Outside of J. Cole himself, buzz around the stable of artists on Dreamville hasnโt really been able to break out of their core audiences but that seems to be slowly changing and Basโย Too High to Riot was the first time I thought they might have a legit mainstream star on their hands. The project was fantastic and Iโve been anxiously waiting for its follow-up. However, whileย Milky Wayย opened up strongly and was overall a solid project, it left me with some mixed feelings and doubts. No doubts about his ability to make good music, because heโs already answered those questions, but doubts about whether heโs capable of giving us anything more than what weโve already gotten from him.ย Most of the music onย Milky Way (except the latter half which drags in places) is on par, and in some parts better, than what we got onย Too High to Riot, but thereโs nothing that signaled a significant leap forward was made in his craft. He seems content only playing to his core audience (and Iโm one of them), but for a project that was widely touted as going to be his โcoming out partyโ, things were played a bit too safe for my liking. Itโs another solid Bas project that wonโt do much to change peopleโs opinions one way or another.
Got a laundry list of niggas with the list of they needs, holy
Them cats is prone to actinโ phony
Get no actions ask the homies, you ainโt know?
We miles ahead, the matrimonyโs dead
No time for fakes, my niggas make mistakes
Heard it all, the commentaryโs dead
They go to state, donโt get no GPAsโ โBarack Obama Specialโ
Have you heardย Milky Way? Whatโd you think about it? Do you think Bas played things to safe? Let me know in the comments below and be sure to leave your own ratings and reactions for the album.
