NorthBeachAsian

  Clever's sophomore album, 'Crazy', is a near dreary piece. The vocal deliveries are passable yet irritate at times when Clever is almost derivative to Post Malone. The production decisions seemed lazy as the trap beats annoyingly lacked a pulse. Fortunately, a few instances of solid acoustics and guitar riffs made 'Crazy' a tad more bearable instrumentally. From July to Everything Beautiful, it was a near forgettable interval. Whether a song is a love ballad, like 'Everything Beautiful', or braggy, like 'Call Me Nobody', which features Lil-Wayne on autopilot, all of them consisted of trap instrumentals that were shockingly one-dimensional, almost snooze-inducing. At least, Clever's croons in this part of the album were at most satisfactory. Also,  'Use Again' had a nice guitar riff in its conclusion. 'Crazy' reaches a slightly more energetic point in 'Way Out.' The riff that begins the track is somewhat pulsating. Howeve

  Genesis Owusu's debuting piece 'Smiling with No Teeth'  is a satisfying burst of funk. Owusu is joyful through his range in vocal deliveries as he surrounds himself with mostly rhythmic instrumentals. After an energetic opener in 'Get Your Move On!' and a satisfactory 'The Other Black Dog,' 'Smiling with No Teeth' does reach a somewhat underwhelming point in 'Centrefold', as the choppy vocal melody within the track is slightly obnoxious and hindered Owusu's chorus. However, the album does recover immediately straight after in 'Waitin on Ya.' The love ballad begins with pleasing glimmery chimes, which progressively transitions to a rhythmic bassline and plucks as Owusu croons soothingly.  Whatever relationship showcased in 'Waitin on Ya'  is soon after thrown out of the window in the humourous breakup anthem 'Don't Need You.' Over a pleasingly funky bassline, percussion and synths, Owusu is funnily dismissive