After a fairly quiet 2018, Thugga is back with his 19-track debut studio album So Much Fun executively produced by J. Cole. After a long stream of projects which have already had high profile commercial exposure from Barter 6, Jeffery, Super Slimey and Beautiful Thugger Girls it’s actually funny that only now we get project titled as his debut.
I can fully understand why Thug and his team have taken so long to title a project as a debut though. None of his projects prior have been well rounded enough; with a huge number of loose tracks on each of them (his 2016 trifecta was the closest). Going into this project I expect some sort of cohesion.
1. Just How It Is
A slow-burning starter which fully gives me the chill country-western Jeffery feeling, the enunciation which Thug intentionally struggles with sometimes is clear here too.
2. Sup Mate ft Future
Hearing them going back to back saying mate so much is literally just cracking me up, they’ve spent too much time in “The London”. I also have no idea what Future is saying at the one minute mark either, that “King’s Dead” feature has gone to his head. This is trash.
3. Ecstasy ft Machine Gun Kelly
So far this debut has opened up with two very forgettable songs. The tide changes on this though; Thug’s energy is up, the bop is ridiculously infectious and MGK snapped on his verse.
4. Hot ft Gunna
A decent start/hook but this production really deserves something better (it’s got Tyga / Migos written all over it). Thug doesn’t even stay on the “Hot” topic, they’ve had better songs together.
5. Light It Up
This is actually really bad, it almost sounds like he regressing to what his “children” do.
6. Surf ft Gunna
The one thing I can’t complain about is the range of melodies / flows Thug is experimenting with on this album even this early in. After about 2 minutes I was fully riding this calypso slimey wave, a much stronger collab than “Hot” too.
7. Bad Bad Bad ft Lil Baby*
Woooo now this is “Bad Bad Bad” it’s easily the strongest song on the album so far Thug has lifted me out my seat. The clarity is A1, The flows are A1 and cohesion with him and Baby is dumb.
8. Lil Baby
Ahaha straight after a feature with Lil Baby he has a Lil Baby titled track. As with most of tracks so far nothing of note lyrics wise but the slime in the flows carries it through right down to the cum in the shake line very SLIMEY HAHA.
9. What’s the Move ft Lil Uzi Vert
Ok here’s the unexpected Jeffery switch up, Thug brings Uzi out his cave for a refreshing vibrant song. It gives me the same happy free feeling of Ronda from Uzi’s The Perfect Luv project.
10. I Bought Her ft Lil Duke
Thug is always buying his bi*ch something init? from bags to ass’s apparently. Just a meh track for me nothing brazy.
11. Jumped Out the Window
This guy literally is a chameleon, I actually don’t think he’s sounded the same on one song yet even with mediocre ones like this.
12. I’m Scared ft 21 Savage & Doe Boy
I need another project from 21 and Metro because he literally carried this track with the Dead Boy verse.
13. Cartier Gucci Scarf ft Lil Duke
Nah these two must’ve been cracking up when they made this track in the studio, the flows after the hooks are completely comical.
14. Big Tipper ft Lil Keed
Another ok for me, this album isn’t blowing me as anything better than what I’ve got from him before.
15. Pussy
Man the production and the hook is so annoying. The lines about sucking on the neck make you pussy is funny though.
16. Circle of Bosses ft Quavo*
At last something decent after about 5 misses. The wahoo ad-libs add a catchy side to the boss angle Huncho brings. This actually would’ve made a better Migos song Quavo just like 21 on “I’m Scared” carried it.
17. Mannequin Challenge ft Juice Wrld
Maybe I’m just not that big of a Thug fan as I thought but even this overused groan flow is irritating me now. Juice part saved the whole song, who would logically have the hook in the middle?
18. Boy Back ft Nav
I’m just not a Nav fan and this nappy nap nap banter is dead.
19. The London ft J.Cole & Travis Scott*
This is still one of my favorite bangers which have dropped this year partly because I never hear J Cole on this type of trap production. The smoothness of this gave me false impressions of what to expect for the album as this wasn’t good at all.
There really is fun experimental underdone to this project which I like, it’s like Thug took the constraints off and said I’m just going to do what I want for my debut. The problem with Thug’s approach here is that there was literally no control. The meme moments and comical moments with songs like “Cartier Gucci Scarf” and “Sup Mate” just begin to get jarring.
I’m not sure what benefit having J Cole executive producing this album had because this was 100% average. I’ve had Soo Much more fun with older projects like Slime Season 3 and Jeffery, this was too many loose tracks for me.
Top 3 tracks: Bad Bad Bad, Circle of Bosses and The London
6.5/10
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