d00mscrvll

I'm not entirely sure why this couldn't have been included with the first half that came out last year. Considering how short each half of the album is, having these as separate discs is pretty confusing. This is an album where everything that isn't the music is bad, and then the music itself is sometimes not bad. Where to even start. The album cover? I mean, what the fuck, obviously he is going for some trendy TikTok background music for certain styles of videos, but then labels it as "d00mscrvll". Interesting choice. He is edited into this so poorly that it starts to make me question if the cover is intentionally bad, unlike the cover for part 1 of this, which was not nearly as off-putting. Then, of course, there are the drones and the parachuting tank, or whatever that is. Is this tongue-in-cheek, disconnected from society, or just random? I have no idea. It's not like the music to me is really meant for that style of war footage video, either. There is then the purpose of an album like this. It exists purely to be utilized as background music for short videos. I mean, it's a niche, and I think it's good that any type of content has music directed towards it, but it's not usually something that I give a standing ovation for. This is almost like being commissioned to make an EDM track for some new big pharma drug in a commercial. Just lifeless and usually done by someone who is just trying to get by, not someone with a shit ton of credentials like Diplo. An album like this has practically no direction in terms of lyrics. It's a bit hard for me to judge the lyrics to "UH AH AH" since it's not in English, but given the name, I don't think it gets too deep. "FLOW STATE" is really just a pander lyrically towards the namesake of the song, no real substance there. "Skittles", my favorite on here, is a bit better, but overall, it isn't anything new in terms of lyrics, but more run-of-the-mill for Juicy J and Project Pat. "I LUV U" features just a filtered backing vocal, which I would be surprised if anyone cared about the lyrical content there. It's not as if I didn't know that EDM lyrics usually aren't of high quality, but here they are just abysmal. The beats are mostly just copycats of each other. After all, for what he is going for, it's not like he would really want to switch it up all that much. "Skittles" production does stand out a bit with it being a bit slower and this glittery grit to it that works much better than the typical bell-ridden beat that comprises the album. "I LUV U" executes the copycat style beat on this the best, as it does become a bit hypnotizing. However, given that the songs are mostly under 2 minutes, it's hard to really connect to the track, or any of them for that matter. "UH AH AH" is probably going to be one of the worst songs I've listened to this year. I don't seek out all kinds of new music all the time, but I do like to think I have a decent range. I have never been able to appreciate something like that, though. The beat is literally beating me into a pulp; the woman's vocals are too K-pop for me (sorry, K-pop), and the vocalizing during the main dance part sounds like someone singing along to what it was supposed to sound like. The features are very hit or miss on this. On one side of things, Odetari, Kodak Black, Mc Gw, and Duis Nulla, do not work here whatsoever. No offense to them, but this production needs someone else. The positive note is that 1nonly, and DVRST's vocals work exceptionally well. 1nonly perfectly slots into this style of music, but I think any fan of his would prefer his more dialed-in production, as this feels like 1nonly rapping over a YouTube "1nonly Type Beat". Then there is Juicy J and Project Pat. I'm not sure how this could have worked out, but if this were just a 34-minute album of those three, I would like this a whole lot better. Throw in a few different switch-ups on the beats and call it a day. I would be a happy man. I think Diplo knows how much better this style of music shines with them, considering Project Pat appears across 7 of the 17 tracks on both discs, and Juicy J shows up on 3.