Ever since achieving viral success in mid-2021, LA-based rapper Yeat has been consistently increasing his listener count day by day. The viral rapper has currently released his newest album “2 Alivë” on the 18th of February, 2022 making it his third official studio project joined with a variety of mixtapes and EPs . Including 20 songs and 5 features, Yeat has once again made significant steps in improving his music and popularity.

To start off, Yeat delivers several phenomenal verses within his intro song of the album “Poppin” revealing to fans that the usual infectious nature of Yeat’s raps from his previous albums “4L” and “Up 2 Më” still remains the same. My favorite part of this particular song has to be “Poppin’s” chorus which raps about “choppers and helicopters” and follows with the now viral line, “I told my b**** I need one, need a topper, a bopper.”

Following the intro, Yeat truly disappointed with the next five successive songs: Outsidë, Rëal six, Nvr again, Luh gëek, and Rackz got më. It seems that Yeat really tried to experiment with these particular songs and turned to a bass-inclined beat and more choppy flow; however, it just didn’t work out for these particular songs. Out of these five songs, two featured verses from already well established rappers such as Young Thug and Gunna. Both features outperform Yeat in their respective songs leaving a discontented feeling in the listener. In “Outsidë” especially, Young Thug really does a good job sticking to a more fluid flow and matches the beat perfectly making the song almost seem constructed just for Thugger and underscores most of Yeat’s lines.

Surprisingly right after the very mid five song run, Yeat puts all of the best on the album in quick succession: which consist of “Doublë”, “On tha linë”, “Jus bëtter”, “Jump”, “Dnt lië”, “Rollin”, “Taliban”, and “Narcoticz”. Obviously, Double and Jus bëtter once again features social media viral phrases such as “Hold up, triple seven park that b**** back like I’m double heaven…” and “I’m crazy, I’m bipolar, bipolar, bipolar”. On tha linë resembles Playboi Carti’s “Beno!” In several ways with the biggest similitude being the make-up of the beat. Finally, “Jump” and “Narcoticz” are just a perfect textbook example of hype. Rollin and Taliban are especially outliers within this album due the sheer communion between Yeat’s voice, flow, and the background music. They provide a perfect meld which really brings out Yeat’s annunciation and his range of tone. 

Although I was hoping to end the album off on a high note, sadly this is not the case. The last six songs are some of the worst songs on the album, dare I say out of his whole discography. They are just six useless tracks full of depression and cacophony with a few bright spots almost always being overshadowed by be it the vocals, beat, or just overall feel.

2 Alivë has just been a roller coaster of very high highs and unbelievably low lows. This album consistently appears to be an experiment of sorts and although Yeat does stick to his usual chaotic tunes, the beats resemble the previous works of Playboi Carti and other mumble rappers such as Young Thug. Listeners can’t forget that Yeat is a rapper who has come into the spotlight quite recently; furthermore, listeners can’t come from TikTok or Instagram and expect all of his songs to be catchy or well-crafted as his viral content. Although there are some “bangers” with an incredible amount of replay value, they are equalled out by the amount of garbage that also made it onto the album. For this reason, the album receives a rating of 6.5/10 overall.

Song Rankings

1. Poppin
2. On tha linë
3. Doublë
4. Narcoticz (feat. Yung Kayo)
5. Rollin
6. Jus bëtter
7. Taliban
8. Jump
9. Rackz got më (feat. Gunna)
10. Dnt lië
11. Outsidë (feat. Young Thug)
12. Rëal six
13. Kant dië
14. Still countin
15. Luh m (feat. SeptembersRich)
16. Nvr again
17. Luh gëek
18. Gëek high (feat. Ken Car$son)
19. Call më
20. Smooktober