Vallejo, California emcee Larry June again along with his eleventh LP. Steadily grinding his ass off since dropping out of highschool by dropping his final 10 studio efforts in addition to 14 EPs & 7 mixtapes with the highlights of his ever-growing discography together with the Lex Luger-produced Lure Larry, the Cardo-produced Cruise USA & it’s sequel Into the Late Evening, the Harry Fraud-produced Maintain Going & extra just lately the mobb music-influenced Jay Worthy collab effort 2 P’z in a Pod, The Alchemist-produced The Nice Escape & The Evening Shift. 9 months after the latter, Larry’s reassuring that he’s Doing it for Me.
After the “Free Uncle Herm 5” intro, the primary track “Magnum P.I.” is a futuristically slick west coast opener flexing that he’s hopping out the whip wanting just like the titular TV present character whereas “Morning Calculations” produced by Harry Fraud was an early standout from the soulful instrumental to the lyrics advising to test that bitch as a substitute of checking him. “A Little Whereas” has a spacious vibe because of Jake One & DJ Khalil telling his romantic curiosity that she certain seems good to him simply earlier than “Stinson Seaside” retains it going with a cool ode to not having your day fucked up.
“Actual Discuss, Pt. 2” offers Detroit entice a shot detailing the gangsta life-style he entails himself in main into Cardo bringing the synths within the fold for an additional favourite of mine “3 Piece” shrugging off any hate that comes his method since he be ridin’. “The place I’m Going” resurrects the Detroit entice vibe cautioning that no person desires struggle with him, however then “Meet Me in Napa” was a decently spacious single discussing his want of wanting to fulfill a girl within the titular California valley.
The orchestrally jazzy increase bap flare of “Breakfast in Gold Coast” is a pleasant change of tempo speaking to his sunshine whereas “Imported Couches” retains the strings, kicks & snares collectively not giving a fuck about being 1 hit away slightly focusing his consideration on doing his factor. “Cleansing My Spot” retains the jazz influences & strips the drums going so laborious working in the direction of his objectives whereas “Like a Mack” makes entice music for pimps.
“Goals” pushes in the direction of the ultimate moments of Doing it for Me telling everybody who’s uninterested in the sucka shit to return fuck with the massive canines headed for a dystopian path to the beat & the nearer “Cash Bag” that Cookin’ Soul laced ends by hooking up a soul pattern telling the world your individual folks will snake you, others may activate you & hoes will play you out right here for the paper.
One thing wonderful value noting is that I discovered a whole lot of Doing it for Me’s singles to be common sufficient that it had me anticipating it much less then The Nice Escape & The Evening Shift when I discovered myself having fun with a whole lot of the songs off this new album greater than I had initially anticipated. The glitz & glamour from visitor stars are being utterly tossed out the window in favor of delivering lovesick bars over basic West Coast funk beats, reestablishing his standing as one of many smoothest voices in hip hop immediately.
Rating: 7/10