This was insanely hard to rank. Im sure everyone would do this quite differently, theres just so many valid combinations. Its absolutely the hardest ranking Ive ever done.
Some amazing verses and overall songs on this list, but im sure I left some vital ones out, lmk if you think I did.
Not even remotely close, he was putting shit into the music that just made it so much better, you can tell he actually really cared about what he was making. The creativity and innovation he brought into the space during this period is completely unmatched by any rage artist to this day. It was almost like a completely different type of music with how good he was making it.
Not even remotely close, he was putting shit into the music that just made it so much better, you can tell he actually really cared about what he was making. The creativity and innovation he brought into the space during this period is completely unmatched by any rage artist to this day. It was almost like a completely different type of music with how good he was making it.
Saw someone else do this, so why not
ADLv1 stole the show of course, its my favorite era ever. Shame we didnt get a full effort polished album with this sound
Honorable Mentions:
SMDP ---- (9.7/10) ---- (ADLv1)
GODAMNIT + DAMAGE ---- (9.5/10) ---- (ADLv1?)
Crash Out (ESPECIALLY the outro) - (9.3/10) - (ADLv1)
TRY ME ---- (9.2/10) ---- (LSv2)
Overall its no secret that LYFESTYLE was a very high potential era that suffered dearly from song selection. THEY TELL ME (V3), and FOR LYFE being a giant example.
This era of unreleased songs and deluxe's that never saw streaming contains some amazing work, that was unfortunately not put on the actual album. Even some of these songs though, as amazing as they are, suffer from being looped. FOR LYFE and BACK THEN are examples of songs with 10/10 potential, that are just missing something.
If these songs replaced some of the weaker tracks off LYFESTYLE, it probably wouldve made it into my top 5 albums from him, maybe top 4 if the album overall was better executed.
All in my opinion as always.
Ive seen some of these songs (especially back up, slamm, and sum 2 do) in a much more positive light recently, and my rating of the album increased, so I figured id drop a really quick update on it and see what everyone thinks.
This bumps up Afterlyfë to my 4th highest rated Yeat album, and 8th highest rated Album ever.
DANGEROUS SUMMER - 8.6/10 (1)
ADL - (8.5/10) (2)
2093 - 8.3/10 (3)
Its been a reoccuring theme that he wants to make music the way he wants to.
Its mind blowing that people try and claim he was "coerced" into making ADLv3, or that he is "switching up" on what he used to be, or has changed really at all. Its a weak argument with loads of proof to rebuttal it. Go back to older albums like alive, 4L, go to their leaks and such, and its painfully obvious that Yeat always had a goal to be a more artistic mix of singing, rapping, lyricism, and creativity.
Trying to say that isnt the case is just cope that he isnt making the same type of music over and over again like some of the other artists (that he clearly sneak dissed at in purpose general and up from here.) In the current rap game are doing.
I saw someone else do this, so I figured I'd make one too.
LKKT gets entirely carried by the amazing outro. If the outro wasnt there, it would probably be closer to a 0.7-1.4/10 range song.
Its no secret that ever since he found his groove, Yeat has had aspirations to be more than a rage artist. Tracks like cöming down from alive, trie 2 tell u outro on 4L, and all his work Lyfe-now, is proof of that.
All of Yeats big hits have been high energy typical rap songs, that would trend on tiktok and such and gain traction. From idgaf to money so big, this was always the case, until recently. (With a slight exeption of out the way, that song is pretty calm but still likley a subgenre of rage.)
The first groundbreaking change was with If we being real. That shifted Yeat's (unfortunate but real) presence online to the "aura." guy. As corny as it is and hurts me to write up, its true. This was a complete step in the right direction, but its clearly not what his main goal is. This shifted again slightly with DS, which scored a huge hit.
With Come n go being such a huge success, it was his first big hit that put a slower more melodic sound onto the mainstream map for him. Aswell as, smilarly but less so, rendezvous just recently. Even with that, his more artistic and melodic focused songs (all the way from killin em to growing pains from DS) have gone highly under the radar.
On ADL we saw an album from what most people knew as a typical rage artist, only feature 4-5 rage songs.
The lead hit from the album, being Back Home (top 2 off the album for me personally.) Arguably the least rage like song, on the entire tracklist. And its being used in full seriousness online, in anything from sad to happy edits on tiktok, to people just playing the song because its great.
To me, this seems like Yeat breaking out of a creative shell, that for so long he was attempting to break out of. The people who know this song no longer see yeat as some sort of joke, whether its from being the aura guy, to the incorrect "~slop rage" stereotype he had with the public before.
With this recognition for this song specifically, I expect more creative freedom from him in the future, even MORE so than we saw from 2093 and ADL.
I have no clue as to what his next move is, but if I had to guess, or if I was his manager, id say a combination of a short 4-6 song ep, with all but ONE of the songs being rage focused. The outro should retain a similar genre/vibe to back home, other than that full rage to appease the older diehard fans.
As for his next album, I believe it should be something extremely similar to ADL genre wise, but with an entirely different sound. (Something like an evolved ADLv1 sound, I would personally love to hear.)
With all the discussion and mixed reviews of ADL (and still remnants of it from anything posg 2023) im curious as to what everyones taste in music looks like.
Its clear Yeat is now making a slightly different type of music than what was being made in the infamous up2me-2alive run, and im curious how that affects reviews from his fanbase based on what type of music they like.
Even if Yeat isnt in your top 5, Id love to hear it
Its not my favorite song, in fact I dont even have it rated a 10/10. It doesnt fit my personal criteria for that, but it is the FIRST song I have next on my list once 10/10s stop.
Artistic, introspective, emotional, double sided, there are HUNDREDS of ways to describe this track. I could probably write a whole essay on every intricate detail that goes into this one that makes it a complete masterpiece.
A 2 part song, with an amazingly well done transition, followed by a beat drop and an explosion of emotion. Part 1 sees him singing/rapping along softly with the melody, with some of his best ever lyricism and metaphorical use on it. None of that changes after the beat switch, but its just turned up 100 notches. A static beat louder than he can scream, showing the shift from part 1. He goes from discussing, explaining, interacting, to then fighting, pleading, screaming, all to himself.
The lyricism is surprisingly double sided, while at first glance it may seem directed at a love interest. But theres much more to it than that.
Some lines absolutely are directed to love interests, especially in part 1. But lines where he uses the term "you" for example "you know whats coming ahead, yeah you know you feel it again, yeah thats why turn around and come back again, yeah you come inside a dangerous house again." This is repeated in the bridge connecting part 1 and 2.
Its a complete double entendre. Hes speaking to someone else, and himself. This gets amplified in part 2, which I interpret as virtually a look into his internal mental state, either now, before, or constantly. I wont list each individual lyric here, but from start to finish he is debating, screaming and emptying whatever baggage he has, at himself.
The sample itself, also holds extreme meaning throughout the song. The start of the intro with the sample does discuss love interest, but exactly like the song itself, that fades out at the start and never comes back. Repeated phrases like "are you" and "how it come so easy" both are emotional questions his subconscious seems to be asking him.
This once again loops into the yelling in part 2, as the bridge gets quieter, the questions get louder. "Are you?" "Are you?" The only way to shut them up is with MORE sound. Thus, Yeat's yelling. Yelling with constant confirmations, fighting with what the questions are alluding to. "The hell I made it out, I couldnt do it better."
"Never going back on anything im saying." "We gon keep it dangerous." All of these lines once again fighting with the internal voice and doubt.
Id love to hear everyones thoughts on this song and album once they have given it a proper listen and understand it, or if they disagree with anything I said.
Im only using dedicated outros - segments that were clearly dedicated to be a last part of the song. Some of the outros are features, but im doing this based on every song HE IS ON. A few dont even have him in it due to that.
Mollykup comes in first of course, that stretch of music might be Yeats best work ever sonically. Absolutely the best production he has had.
NOT based on average rating like I normally do. Im rating the PROJECTS as a whole for this one.
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I currently have 84 songs from all artists ranked 10/10, 30 of those being Yeat. He is my favorite artist for a reason.
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This list of 84 (so far) of course changes slightly here and there, but not much.
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Remember ALL of these songs are rated 10/10, virtually perfectly executed tracks. I love all of these songs A LOT, anything being at the bottom of this list still means its at the very very top overall.
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Unlike other fire songs that didnt end up making tracklists, this song DID make the tracklist. Its almost like he heard this fire ass outro verse then just said "Yeah lets cut out the best part for fun."
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Gained nothing from it, lost everything. Again it litterally made the tracklist, so its not like he didnt like it as much as a different song or something. Dude just wanted to cut out the best part for no reason. "Nah its too peak we gotta gatekeep this."
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If you believe this even a little bit, please take the time to briefly scroll through some of these lines. They contain some of Yeat's best lyricism, next to 2093. People gotta stop saying ADL lyrics are ass when they arent.
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This is only a few lines, there are loads more to dig into of similar or better quality. This was a small series of examples on 10 different tracks.
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Some of his best and most creative bars are on his old songs, even if on average his new music has much higher lyrical quality than the old stuff in general. I love new Yeat, even more so then old Yeat for the most part, but it sucks to see people try and claim that old yeat was bad or "slop," when thats the opposite of whats true.
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Of course this is my opinion, im sure everyone else would put things differently.
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Thoughts/what you would change?
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All my opinion, as always.
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Im doing this based off of a custom ADL tracklist I made for myself, I picked my favorite ADL leaks and left off anything that I wouldnt put in my playlist, so of course its pretty curated to my liking. For the sake of my review, im reviewing this tracklist I put together as if it's what the released ADL would've looked like. Im aware a few songs might be other eras, but they arent confirmed, so I put them on here anyway.
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I personally have this as my favorite Yeat era, I just loved the sound, lyricism, production and more about most of the tracks. The height of what we have seen of this era in my opinion is the MOLLYKUP outro. Its by far the best production on any released or unreleased Yeat track ive ever heard in my opinion, and vocals at the start of it have me levitating everytime.
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My favorites were for sure HOT 2 THA TOUCH, Take Back, Backward, Dead2me, and Cant Get That. They all are in my top 15 unreleased yeat, with the top 3 making my top 10.
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The outros on some of these songs are just phenomenal, mainly Crash Out, and MOLLYKUP. Including released and unreleased songs, both these are in my top 3 outros to a song from Yeat for sure, maybe in general too. Its really close.
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Listening to the newer snippets that have came out, I am hopeful that his new sound post ADL might be a return to something similar to this. From the few snippets we have got it sounds like an evolved ADLv1, with elements from LSv1 aswell. Im very hopeful for his next album, whatever it may be. Im excited for MDM aswell later today🙏
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The tracklist I based this off will be put below, I spent time when I made it to make sure that the intro, outro, interlude, and transitions/vibe switches were pretty on point.
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Tracklist:
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Dead Spirits ---- (Intro)
Everywhere
Mogul
New View
Dont Go
SMDP
DAMAGE
Head First
U Could
Pulled In First
Days Go By
Crash Out
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Heartlock
No Y
GODAMNIT
Away From It
Pullup Time
Never Catch On
BACKWARD
Cant Get That
Take Back
MOLLYKUP
HOT 2 THA TOUCH ---- (Outro)
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Id love to hear everyones thoughts on what I said, or the era and its leaks in general.
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