{"id":159,"date":"2020-03-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/03\/01\/artist-2-0-review-a-boogie-doubles-down-for-better-or-worse\/"},"modified":"2020-03-01T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T17:00:00","slug":"artist-2-0-review-a-boogie-doubles-down-for-better-or-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/03\/01\/artist-2-0-review-a-boogie-doubles-down-for-better-or-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist 2.0 Review: A Boogie Doubles Down, for Better or Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When A Boogie With Da Hoodie<\/a> announced that he was set to release his third studio album, his fans were jubilant. It had been just over a year since we last heard from the Bronx native and in the age of microwaveable music, there was a yearning to hear what new melodies the \u201cJust Like Me\u201d rapper had cooked up. While leaked records delayed the album towards its Valentine\u2019s Day release, they also built anticipation for what was to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At face value, \u00a0Artist 2.0<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 the sequel to his 2016 breakout mixtape,\u00a0Artis<\/em>t \u2013 gave his fans exactly what they asked for. The man known for his melodic chants and passionate crooning about his love life reverted back to what he knows best and then some. Although recognized as a rapper, that takes a backseat in this latest effort. A boogie never goes more than a few bars in any of the records before his singing takes precedence, exemplified in the emotional ballad \u201cGood Girls Gone Bad,\u201d where he wails about a woman who\u2019s changed as a result of his inconsistencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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