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Post Malone: F-1 Trillion review – catchy country cosplay
Texan ditches hip-hop for this somewhat bloated 18-track epic bolstered by big-name guests. His versatile voice can handle the genre move, but it’s all a little formulaic
Hip-hop was often Malone’s vehicle for presenting entertaining silliness: the mention of “beautiful boobies” on 2018’s Spoil My Night; Something Real’s “I could play that pussy like it’s Für Elise” come-on in 2023 – or Drake-levels of “being famous is actually not always fun” (see 2018’s Rich & Sad). “I’m pretty good at breakin’ down a heart / But pickin’ up the pieces is the hard part / She’s searchin’ for someone who’s gonna build it back / But I ain’t got a guy for that” they sing on the bouncy chorus, before listing all the manly things they can get help with, such as adjusting the sights on their rifles or getting their boots resoled. There’s a lot to enjoy about F-1 Trillion, and it feels tailor-made for chart domination, but as much as Malone felt hip-hop was limiting his oeuvre, it at least gifted him moments to really let loose, as on the ludicrous epic Take What You Want featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott.
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