When he’s not putting his spin on rap classics that really didn’t need to be retooled (the Rick Ross-assisted “Dope” is Tyga’s take on Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Sadly, we don’t get the pleasure of finding out what that is because Hotel California has all the focus of a drunk goldfish. For someone whose been able to follow trends and find success riding rap’s current waves, Hotel California sounds like he finds the actual act of rapping a chore to get out of the way before he can do what he really wants to do. But as soon as the track finishes, Tyga rests on his laurels and spends the next 50 minutes just being the same Tyga he was last year. Things start promisingly enough with the Lil Wayne assisted opening track “500 Degrees,” named after Wayne’s third album, which features an invigorated Tyga over a tension-building staccato piano riff before Wayne sweeps through with a verse better than anything on I Am Not a Human Being II. Now 23 years old, Tyga returns with Hotel California, which, if the album’s anything to go by, really isn’t that great of a hotel. The minimalist club banger “Rack City” – sleek, futuristic and sinister - was a far cry from the overtly-gimmicky “Coconut Juice” that introduced a teenage Tyga to the world. His last album, 2012‘s Careless World: Rise of the Last King spawned the double platinum DJ Mustard-produced single “Rack City,” Tyga’s biggest hit to date. While he’s never at any point been a top-level solidified star, he’s managed to change with the times and still produce singles that worm their way into being among the year’s most played. In the years since, he’s remained at Young Money and even garnered a Grammy nomination. Yes, it’s been a half-decade since his Harry Nilsson-sampling, Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes-featured single “Coconut Juice” took the rap world at a creative low-point by storm. Make no mistake about it though-this is Tyga’s day.Only a select few rap artists have managed to sustain a relevant mainstream career for five years, and now you can add Tyga to that list. In spirit, it nods to the early ’90s golden age when Dr. He checks in to the next phase of his career with fifteen tracks of pure, potent, and powerful Cali hip-hop. That’s why he’s named his second full-length album for Cash Money Records, Hotel California. However, there’s still no place quite like home for the multi-platinum Los Angeles rapper. Tyga – Hotel California description: “Music has brought Tyga all over the world. Tyga – Hotel California (Free streaming preview via amazon)
The album is definitely worth a listen if you like Cali hiphop / rap, check it out here:
Wiz Khalifah “Molly” from joseph labisi on Vimeo. One of the more catchy songs on the Hotel California album is “Molly” featuring Cedric Gervais, Wiz Khalifa and Mally Mall. Including Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Jadakiss, Wiz Khalifa, Chris Brown, Future, Game og 2 Chainz. The album has a long list of guest artists which will bring in a lot of attention. Especially considering that there is no real stand-out dominating singles featured on the album. Time will show how Tyga’s second album Hotel California will be received. Catchy beats, good lyrics and a bunch of famous guest artists lay down the foundation for his newest album – Hotel California. But it did get good reviews by the critics, and ended up selling around 300000 copies.
Will the Young Money rapper be able to follow up the success he had with his first album Careless World: Rise of the Last King? Even with singles like “Rack City” and “Faded” his debut album was not a massive blockbuster by any means.
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