29 – Bankrol Hayden

01. 2001

02. Cabo

03. Deep End ft. Lil Skies

04. Banana

05. Bop Slide ft. Blueface, Maxo Kream, OhGeesy

06. Come Through ft. Lil Tecca

07. No Drama

08. Way Back

09. Cincinnati

10. Bussdown Baby

11. Can’t Change For You ft. Arden Jones, charlieonnafriday

12. F**k Love

13. Karri’s Interlude

14. Should I Stay

15. Let Go

16. Loyalty Over Love

17. Van Hayden

18. Penthouse ft. Zzz

19. Life is Too Short

This album surprised me in a lot of ways. I don’t typically enjoy sing song rappers because they lack the bar work, not Bankroll Hayden. He mixes in some very clever punches and dope metaphors with his painfully melodic cadence over beautifully crafted instrumentals, and besides two trash features everything sounds clean. There is a lot of summertime in California music with upbeat tempo thst comes off as very danceable. Bankrol Hayden has a gift for catchy hooks and this project is littered with them. Content wise, this cat is young, and is talking way more money than he has. The more down to earth and relatable tracks are the gems here and an EP of just these would have been a powerful release. Vocal production here identical on every track and while the autotune isn’t overbearing, it would have been nice to hear some difference. This one is worth listening to and hopefully Bankrol Hayden’s music evolves into something grown folks can really rock with.

Project: 8.1/10 || Art: 7/10 – Euphonic