DON'T GROW UP TOO SOON

Don't Grow Up Too Soon is the second album of producer and song-writer Nascent. This album consists of r&b and rap with a lot a guest contributors for the vocals. "Spinning These Blocks", "Mangosteen" and "Big Brown Eyes" are the best songs on an album that never stands out anywhere.

It's perfectly acceptable. However it doesn't really sound like it's doing anything that some other producers are doing. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 3/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Blissful.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: U shoulda been there, Spinnin these blocks, Hold me

This is somewhat pedestrian - I'd genuinely be interested to read why it was submitted, as it doesn't appear to be doing anything new, or even old things notably well.

Unfortunately for this album, modern rap (2010s onwards) is a big blind spot for me unless it's doing something weird and daring (Clipping and Danny Brown for example), and while there are some pretty cool elements on the album for me, I feel like it doesn't distinguish itself in any meaningful way from other modern rap albums. My favorite songs on DON'T GROW UP TOO SOON are the jazzier cuts. The first song Take Your Time is quite cool, for it to only delve into bass-heavy trap-esque songs, which is a style of rap I don't care for at all. I don't like the R&B themed songs either. Should it be on the list: No Top 3 songs: Take Your Time, Spinning These Blocks, Don't Check for Me

Extremely unimpressive 2020s hip hop. I am generally quite fond of this genre (and thanks to the OG 1,001 list for expanding my palate) but this ain’t it

About ten years late to its own sound

U Shoulda Been There // Run Me Back My Bread // LONG LIVE DOC 3.5/5

Chill

R&B, pop, hip-hop. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

It’s a vibe; I’ll give it that. Was it my favourite thing in my ears this week? No. Am I not sure who Nascent is based on all of the guest artists that I heard on this disc? Yes.

Pretty average rap album, though I can appreciate the message

Solid production but too new and generic to be on the list

Nice beats

Not my type of music, but this was on. Some good music.

Its... Good not great. Plenty to like but not love here. Its well produced, and there are a few interesting features, but nothing blew me away and said this is essential

Not bad. Liked the positive message.

Sometimes pretty good, bordering on conscious, hip-hop; other times it sounds like a producer show-reel (which it kind of is). Cracking guests though

Nice.

Pretty hit and miss

Solid hip hop debut. The artist obviously knows his way around production and it's full of fruitful collaboration. Lyrically there's nothing wrong with it but it didn't distinguish itself particularly for me.

This shit is like a hip hop album from a different dimension. "Ft. Rizz Capolatti and Joseph Chilliams", shame they couldn't get Scrimbly McPizza as well (I jest, I jest). Kinda boring though, not jesting about that one. Just kinda like.. default hip hop. Not bad, not great. 2/5.

Didn’t hate it, but didn’t really stand out either.

I’m not familiar with Nascent, but this is a pretty cool album cover, and I tend to enjoy hip hop, so I’m hoping that this album will be up my alley. Unfortunately, this album just wasn’t for me. I didn’t think it was bad, but I was pretty bored by it, and I didn’t think it did anything unique or noteworthy. I can see how someone would like this album though, if they were already familiar with the artist, but not having that connection made this album a miss for me. However, “Mangosteen” and “All To Me” were both really good songs. “Mangosteen” was just a straight-up jam, with a groovy bassline, gentle instrumentation and production, and some great rapping as well. “All To Me” had a really infectious beat, and I enjoyed the string sounds too. The vocals on the first verse were really off-putting to me, but the vocals on the other verses and the chorus were really great. I can’t see myself coming back to this whole album any time soon, but I’ll certainly come back to “Mangosteen.”

This album didn't really grow on me. I mean, it decent hip hop, and I commend Nascent for inviting so many talented women -- either rappers or singers -- on this record. Lyrically speaking, there are many endearing or thought-provoking moments. Topics such as gender equality issues seem to be tackled for instance. The thing is, the music is not that striking or particularly original. Come on, hip hop fans, you can do better than that, I am sure. 2/5 for the purposes of this list dedicated to essential albums. 7/10 for more general purposes (5 for the musicianship and production values + 2 for the artistry) ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 120 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 136 Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 298 (including this one) ---- Salut Émile, Tu pourras lire ma dernière réponse sous le *Little Criminals* de Randy Newman. A+.

Not my thing

Not a style of rap that I relate to well. I really didn’t find a connection here.

I struggled to find much to like here I'm afraid. All bit overproduced and bland and generic and forgettable

I liked this a little bit but also it was long and not my genre. I definitely see the vibe and stuff but meh.

I don't really understand the point of this album - there are some nice melodies put together (which is probably the biggest takeaway I got here) and I'd like to know the original source on a lot of these. But this plays like a sampler album with all the different voices. I appreciate and occasionally enjoy the slow rapping styles [e.g. "Take Your Time"] - the tracks that more in a trap/808 or behind the beat styles just go by me, not sub-genres I gravitate to at all. That all kind of sums up the album - I don't know who Nascent is after listening to this - both figuratively and literally. Is this a compilation album? Too many guests so it doesn't feel like an album - I needed a libretto to follow along to figure out who I like (or don't). TL;DR: A mish-mash of nice enough sounding beats that do end up running into each other; I like the mellow vibe, but I can't latch onto anything resembling a cohesive feel - way way too random. 5/10 2 stars IMO: Belonged in the book? No.

3 2

Did some digging and this guy is apparently a well-known producer with some serious credits. Felt a little disappointing, then, that most of the beats here felt somewhat uninspired. There are high points for sure, but I found myself wanting more on most of the tracks. The bars are nothing to write home about either, and the spoken word segments were cringey. There’s no denying this LP has airtight mastering and a sense of professionalism, just wish the content lived up to the packaging.

This isn't really my jam. Not so bad that I wanted to turn it off though

Album Cover: 5/5 (For being really cool and interesting) Don't know the artist before listening and not my preferred genre, but I am open to knew stuff. There is no Wikipedia page for the album so .... there's that. Standouts: Take Your Time Others: Mangosteen Most of the album is trash with a couple of redeemers. 2/5

In the best songs, it is an over-produced poetry slam.

I don’t know anything about Nascent and this just seemed like pop electronica music to me. I’m sure it’s great for what it is but this is just not interesting at all.

Music and singing: 3/5 Rap: ignorant 0/5 Overall: 1.5/5

It's giving SoundCloud rapper / DJ your friend sent you and you don't normally click the things he sends you. There's a lot of music I need to listen to so uh, gonna pause this one and move on