Tyga, Careless World: Rise of the Last King
After a few delays, Tyga’s Young Money debut Careless World: Rise of the Last King, proving he’s got more in his rep than “Rack City”…
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Tyga positions his Careless World: Rise of the Last King to play out like an epic movie—or at least a cohesive story—with his opening track, “Careless World.” He speaks, rather than raps, to kick off the album: “I awoke from a dream, filled in a world full of greed and hate. The world was my thoughts and surroundings. I realized I needed to rise, and become king of my own destiny.”
In order to do that on his Young Money debut, Tyga’s approach is three-fold: there are moments when he dreams of being the greatest (“King & Queens”), gets emotional about his girl and reflects on his past (“Far Away,” “Love Game”), and lets loose for a good time (“Rack City”). Oftentimes, he intertwines the concepts, on a song like “Black Crowns,” which includes an outro with Tyga’s mother telling him how proud she is.
The Cali native seems to have no hesitation voicing regret and vulnerability when it comes to females, and this proves to be a magnetizing quality, particularly to compliment the facelessness of a hit like “Rack City.” This is to take nothing away from one of the year’s most fun songs, of course, but rather to realize the necessary counterbalance that a personal song like “Do It All” can provide to the club hit, much of whose success relies on its infectious beat.
And the strong suit of “Rack City” proves to be that of the album, as well. The production is well rounded, elastically shifting to set the mood for Tyga’s varied methods of attack. Jess Jackson handles much of it, though Boi-1da, Cool & Dre and The Neptunes also lend their touch. Sounds are typically soft and somber on the more personal tracks, while things turn frantic and bubbly for the party anthems. Four of these feature high-powered YMCMB collabs, as Lil Wayne (“Faded”), Nicki Minaj (“Muthafucka Up”), Drake (“Still Got It”) and Busta Rhymes (“Potty Mouth”) kick verses. Weezy, with his natural bounce and stream of consciousness flow, and Busta, with his whirlwind of words, are particularly memorable.
Other guests help fortify the body of the album from start to finish, as Nas, J. Cole, Wale, Big Sean, Pharrell and others enter Tyga’s world without care. The Chris Brown and Wynter Gordon collab “For The Fame” turns out to be a relatively fresh take on a girl record, too. Even with so many features, Tyga rarely lets the album get away from him, remaining in the driver’s seat even when next to young stars and legends.
For all its highlights—and there are many— Careless World: Rise of the Last King still feels disjointed at moments. It’s too long (there are 21 tracks on the album and 23 on the iTunes bonus, and it clocks in at nearly an hour and a half), and doesn’t quite hone in on the narrative it looks to set up on the opener. Even so, Tyga, still just 22-years-old, is growing as an artist, and reveals that there’s more to him than inescapable club jams, for anyone who may have been doubting.
Plus, it sounds good, and that’s reason enough to care about the music of this album’s world. —Adam Fleischer (@AdamXXL)
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I don’t really want nothin to do w/ this album… 21 songs, 14 features, over 80 minutes long… nah i’m all good. Not to mention the fact this nigga has no lyrics
Oh shut up, You don’t know what you talking about. Anyone that really listens to his music, knows he have Dope lyrics.
whatever fam. stay being content with your low standards, it ain’t nothing to me lol
Ok if you don’t want anything to do with the album, why are you even here? Lol i mean you not no jay-z. When you can do better, that’s when you can talk :)
all his lyrics are the same anyone can rap the same song to a different beat
Why even comment on something you dont mess with…..
forget this album get breakfast. btw i like some of his shit but when he said ” ur grandma on ma dick ” in rack city i lost some respect
Why so sensitive, its not like he’s talking directly to you. -_-
lol man u anit neva lyin i read that like are you serious, just laugh at an take it for what is..
haha im just playin, it aint too bad if u listen to the whole thing
WHY DID U HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF ? IT WAS CORNY. AND I THINK IT WAS TOO . AND I KNOW U WERE PLAYING ONLY IDIOTS WOULD TAKE THAT LITERAL.
The features are the best part of the CD, I didnt even read the review because Ive been going through the album myself, its worth fucking with.
Rec: Lil Homie, Black Crowns, King and Queens, Let it Show
I LOVE Careless World, you get to see the different sides of Tyga. TeamTyga
my opinion is that beats and originality are XL and lyrics are M to L. Overall XL, cuz Tyga CAN spit lyrically, it seems, on some songs and the beats are top notch when played on my bose speakers
this was the best album! his lyrics are amazing ! #LK
lol beats are XL and the rest is L and Tyga still gets a XL?
LOL XXL MAG is garbage as fuck.
Lyrics >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beats
Agreed. As great as the beats are on this album, Careless World warrants an L at best.
Tyga used to be dope but this album was terrible
it was a descent album. I fucks with that joint he got Robin Thicke on tho, real smoove!