Rittz new album 2015
He croons his way through the Kid Rock-esque “American You” and keeps things surprisingly soft on the Eminem-featuring “Best Friend.” Luckily, most of these more radio-friendly moments still retain a solid feeling of authenticity.
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This doesn’t mean Yelawolf has abandoned his commercial ambitions completely. “You gasping Yelawolf/You’d better pump your fucking breaks, asshole/You’ve got the nerve to talk wanna talk about heartbreak?” he asserts on the self-doubting “Heartbreak.” Longtime fans will also be pleased to know that, among others, “Outer Space” and “Empty Bottles” feature some of his classic spitfire rhyming.
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Songs like “Till It’s Gone” and “Heartbreak” feature the Alabama rapper delivering punchy, personal verses over twanging guitars and pianos. The album layers the trailer park swagger of his early work over rootsy country music instrumentals, and it ’s largely successful. On Love Story, he’s (mostly) kept his promise. On the track “Rhyme Room,” he even apologized for his missteps, saying, “I know Radioactive had a couple of radio attempts/But I don’t want to be radio-active anymore now than I want to jump off a cliff/This I promise.” He spent last year on the Slumerican Made Tour with longtime collaborator Rittz, and found his musical footing again with his 2013 mixtape, Trunk Muzik Returns. After many criticized the album for its misguided attempts at radio crossover hits, the man otherwise known as Catfish Billy embarked on a quest to reconnect with his Trunk Muzik roots. It’s been over three years since Yelawolf’s debut album, Radioactive, dropped, and in that time he’s done some soul-searching.