Style: instrumental hip hop
Primary Emotions/Themes: guitar driven instrumentals with lofi beats
Thoughts: There's a lot of lofi hip hop out there. A vast majority of the genre is uninspired and quite frankly lazy. I have had one experience with Toonorth before, and I didn't care too much for his album. Aftersome though is a different animal all together.
Starting with an acoustic guitar on nearly every track, the music is built around this central piece. I can't help but feel that the acoustic work isn't sampled the way that the music flows... it's too natural. Going along with that is a variety of hip hop beats that tend to lean more towards the lofi end of the spectrum. Throw in some great keyboard work as a complimentary piece and you have the workings of an above average album.
Is Toonorth going to change the world with this album? Probably not, but you know that's fine. Not every album needs to be a world changer. Sometimes you need something to just put on at the end of a long day... aftersome accomplishes that perfectly.
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