It really is OVO season in 2017 with PND going toe-for-toe with Drake releasing songs at rapid speed. Back in June Party gave us the forgettable 4 track EP Colours 2 but he’s back with another; Seven Days. This 7 track EP was constructed in 7 days and is our warm-up to his highly anticipated Club Atlantis album which was announced last month.
What a Time to Be Alive turned out full of bangers and that was made in 6 days so let’s see how this stacks up in comparison!
1. Bad Intentions
Party opens the project up in his usual lowkey relaxed fashion. He’s really stripped back on the amount of auto-tune he uses since PND1/PND2 days. Tales of being a bad influence on a good girl, cool vibey opener.
2. Never Played Me*
The first few keys of the production of this song really hyped me up and then it slumped a little. The best way I can describe it is a dish which looks and smells amazing and but is lukewarm in the center. The missing heat is a Future, Quavo or Travis who could give it that energetic boost. Don’t Worry is an example when he executes perfectly on that sort of production. I do like the hype of the song though.
3. Damage(Ft Halsey)
This is an album level quality song, he must’ve put this on the EP to test the waters before deciding whether to push it more. The melody is SOOOO similar to She Don’t by Ella Mai, agree or nah?!. It’s interesting he let it sit on his EP, maybe this is a sign of directional change on his album?
4. Best Man(Ft Rick Ross)*
I haven’t heard many collabs between these two but their most recent offering on Dj Khaled’s Grateful was one standout in a pile of nothingness. This tune is ridiculously smooth it’s 90’s R&B hip hop vibes. Ross and Party come together and deliver a monster; this has to get a video.
5. Best Friends
We’re back on the turn-up, he sounds like he’s just going through the motions on this. I can kind of tell this was made quickly; not much to it.
6. The Right Way
The slowest song on the EP so far an acoustic message of Party trying to be a better person. A chilled vibe much like some of his recent leaks(nowhere to be found on the internet now).
7. Love Me Again
The vocals sound so distant on this song, he’s really stretching every vocal out. As much as it’s probably not a message to his fans it feels like it slightly is. Party may feel his fans are getting frustrated with him being in the shadows for so too long.
Mr. Versatile comes through with a buffet for us on this EP. Every track could almost be sub-categorized genre-wise in comparison to the previous one. Seven Days (aka Seven Vibes) almost feels a reintroduction statement from Party. As much as he’s been a feautre/writer he’s letting us know again he can do this with very little effort. Nice filler EP, I have High Hopes for his album Club Atlantis, I need PND1/PND2 high energy back.
Top 2 tracks: Never Played Me and Best Man
7.6/10
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