On Friday, 2/17, rapper Yeat dropped his 4th studio album, “2093.” Yeat is a California born rapper. He is fairly new to rap, having his breakout in 2021. Yeat is known for having a “rage” (sub genre of rap) sound. 

This album takes place in the future. The name, 2093, of the album is supposed to represent the year that the album takes place. The album is supposed to illustrate a dystopian world that is on the verge of collapse. Yeat uses his music to depict a dystopian society. Yeat uses very detached unemotional lyrics and decaying beats to illustrate a post-apocalypse theme. Many of the songs sound like something directly out of the future, through the use of fuzzy, well layered vocals, and many metallic sound effects. All of this combines to create a very ominous and mysterious vibe to the album.

For some extra context into this album, this is the first album that Yeat has recorded sober. In the past, he has had severe drug problems, and, according to him, he is finally getting help and recovering from his addictions. This goes on to develop the larger theme of this album, being his addiction and wanting to recover. 

This album was is very sci-fi based and something similar to what Travis Scott would release, but with Yeat’s own twist. There can be direct Travis Scott influence found on tracks such as “Power Trip”Yeat used the glitchy sound effects, however, to separate himself from these rappers and establish this as his own sound. Yeat also focuses a lot on the small details, using funny one liners to catch the listeners attention. This created many great moments throughout the album.

However, even though this album did have many positives, there was also some parts that would leave the listener with a negative image about the album. For starters, the album had 24 songs and was 1 hour and 17 minutes long. This makes the album a drag and very hard to listen to. The album did feel bloated and much longer than needed. When you combine this album length with a gimmicky sound, the album starts to feel repetitive very quickly. On top of that, Yeat released the deluxe version of the album immediately after releasing the original. This was a shady move in order to help him get higher placement amongst rankings.

With everything being said, I would rate this album a 6.8/10. While there were some very good songs and key moments on this album, the album was just very bloated. It felt very long. However, I don’t want to focus on the negatives. There were definitely plenty of positives from this album. There were many songs that will resonate well with fans and pave the way for his future sounds and albums.