Be it an introspective rapper, or a party performer. The legacy that 'When Its Dark Out' will leave behind is that it is the kind of psychological revolution that G-Eazy conceived to bring to the masses, to stop hiding the troubles and deception that exists in each of our own troubled selves and to embrace it, to face our demons. When It's Dark Out is a listenable project that is sadly lacking in originality and personality, two prerequisites that are essential for any Hip Hop artist. Make it slightly more original, throw some more fire and personality into mix or something. G-Eazy really has to step up his rap game. But this is not an instrumental album, so I have to consider the rapper's input too. If this were an instrumental album, I would have definitely have some songs here in my rotation. And his flows and rhyme schemes aren't anything special. His content is the same, which I wouldn't mind if it didn't last for 17 tracks. I know that I won't get hot bars and introspective lyrics on a G-Eazy joint, but when you compare this album to other mainstream joints like "A.L.L.A.", "Rodeo" and many others, it just sounds lackluster here. But when it's paired up with a rapper as G-Eazy, they kind of lose their steam. Almost every single song on here is meticulously crafted. I will praise this album for it's solid production. It's definitely not "the worst" Hip Hop album created, it's just one that is not engaging as it's contemporaries.
While I have not listened to G-Eazy's previous record "These Things Happen" due to my personal bias obscuring anything that was left of an While I have not listened to G-Eazy's previous record "These Things Happen" due to my personal bias obscuring anything that was left of an objective opinion, I decided to suck it up on this one and listen to it from front to back.