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Hall of Fame was Polo G's 3rd studio album including Hall Of Fame 2.0 which is deemed as the deluxe to its predecessor. The album consisted of 34 songs (20 in disc 1 and 14 in disc 2) and including features from the likes of; Lil Durk, Nicki Minaj, Scorey, Pop Smoke, Fivio Foreign, Kid Laroi, Roddy Rich and Young Thug, artists Polo G described as ‘future Hall of famers’. The album was initially released on July 11th and recorded Polo G’s first ever number 1 studio album, beating Migos' Culture III with 146,000 first week sales. Before the release of Hall of fame 2.0 Polo deemed HOF 1 as ‘me beating my chest, really coming into my own as an artist, showing i’m here to stay’. However despite this, in its initial reactions HOF 1 received a lot of hate and as many would describe it as Polo G’s ‘worst album’. Although it was Polo G’s most successful album, numbers wise, it received a lot of hate from fans from across the world. But why? Polo G is known for his sad, pain and melodic sound, as well as his drill sound, however many would say ‘he sounds the same’ ‘always uses the same piano beats’. This album was was used by Polo G to show his fans and others that he is very versatile and can make other types of music on any type of beat. Unfortunately, many did not like the idea of Polo changing up his style as they are used to a type of sound from him. Including both albums Polo explored different types of sounds, sampling music with "badman (Smooth criminal)” where he sampled Michael Jacksons’ iconic smooth criminal hit. A Rock n Roll sound with ‘Broken Guitars Ft Scorey’. His sheer rapping ability with ‘No return ft Lil Durk and Kid Laroi’ as well as ‘clueless ft Pop Smoke and Fivio Foreign’ also includes songs such as ‘Don't play’ and ‘Start up again’. He kept his pain and melodic sound with ‘epidemic’, ‘black hearted’, ‘losses’ and arguably his best song with ‘partin ways’ which is perhaps a part 2 of his love song ‘so real’ where speaks about his unfortunate break up with his baby mum. The song hits differently when you listen to how high he speaks of her in ‘so real’. Polo was also very humorous in naming a song in HOF 2 as ‘Piano G’ which fans found very amusing. Nevertheless it was more hated than loved by fans that polo g decided to switch up his sound for these two albums. However the album collectively recorded 2 billion streams, making Polo G the only rapper to have every album achieve this. Over the years Polo had released one album per year, Die a legend (2019), The Goat (2020), Hall of fame (2021), however 2022 was an odd year. Polo G had only released 3 songs the entire year, 2 of them coming within the last 3 months of the year with ‘Distraction’ being released in June, ‘Bag talk’ in October and ‘My all’ in December. For that entire year Polo g had been teasing that he would be dropping an album with producer southside, first indicating that he would be dropping in the summer of 2022, but there was no release. Polo then continued in December that the album will be dropping ‘first quarter of the year’ but as he went into 2023 he released a song with Future called ‘No time wasted’ in February, ‘Grown man with marshmallow' in April, but still no album. In an interview he then mentioned that he will be dropping ‘top of the summer’. The album will be called ‘Hood Poet’ which is very appropriate as I've always described polo g as a poet due to his unique style of rapping, his word choice and his delivery. Songs such as ‘Painting Pictures’ and ‘Bloody canvas’ really highlight his poetic sound. As I mentioned earlier, Polo is preparing to release his 4th studio album with ‘Hood Poet’, fans have started to see posters regarding the album with Polo g teasing some song lyrics. One poster that stood out to me was one that wrote ‘funeral lines for beautiful lives, that's when you realise it is set in stone, ain't no getting revived’ and as a huge Polo G fan i couldn't be more excited for the release of this album, especially after a 2 year wait. Let’s see when he releases. I tried something different in letting another music fan talk from the heart about their favourite artist, so all credits to Chapo for this piece of art - he also did his top 5 which I’ll be releasing after this. What’s funny is I think it was the day after he had sent this to me Polo announced the release of the album Hood Poet, it’s like clockwork isn’t it? Link us here for the top 5 - Miriam & Chapo.
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I’m back again with another top 5 this week, I was ecstatic for Gunna’s drop and through this you’ll learn my favourite 5 songs off the album. Starting with #1 - fukumean Now when I first heard this song I honestly thought the ad libs were a joke and I couldn’t take it in. But you know me, a second listen never hurts nobody right? When I listened the second time I heard what I couldn’t before, I will never underestimate his ability to create a bop. #2 - turned your back Now even after my first listen I knew this was going to be in my favourites. It’s the distortion in the beginning, the echoes, his vocals, even the solemnity of the beat. The vibe I get from this is similar to the one I receive from Potter Payper’s new “White Ash”. I feel Gunna’s reflection and sadness radiate through this one and that’s why it’s on repeat. Real & Raw. #3 - I was just thinking The guitar intro on this is so beautiful, when the beat drops and the vocals layer? It’s actually indescribable. “I was just thinking, how I don’t never wan’ be sober,” we see his disconnect from reality as this yearn to never tap back in really enunciated the graveness of his struggle. For this one there isn’t much to say but you know what that means. #4 - born rich Now it’s not the catchiness of his choruses - though they are all quite catchy on this album - but the beat on this is more jumpy than the others we were provided with and his flow sits angelically on the upbeat vibe. #5 - alright The instrumental on this one is very trancing - I think this is one I could listen to all day. Gunna’s voice sits so well on this as he talks about attempts to overcome his pain and his “glass half full” attitude. “But I know we be alright.” #6 (Bonus) - Bread & Butter. The only reason why this isn’t in my top 5 is because it was the single dropped before the entire body of work; nothing against this class tune. Gunna is speaking his honest truth here, he touches on being snaked/changes in attitudes of other people, gaining a new perspective and his tribulations. It’s such a “new leaf” song; he’s introducing us to his new persona and lifestyle. This whole album I think deserves a headphone listen before the speakers, you need to understand Gunna’s POV. 15 tracks, no features, straight Gunna. How can we not appreciate this? fukumean? - Miriam. |