Lav's Music Corner

Smokepurpp is a Florida based rapper who emerged alongside the ever growing wave of SoundCloud rap over the latter half of the last decade. His frequent collaborations with artists like Denzel Curry and Lil Pump, who he fronts the group Gucci Gang alongside, as well as producers like Murda Beatz and Ronny J has given him a contemporary and influential sound. Despite consistent public interest in his music he has largely avoided critical acclaim with simple formulas and poor lyricism.  Review By Lavender: I'd be lying if I said I hadn't enjoyed plenty of singles from Smokepurpp over the last few years. Despite the fact that he tends to attract a little bit more genuine attention for his talent than most of his trap contemporaries both records in the Deadstar  series as well as his Murda Beatz collaboration have suffered from similar shortcomings. Not only does Florida Jit  suffer from the same problems just as heavily but it also features a lack of true highlights that mak...

Dreamville is a subsidiary group of Interscope records founded by J. Cole that features some up and coming talents like J.I.D, Earthgang and Bas. The label has released two Revenge Of The Dreamers compilations but with a larger roster than ever and a number of young, high profile features III  is the biggest and boldest of the projects to date. Review By Lavender: So it's no secret I haven't exactly been in love with J. Cole's output apart from 2014 Forrest Hills Drive . Despite him hailing from my home state his last two albums have left me underwhelmed for very different reasons. Given that I haven't been head over heels for J.I.D or Earthgang despite enjoying their records I still think this album had a lot of potential. Now that Dreamers  is here it faces the challenges of many albums of its type, the quality of the tracks depends greatly on the quality of the artists involved, and that comes with its own issues. There are a handful of songs here that are d...

Smokepurpp is a Florida SoundCloud rapper who blew up on the back of his 2017 single Audi  which would eventually land on 2017 moderately well received Deadstar  mixtape. After a less favorable collaboration with Murda Beatz on Bless Yo Trap  Smokepurpp is prepping to release his proper debut album and dropped two singles along with this EP to help tide fans over until the full album drops. Review By Lavender: Smokepurpp has spent the last two years coming close to sounding special. I've really enjoyed some of his singles and he's gotten really creative on some deep cuts that helped separate him from the field. The problem is that every project Purpp has dropped so far has drowned these great creative tracks with painfully generic and indistinguishable trap tunes. Quite literally like clockwork Lost Planet follows this formula, with two singles one of which I loved and the other I hated and a set of tracks split right down the middle in terms of quality, this w...