"Yung Lean's last album to use the online hip-hop style that originally earned him success was recorded on the brink of a real-life meltdown; the substances Lean had rapped about so brazenly during his adolescent mixtape era would nearly claim his life."
"THE COMEDOWN presents a cloud-rap fable à la Warlord: a lifestyle of druggy hedonism seemingly catching up to the rapper as he searches through clouds of divine vocal samples and sparkling synths to make sense of it."
"The album thrives on the same balance of adolescent naivete and angst that animates foundational cloud rap releases like Lean's Unknown Death 2002 and Lil B's."
In February 2016, Yung Lean released his last album in the cloud rap genre, which mirrored his personal struggles with substance abuse. After overcoming these challenges, he distanced himself from cloud rap, marking the end of its golden era. Since 2023, smokedope2016 has created an alternate timeline for cloud rap, emphasizing its emotional depth. The album THE COMEDOWN encapsulates this emotional vulnerability, reminiscent of earlier cloud rap works, and explores themes of drug-fueled hedonism and personal reflection.
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