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Lil Yachty and James Blake: Bad Cameo review – a swing and a miss from the shapeshifting duo
The rapper and singer are both unafraid to confound fans by taking stylistic chances, but here their soulful ambition doesn’t quite gel
On last year’s Let’s Start Here, the 26-year-old Atlanta rapper left fans baffled or delighted by his unexpected pivot to Pink Floyd-tinged psychedelia, having made his name on a string of oddly avant garde trap ditties. There are moments of genuine spine-tingle – like hearing Yachty’s elastic voice funnelled through Blake’s black box of tricks on Missing Man and Transport Me, and the almost-gospel Red Carpet, an a cappella threaded with Hammond organ and analogue hiss. Save the Savior is a wasteland of throwaway boasts and bleating self-pity, while Blake morphs into Chris Martin halfway through the overblown Midnight.
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