of the track whenever it comes on. In The Party has been the other big hit from the album and I can see some of the appeal with one hilariously raunchy bar after another. The hook is another big miss however for a moment that doesn't come up much in such a short song it's really rough execution is one of the most memorable things about the track.
Pussycat Doll has a breathy flow that is good at first but gets pretty unbearable as the song goes on. The beat is too simple for me but there is just enough changing of flows to at least keep the song tolerable. Finally Not Friendly just seems to have more bad bars on average than most of the tracks here. The beat is hard-hitting at first but doesn't really last especially given that this is the longest song on the entire record.
Ho, Why Is You Here? is a short fiery debut mixtape but it suffers from the same issues that a lot of early mixtapes from young artists do. With a refined approach to her lyrical game and more practice at writing good hooks I can definitely see a promising future for Flo Milli. But in the mean time she has dropped plenty of bad bitch anthems already and proven her ability to go viral numerous times, showing off a ton of potential on this record. 6/10
Album Cover Review By Tyler Judson:
Love the photo and the blank space around her. It's a strong image for your first mixtape but where this fails for me is the text. You took all this time to create a great image that encompasses your personality and then just slapped on some text. I think if Flo Milli was behind her and the title was in front it would use the space so much better. Love the colors, love the styling but it falls a little short. 6/10
For more hard-hitting female hip hop check out my review of City Girls City on Lock here
