So I've been meaning to post this for a few weeks now, I know bit slow. Mixtape came out the 16th February. Higher Learning Volume 2, now I know Fashawn's trying to crack the mainstream so I was a bit sceptical about how commercial this would be but I wasnt dissapointed. Since Kanye introduced college into the rap world, higher education has become okay to talk about. And there is some definitely College Dropout style skits on here, "you want a what? A full scholarship....". But the theme "higher", has the classic Fashawn undertones; making yourself better, being the best you can be, whatever it is. Usually a theme which gets old pretty quick but with tracks like Do What I gotta Do the upbeatness is contagious, and I like the way he switches it up; Eastside Party prod Hecktic (produced a lot of Higher Learning vol.1) has something Biggie about it...
The first half is definitely stronger for me, but he does lean towards commercial with tracks like Down that Road ft Sam Hook but in a mellow, not a bad way. Collaborations with quite a few people aswell, J Cole etc. Tbh I've never heard a Fashawn mixtape where every track was on point but I'm picky but all in all I liked it a lot.
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