![]() It will be exciting to see what he can do next. “Limbo” is Amine’s best work and one of the best rap albums this year. On the album’s last song “My Reality,” Amine sings about how he is living his dream while still trying to figure out life. I wondered if this could be due to the passing of Kobe Bryant as Bryant is mentioned multiple times through songs like “Woodlawn” and the interlude “Kobe,” where Amine explains that Bryant’s death fast forwarded his maturity. Cover art for album Limbo (Deluxe) by Amin. Groggs sings “Pray you nothin’ like your daddy, stay away from drugs, I hope I can be half the father that my mama was.” The song is the first released since the death of Groggs which adds to the sadness of the track.Īmine feels more confident and mature on “Limbo” than in his previous releases. Back in August, Amin released his Limbo album, the 14-track project that boasted a polished sound and. Aminé: Limbo One glance at the cover of Aminé’s 2017 début album, Good for You, reveals an affable rapper with a prankster’s instincts: the record, known best for the brightness. Groggs, work together for a song about their future kids and their hopes and fears for them. However, Amine’s lyrics are funny for a lot of the album, including songs like “Pressure in My Palms” where he opens up the song with the lyric “This is Brittany Spears when she was bald.” His lyrics are also clever like on “Burden” when he raps “Wide awake, but comatose, Hollywood’s in overdose, Girls send innuendos I’m in limbo but I know the ropes.”ĭespite being lighthearted at times the album can also be sad like the song “Fetus” where Amine and the rap group Injury Reserve, including the late Stepa J. Sometimes that causes the mood of the song to conflict with the lyrics, like on “Burden” where the hook is “Bury me before I’m a burden” on an incongruous beat. The whole album is fun and easy to listen to despite covering heavy topics. Rapper Amin é is ending his successful year by giving his fans the deluxe version of his sophomore album, Limbo. The album has solid and diverse production throughout like the R&B instrumental on “Easy” and “Roots” and the fluty trap beat on “Woodlawn.” Til Rasha amapanga chigamba 2-4 D Amine kusakaniza malangizo. “Limbo” is an album about Amine’s influences and the transition from being a kid to becoming an adult. He has also released multiple mixtapes and EP’s since 2014. Now 26 years old, Amine has been making music since high school, where he attended Benson and made diss tracks against rival schools Lincoln and Grant. In an interview with Vulture, Amine says “ I needed this much time because the pressure of a sophomore album is real… rappers my age and of this generation are putting out projects like every other week.” There was a reason for the three year gap between albums. ![]() “Good For You” was his first album released on July 28, 2017. “Limbo” is his best and biggest project yet, pushing him farther into the mainstream and solidifying him as the best rapper to ever come out of Portland. “Limbo” is Portland rap artist Amine’s second album released on August 7, 2020.
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