It’s fitting that Logic’s most rap-centric album in years comes fresh off the back of his full-blown "retirement." After making a virtuous curtain call on 2020’s No Pressure, the Maryland native unceremoniously returned to the game just 11 months later, tapping into his worst mock-trap tendencies on Bobby Tarantino 3. Evidently, he got his second wind in 2022 and released a statement piece with 2022's Vinyl Days.
Logic's seventh studio album is a weighty tribute to the golden age of '90s hip-hop, and his scholarly passion for the genre is present in every fiber of the project’s composition. Verses are searing with the no-holds-barred lyricism of that era, colored by tributes to Dilla and Lupe, and shipped with a head-nodding cadence that would make B Rabbitt proud. The album’s production -- a veritable vault of boom-bap gems -- ranks among the best the artist has touched, with artful sample chops, concrete drumlines, and nostalgic, warm overtones. The stream of consciousness writing, perhaps prompted by Logic’s no-stakes return to the game, leads to some questionable moments -- like his weirdly murderous confessions about critic Anthony Fantano -- but offers more value in making the project feel like an extension of his state of mind. A touching plea for Madlib to revive his Quasimoto alter ego, an origin story for Mac DeMarco’s Salad Days over RZA production -- these moments couldn’t have come from anyone else.
| A1 | Danger |
| A2 | Tetris |
| A3 | In My Lifetime |
| A4 | Decades |
| A5 | JJ Abrahams |
| A6 | Blackwhiteboy |
| A7 | Quasi |
| A8 | Bleed It |
| A9 | LaDonda |
| B1 | Aaron Judge |
| B2 | Clouds |
| B3 | Michael Rap |
| B4 | Therapy Music |
| B5 | Tony Revolori |
| B6 | Rogue One |
| B7 | Breath Control |
| B8 | Nems |
| B9 | Nardwuar |
| C1 | Kickstyle |
| C2 | EarlyBird |
| C3 | Ten Years |
| C4 | Porta One |
| C5 | NeedleDrop |
| C6 | Introducing Nezi |
| C7 | Orville |
| C8 | Carnival |
| D1 | Lena's Insight |
| D2 | Vinyl Days |
| D3 | I Guess I Love It |
| D4 | Sayonara |
