CHIEF KEEF DEDICATION DOPEFILE SKIN

Considering the popularity that these two artists have achieved in the past year, and how different their styles are from Chief Keef, they could have easily taken these records over. The tracks with Tadoe hardly count as reaching outside of the box, but even the tracks with new collaborators Lil Yatchy and A Boogie sound right at home. More so than anything, Chief feels completely comfortable throughout the tape and handles the entire project with a steady voice that is occasionally very reminiscent of Gucci Mane but without losing KeefвЂ™s individuality.ДЄs per usual, Chief is rather sparse with the features on Dedication and this has resulted in only three inclusions: Lil Yatchy (вЂњCome on NowвЂќ), A Boogie wit da Hoodie ('Glory Bridge'), and long time friend and Glo Gang member Tadoe (on 'Let Me See' and 'Bad'). Additional production is handled by Ness, Stuntman, and Chief Keef himself under his Turbo alias. The beats are primarily handled by AtlantaвЂ™s D-Rich who masterfully crafts an ominous soundscape for Sosa to frolic over. These divergences are much welcomed as they provide a reliefВ from the hard hitting menace of most of the production. Keef manages to bring variety to the tape via the disparate nature of the beats he uses and occasional stretching of his traditional flow, on tracks like вЂњNegro,вЂќ where he speeds up his cadence and spends the majority of the track crooning in auto-tune. On вЂњLet Me SeeвЂќ he describes shopping at designer stores and bedding exotic women, but at the start of the tune he very clearly says вЂњAll IвЂ™ve got is my glock and my pride.вЂќ ItвЂ™s lines like these that seem to indicate that Sosa is a lot more introspective than heвЂ™s portrayed to be by the media, or even than he portrays himself to be.

CHIEF KEEF DEDICATION DOPEFILE SKIN

That being said, despite the outward malice and machismo of the tape there are incredibly light-hearted lines sprinkled in, like his reference to glowing up like Adobe Lightroom, or on вЂњBadвЂќ where he says, вЂњGrab the bullets for my llama / Ride right or wrong with my partner / Burger King I got that whopper / And IвЂ™m on some playa shit, facial cleanser with cucumbers.вЂќ Right next to describing his steadfast loyalty to his comrade, and willingness to shoot it out for him, he casually throws in a mention to his skin care regiment.Д®ven songвЂ™s like вЂњTold YaвЂ™llвЂќ which is theoretically celebratory are tinged with regrets and the feeling that any at any point we could have lost Sosa to the violence of his city. There arenвЂ™t many metaphors or much heavily coded language on the work but as Keef has said at multiple points in his career this seemingly simplistic style cuts to the heart of the matter without much frill or pomp.

As he says on вЂњBe Back,вЂќ вЂњDonвЂ™t come to Chiraq, youвЂ™re better off in Baghdad.вЂќ Lyrics like these are less of a boast and more of a dire warning. You know what youвЂ™re in for when you listen to Chief Keef: guns, drugs, his poor relationships with the вЂњthotties,вЂќ and the nihilism that comes from growing up in a warzone. One of Chief KeefвЂ™s strongest suits has always been the authenticity of his music and the consistency of his themes and subject matter. Much of the recent surge of melodic вЂњmumbleвЂќ rappers owe a large part of their success to the ChiefвЂ™s rap stances as he all but invented the monotonal lean drenched flows heavily employed in todayвЂ™s rap scene.

Considering how long heвЂ™s been in the game, and how instrumental he has been to the development of ChicagoвЂ™s drill scene, at times itвЂ™s hard to remember that heвЂ™s only 22 years old. Drawing inspiration from Lil WayneвЂ™s DedicationВ mixtape series, the intensity on all the tracks makes it clear that Keef is trying to embody the type of breakneck work ethic that Wayne became known for as well. While 2016 was a fairly quiet one for Sosa, the stream of music heвЂ™s dropped since then ( Thot Breaker, Nobody, The W ) has been more than enough to keep his fans satiated.

The 15 track offeringВ is technically his first studio album since Bang 3 dropped in 2015. Chief Keef returns to close the year out with Lil Wayne inspired, 'Dedication.'ДЇollowing up a three project run in 2017, Chief Keef returned last week with his fourth release of the year in Dedication.

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