The past year for Yella Beezy has been busy to say the least. After getting shot three times at a freeway in Texas this past October, Beezy recovered quickly and would release Ain't No Goin' Bacc the following month. It was his best project yet, stuffed with effortlessly catchy melodies over hard hitting beats. Baccend Beezy, the rapper's latest project, utilizes a different approach but it isn't nearly as rewarding.
Beezy has made a career using his ear for melodies to his benefit. It's his strong suit, but it's not as prominent on this project. He goes for a straight rap approach this time around which surprisingly enough benefits him very well. Tracks like Madder, Baguettey, Hittas and Big Shit have a braggadocio tone about them and Beezy raps with clear energy. When he does decide to go back to his more melodic driven comfort zone, he excels, of course, on tracks like Trust, See Me Fall and On A Flight, a collaboration with fellow melodic master Young Thug.
But while he does well on those tracks, he wastes a chunk of the mixtape on lazy attempts at getting radio play with club songs. Restroom Occupied, Slow Motion, One Time, and Throwed are all repetitive and ultimately uninspired. Chris Brown on Restroom Occupied and K. Michelle on Throwed don't add anything beneficial with their appearances either. His melodies on those tracks also either take a step back or aren't used at all. As a result, Beezy is left to fully rap awkward lines like "Fuck you down 'til I'm cracking your bones/Hit you from the back and you moan" from Slow Motion and "You sick of dealing with your nigga, so you hit up my line/'Cause you know that I'ma hit it, make you scream out, "Oh my" from One Time. Due to the radical approach and grating results of those songs, the project is brought down heavily. The sequencing doesn't do any favors either, as those weak tracks are sprinkled throughout the project.
Baccend Beezy ends on a high note with Bacc at it Again, the project's clear standout track. "My diamonds like Fiji, bitch, I'm Yella Beezy/Iced out in this freezer, just copped a Luigi" Beezy proclaims. It's the most boastful track on the entire project with Beezy, as well as guests Gucci Mane and Quavo, confidently rapping about their success. It's similar to That's On Me, the first track that gave Beezy mainstream exposure, in terms of being a high energy anthem. But while its corresponding project, Ain't No Goin' Bacc, kept that energy up almost the entire way, this project doesn't. Beezy attempts to get out of his comfort zone but it feels forced and proves that he's better off sticking to what he knows best.
Final score: 6/10
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