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[purpleheartrainman]

IDK | Rain (cover; bonus) // USEE4YOURSELF (Deluxe)

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[onestowatch]

IDK Trades Agony For Affection on ‘USEE4YOURSELF’

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Continuing our incredible hot-streak of hip-hop releases, this week Maryland rapper IDK returns with his newest full-length project USEE4YOURSELF. Following the narrative set forth by his 2019 debut studio album Is He Real?, to say that USEE4YOURSELF is highly-anticipated would be a severe understatement. Thankfully, IDK’s most recent effort sees him making massive artistic strides conceptually, stylistically, and lyrically as he meditates on his past in order to understand his present.

USEE4YOURSELF expands upon the conceptual journey that IDK initially established almost two years ago with his 2019 debut. The title of his debut, Is He Real, is a homophone for the word “Israel,” which means “to wrestle with God.” IDK’s first commercial record focused on understanding what God was, and what IDK’s relationship to God meant to him as a son, man, and artist.

If you were to note the final letters of every song on Is He Real?’s tracklist, you would be left with USEE4YOURSELF, a record that sees our protagonist leaving the open-ended question in the listener’s hands while also deliberating on his own answer. To IDK, love and God are nearly synonymous, at least, before religion is introduced into the equation. While finding this answer, IDK realizes that his traumatic upbringing, familial relationships, and even his connection with women have all heavily altered the way that he perceives and accepts love around him. Previously tortured by the burden weighing on his soul, IDK both illuminates and sheds his baggage on USEE4YOURSELF, an album that stands as an exercise of painstaking emotional catharsis from one of music’s most promising artists. 

From a stylistic standpoint, USEE4YOURSELF can be bisected into two equally-impressive halves. Though IDK’s narrative actually is divided into three conceptual arcs, the first half of his record is full of cinematic Kanye West-level productions that almost eclipse everything that has been released so far this year. With Mike Dean’s handiwork all over this project, tracks like the album-opener “Santa Monica Blvd” are restless and explosive bangers where clever writing and infectious low-ends wrestle for the listeners’ attention.

From the bouncy and effortlessly smooth Young Thug-assisted “Pradadabang” to the ethereal and soulful “Puerto Rico” with Lucky Daye, IDK places a heavy emphasis on his success using the classic signifiers of wealth, women, and fame. IDK’s writing is complicated, however, by a hint of morbid self-awareness. In spite of everything he’s earned, there still remains something weighing on his mind. His success seems hollow, as if it’s literally just armor to protect IDK from the things that really bother him. Even at his most tender and romantic, there’s a hint of desperation for love that becomes more fleshed out in USEE4YOURSELF’s second act.

There are still bangers embedded within USEE4YOURSELF’s latter half, but for the most part the tracks that occupy this space are much more raw and vulnerable. The listener is privy to tracks that are borderline revelatory, as IDK explores every painful childhood memory from his unforgiving neighborhood to his strained relationships with the people meant to protect him. “Hey Auntie” with Slick Rick stands as possibly one of IDK’s most impassioned tracks yet, with IDK reflecting over the surface-level happiness of his strained childhood, even opening up about a trauma that you’ll have to hear about for yourself. 

To a small group of family and friends in a West Hollywood theater, IDK would tell them that the album was simply just “his life”—and overall, the album is extremely effective in conveying just that. USEE4YOURSELF’s tracklist is decorated with high-energy anthems featuring the likes of Pharrell Williams, Swae Lee, Sir, Rico Nasty, Sevyn Streeter and more, but IDK also does not shy away from the more downtempo cuts required for him to tell his story. 

On the impact of USEE4YOURSELF, IDK confessed “I don’t know what the album’s going to do, but I know it’s going to change my life”, and one listen to this project will show the listener exactly what he means. With USEE4YOURSELF, IDK tells his story, answering the question he posed to listeners less than two years ago in the process.

Listen to USEE4YOURSELF below:

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ALBUM: IDK – USEE4YOURSELF

ALBUM: IDK – USEE4YOURSELF

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[maxkhats]

is he real? mar '21

[kilig-meraki]

I could be difficult sometimes

But that come from the ego in this mind of mine

My self-esteem could make a nigga emo

The hate could come from love and baby, we know

I'm my only lover, I'm my only friend

Working on my flaws, I think I'm clocking in

I'm my only weakness

I hope I'm off on the weekends

[reasonableclout]

Close the door, bed or floor?

I just want more, I can’t get enough of you

What I got in store, it’s all yours

I just want more, I can’t get enough of you

[purpleheartrainman]

IDK | Dogs Don't Lie // USEE4YOURSELF

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[leloest]

2021 Best Rap Albums/Mixtapes

1. Tyler, The Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST 2. Kanye West – Donda 3. Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth 4. Armand Hammer x The Alchemist – Haram 5. Kota the Friend x Statik Selektah - To Kill A Sunrise 6. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 7. Conway the Machine - La Maquina 8. Lloyd Banks - The Course of the Inevitable 9. Nas - Magic 10. Nas - King's Disease II 11. Ransom – Se7en 12. Russ – Chomp 2 13. J. Cole - The Off-Season 14. Th1rt3en x Pharoahe Monch - A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism 15. Mick Jenkins – Elephant In The Room 16. Wale - Folarin II 17. Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf 18. Blu – The Color Blu(e) 19. Blxckie – B4now 20. Big K.R.I.T. - A Style Not Quite Free 21. Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue 22. IDK - USEE4YOURSELF 23. JPEGMAFIA – LP! 24. Isaiah Rashad -  The House Is Burning 25. Flee Lord & Roc Marciano – Delgado 26. HRSMN - The Last Ride 27. Lil Baby & Lil Durk - The Voice of the Heroes 28. Hus Kingpin – Portishus 29. Benny The Butcher - Pyrex Picasso 30. BROCKHAMPTON - ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE 31. Bronze Nazareth x Recognize Ali - Brother Minutester, Vol. 1 32. Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix 33. DMX – Exodus 34. Ka - A Martyr's Reward 35. Lute - Gold Mouf 36. Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti 37. Vince Staples - Vince Staples 38. Vakill - God's Gun 39. Benny the Butcher & Harry Fraud - The Plugs I Met 2 40. Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson 41. Slowthai – TYRON 42. Phora - Heartbreak Hotel 43. Mickey Factz x blu x Nottz - The Narrative 44. Common - A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2 45. Lou From Paradise x Statik Selektah - Not Dead Yet! 46. Megan Thee Stallion - Something for Thee Hotties 47. Page Kennedy – Page 48. Styles P & Havoc - Wreckage Manner 49. Gucci Mane - Ice Daddy 50. Drake – CLB

[bboyplankton]

Hip-Hop/Rap Albums 2021

1.Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost

2.Benny the Butcher & Harry Fraud – The Plugs I Met 2

3.Curren$y – Collection Agency

4.Casey Veggies – Cg5

5.Denzel Curry & Kenny Beatz – Unlocked 1.5

6.Young Dolph & Key Glock – Dum and Dummer 2

7.Conway the Machine – La Maquina

8.Gotham, Talib Kweli, & Diamond D – Gotham

9.Cordae – Just Until…

10.Moneybagg Yo – A Gangsta’s Pain

11.J. Cole – The Off-Season

12.DMX – Exodus

13.Smoke DZA – The Hustler’s Catalog 2

14.Big K.R.I.T. – A Style Not Quite Free

15.Wale – Folarin II

16.Lloyd Banks – The Course of the Inevitable

17.Vince Staples – Vince Staples

18.Duke Deuce – Duke Nukem

19.Larry June – Orange Print

20.Russ – Chomp 2

21.Migos – Culture III (Deluxe)

22.Fred the Godson – Ascension

23.Jim Jones & Harry Fraud – The Fraud Department

24.Czarface & MF Doom – Super What?

25.Dave East & Harry Fraud – Hoffa

26.Dave East & Millyz – Pablo & Blanco – EP

27.The Alchemist – This Thing of Ours

28.Dark Lo & Harry Fraud – Borrowed Times

29.Key Glock – Yellow Tape 2

30.Nas – King’s Disease II

31.Drake – Certified Lover Boy

32.D Smoke – War & Wonders

33.Joell Ortiz – Autograph

34.Westside Gunn – Hitler Wears Hermes 8 : B Sides

35.Snoop Dogg – Snoop Dogg Presents Algorithm

36.Dave – We’re Alone in This Together

37.Benny the Butcher & 38 Spesh – Trust the Sopranos

38.Lil Nas X – Montero

39.Benny the Butcher – Pyrex Picasso

40.French Montana – They Got Amnesia

41.Animé – Twopointfive

42.Big Sean & Hit-Boy – What You Expect – EP

43.Maxo Kream – Weight of the World

44.Guapdad 4000 & !llmind – 1176 (Deluxe)

45.Brockhampton – Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine Plus Pack

46.Gucci Mane – Ice Daddy

47.Payroll Giovanni – Giovanni’s Way

48.Duckwrth – SG8*

49.Various Artists – Judas & The Black Messiah: The Inspired Album

50.Peter Rosenberg – Real Late

51.Armani White – Things We Lost in the Fire – EP

52.Skepta – All In – EP

53.Boldy James & The Alchemist – Bo Jackson

54.Styles P – Ghosting

55.Pop Smoke – Faith (Deluxe)

56.Isiah Rashad – The House Is Burning (Homies Begged)

57.Megan Thee Stallion – Something for Thee Hotties

58.Payroll Giovanni & Cardo – Another Day Another Dollar

59.Yelawolf – Mud Mouth

60.K Camp – Float

61.Young Thug – Punk

62.Reason, Wale, & Benny the Butcher – No More, No Less: Demo 1 – Single

63.Mickey Factz, Blu, & Nottz – The Narrative – EP

64.Curren$y – Still Stoned on Ocean

65.Belly – See You Next…

66.Gucci Mane – Ice Daddy

67.Terrace Martin – Drones

68.Young M.A. – Off the Yak

69.Homeboy Sandman – Anjelitu – EP

70.Tsu Surf – Until Further Notice

71.Blu – The Color Blu(e)

72.Dom Kennedy – From The Westside With Love Three

73.Larry June & Cardo – Into The Late Night

74.Kevin Gates – Only the Generals II

75.Drake – Scary Hours 2

76.Common – A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2

77.Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – Haram

78.Logic – Bobby Tarantino III

79.21 Savage – Spiral: From the Book of Saw Soundtrack – EP

80.Young Dolph & Paper Route Empire – Paper Route Illuminati

81.Don Toliver – Life of a Don

82.Baby Keem – The Melodic Blue

83.DJ Khaled – Khaled Khaled

84.Westside Gunn – Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf

85.IDK – USEE4YOURSELF (Deluxe)

86.Mozzy – Untreated Trauma

87.Lil Baby & Lil Durk – The Voice of the Heroes

88.Pop Smoke – Faith (Deluxe)

89.GoldLink – Haram!

90.Paul Wall – Hall of Fame Hustler

91.Twista – Shooter Ready

92.The Alchemist – This Thing of Ours 2 – EP

93.Meek Mill – Expensive Pain

94.Various Artists – Chillhop Essentials Winter 2021

95.Various Artists – Chillhop Essentials Fall 2021

96.Various Artists – Chillhop Essentials Spring 2021

97.Various Artists – Chillhop Essentials Summer 2021

98.Dark Lo & Havoc – Extreme Measures

99.Lil Wayne & Rich the Kid – Trust Fund Babies

100.  Sy Ari Da Kid – Sy Ari Not Sorry

101.  True Story Gee & RARE Sound – Bucket Hat Shordie

102.  Bia – For Certain (Deluxe)

103.  Young Thug & Gunna – Slime Language 2

104.  TyFontaine – Ascension (Deluxe)

105.  G Herbo – 25

106.  Various Artists – The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)

107.  Fetty Wap – The Butterfly Effect