The Way Too Late WHAM Review

I tried writing this review several different times, one time in fact I even wrote an incredible song by song review with many fantastic points detailing my perceived themes, and takes throughout the album. Unfortunately I forgot to hit publish before closing my laptop and inevitably losing that masterpiece of a review. However, that may have been for my own benefit. I’m not a journalist, I’m not a professional, I am simply a 25 year old white male who loves and listens too way too much music, and I am simply here to write my takes and feelings on music in my own way. So without further adieu I present my review of LIl Baby’s album Wham. (Just 18 Days after its release…)

Wham is Lil Baby’s fourth studio album, debuting at number one on the billboard charts moving 140,000 units in its first week. All that is hunkey-dorey for Lil Baby but that means nothing to me or my perception of this album. Wham is a really good album. It is not verry good, it’s not great and it’s surely not a classic, but it’s not bad it’s not mid, it is a truly enjoyable listen.

THE GOOD

This albums got a good handful of true highlights.

Listen Up: A very strong intro that finds Baby going bar heavy over a very a beautifully elegant beat.

Dum, Dumb, and Dumber: “Two lamb coupes, four lamb truck, pilling up, what the f*ck”. The anticipated return of Young Thug comes on a feature for Lil Baby alongside another Atlanta legend Future. This song is another strong entry as the three ATL legends go verse for verse over another crazy beat.

Redbone: To me this song has the best potential to be a smash off this album. Combining a catchy Baby hook with the power of a fully charged super saiyan Glorilla verse, Redbone delivers as a anthem I expect to hear through the summer.

By Myself: I love this song as an album cut. Baby recruits Rod Wave to join him and 4PF’s best kept secret Rylo Rodriguez on a melodic tune providing a great vibe,

Stiff Gang: This song is straight mixtape vibe, just 2:51 of rapping, no hooks, nothing extra. Also important to note the beat on this song might be the most impressive beat on an album full of impressive production.

The Bad

This album suffers from repetitive sounding songs, and half hearted throw aways through the second half of the album. No song demonstrates these flaws more then the outro track Streets Colder, which if the intro track was Marvel Cinematic Universe this outro in comparison would be the flawed, and cancelled DC cinematic universe. Stuff featuring Travis Scott also strikes as a bad miss on the album. A much anticipated collab turns out to be a boring let down as Baby’s verse lacks the energy required to match the unique beat. Unfortunately if you were to choose any random song on the last quarter of the album you’d be rewarded with a pack of mid.

Final Thoughts

Overall I believe that Wham is a solid addition to Lil Baby’s catalogue. It is not My Way, there will probably never be an other album from Baby on the level of My Way and that’s okay. Wham has way more highs then lows and does a good job touching on more topics then Baby’s previous projects. Baby continues to expand his subject matter as his lifestyle continues to level up, on Wham he talks about struggles in his life from dealing with woman, to cutting off friends, to of course flexing on his opps.

Rating 7.3/10