ALBUM REVIEW: TYCOON

Album: TYCOON

Artist: Ty Dolla $ign

Label: Atlantic Records 

Grade: C-

After working closely with Kanye West on VULTURES 1 and 2, expectations for Ty Dolla $ign’s next project rose tremendously, and while TYCOON isn’t a complete flop, it doesn’t contain enough bops to take it to the top. 

Ye’s influence shows up on many tracks on the album, chiefly on “HARDER,” and even Travis Scott makes an appearance on “MIXED EMOTIONS,” which also features Leon Thomas. 

Quavo and Juicy J team up for a Magic City strip club anthem on “DON’T KILL THE PARTY,” while Young Thug and Lil Baby add some luxury to “TYCOON$” to add some Atlanta flavour to the Californian RnB artist’s project.

However, the album features too many skippable songs, and while most of the featured artists on this album perform excellently alongside Ty, I can’t help feeling that A$AP Rocky, Kodak Black and even YG left too much to be desired in their appearances. 

Many of the songs felt too similar to each other, making me check my phone to see if it actually skipped to the next song or not at times. Compared to his work on VULTURES 1 and 2, TYCOON didn’t deliver the developmental improvements I expected to see from Ty Dolla $ign after working with Ye.

Is it an awful album? No, but I only saved nine out of the 15 tracks on it, and less than half of them are certifiable bangers. It passes with a C-, but only just.

~Zafir Nagji, Sports Editor