I always say you can tell an album is good if you can play the whole thing without skipping a song.
My first introduction to Blaqbonez was on the Jae5 produced single “Back In Uni”, I thought it was a decent song to say the least, at the time I had no idea I was listening to one of the best new artists within Afro/Hip-Hop. Blaq just released a new album entitled YOUNG PREACHER and It's nothing short of amazing!
YOUNG PREACHER is a sonically beautiful journey through the life of an artist that is on the brink of stardom. The album starts off with a album titled track where Blaqbones flexes his lyrical ability, slyly telling you he’s the new Jigga of this era. The album then goes into the track “Hot Boy” which has one of the best transitions on the album, I really hope he makes that his next video/single. Blaqbonez has an incredible ability to touch on topics and trends that are relevant to his young audience, he shows this on the song “Fashionova". A favorite track of mine is “Fake Nikes", a song about consciously spending his money and not letting the opinion of others affect his actions
Blaqbonez' ability to touch on socially conscious topics and make it digestible enough for the likes of mainstream radio is a rare talent that will take his music far. The YOUNG PREACHER album has debuted at number 6 on the Apple Music charts, but after sitting with it for 2 days I easily have this in my top 10 for 2022.
