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Love the direction Mr. Harlow went with for this pretty short album. While the reactions online are pretty funny, I like that so far we all (more or less) think this is his best work. I haven’t listened to a lot of slow music lately so this was a welcome surprise. Still, after a few listens it feels like such a coherent album that I don’t remember which song was which and I really can’t tell what my favorite tracks are without listening back in. After doing just that I gotta say that Trade Places definitely takes the cake out of the only 9 tracks.

This thing is bizarrely R&B coded. Like so far at certain points where it begins to circle around to jazz. Not fully, but you can feel it. The jazz bar vibes are there. Love a good switch up from an artist and I think Jack has done the genre well here. From my POV this album is probably better from a technical or objective standpoint, but from a more subjective standpoint, I think it can be a little dull here and there. I would absolutely love for him to take another stab at this though. Definitely some great foundations to build off on. While not a 1 to 1 in the styles but this reminds me of Mac Miller releasing Swimming before his death. It was an adjacent step to his typical style but it just felt right. "Lonesome" and "All Of My Friends" are the two that deliver the absolute most while staying minimal in their styles. It blends his catchy vocals perfectly into the full R&B tracking. "Trade Places" works on a different level. While the vocal melodies are good, the real highlight is the production, which pops at different points in the song. The other songs simply don't have the same addictive qualities these three do but work well in the album as a whole. Worldbuilding songs in a way.

Easily Jack's best album yet. I love the production on this, and Jack's hushed singing works very well over top. A very welcome change of pace and I hope he follows this path further. Favourite Tracks: - Trade Places - Prague - My Winter - Living Alone - Against The Grain

weirdly jacks best work considering the whole genre switch thing. I was listening to Jack Harlow before his breakout single "WHATS POPPIN" and confetti is still my favorite album/tape by him only because this is off first listen and i don't know, maybe ill like this less later or maybe ill like it even more. Jack should definitely stick with this sound