Artist: Alan Ward, Tedy Andreas
Album: Vintagious
Articulation: King Acklin
Up and coming hip hop artist, Alan Ward, released this project in 2022. Representing the home of the Bucks, Milwaukee, WI, Alan dropped Vintagious. A quick, under 13mins long project produced by Tedy Andreas, hence his name noted as an artist on this project alongside Alan.
The first track, Tired, opens with John Coffey from the Green Mile talking about being tired. Dope use of the movie line here, but the song is a bit underwhelming. The chorus is good, but I think the vocals sounds hollow and that’s a theme over these 4 songs. What A Day is the very next song, and the energy picks up drastically. This is easily the best song out of the 4, fueled by a catchy hook. Again though, the production needs to be amplified and/or at least better engineer work.
Hands Please is a good song, it reminds you of some early 50 Cent/G-Unit work before they blew up. The last track, Asshole, just seems to drag a bit but sounds like a good party night story to end the project. Overall, the project is short and could benefit from better engineering and improved production. The artists (Alan & Tedy) show potential and could very well get better with each project. Let’s hope that’s the case because there’s some talent there.
Bottom line and question of the day; Is It Dope Tho? The answer is, it could be solid but needs work. The project is a 5 on the Dope Tho Scale. Listen now and judge for yourself #DopeTho #YouWelcome
Dope Tho Rating: 5
Key Dope:
What A Day
Dope Tho Rating System:
1-3 Nope Tho
4-5 Needs Work
6-7 Solid
8-9 Heat
10 Dope Tho Classic