His best attempt, вЂњDiss Song,вЂќ lacks clarity. Not even holding his own in the decent song вЂњHit Em Up,вЂќ Tupac and Jadakiss take the glory, while Tyga sounds like the Chris Brown of вЂњLook At Me Now.вЂќ Tyga again remains an awkward piece to the puzzle in the song вЂњShow You,вЂќ but his lyrics are outrageously explicit, and his unchanging, gritty voice is almost painful to listen to when paired with FutureвЂ™s smooth, caressing chorus that reminds me of T-PainвЂ™s вЂњCanвЂ™t Believe It.вЂќДЄs the album unfolds, Tyga makes a few attempts at showing depth with a few slower songs, but they are all attempts. On top of his albumвЂ™s weak beginning, Tyga is outshone by the pool of big name artists he enlists. Tyga doesnвЂ™t want to mess with a good thing, but spewing overly explicit lyrics that happen to rhyme with an unoriginal message and overused beats is not the best way to introduce listeners to a new album. вЂњYou kissed her in her mouth/ ask her how my dick tastesвЂќ precedes the repetitive chorus вЂњAll my sh*t dope.вЂќ This song, as well as a few others throughout the album, reminded me of unimaginative remixes of вЂњRack City,вЂќ with their same clapping beats and TygaвЂ™s unchanged rapping rhythm. Proceeding after вЂњ500 DegreezвЂќ is вЂњDope.вЂќ Tyga raps with no clear connection to the title. The album began with an obvious turn-it-up club song called вЂњ500 Degreez,вЂќ but the song is generic and only emphasizes the exhausted theme of sex, money and drugs to the maximum. Although there are some potential hits, the recently released album severely lacks at the beginning, races to make up lost ground at its end and barely makes it across the finish line. The album felt irregular, inconsistent and almost cookie cutter.

Gazing at the grand majestic tiger lounging by a peaceful, marbled pool, I hoped Tyga had created an album that gave ode to California, with a classy texture but still laced with his signature biting ferocity.

The theme, вЂњHotel California,вЂќ is aesthetically displayed by the cover. His second album, вЂњHotel CaliforniaвЂќ debuted on April, and it did not give Tyga a chance to display texture and diversity in his music. With the release of his first album in 2011 (вЂњCareless World: Rise of the Last KingвЂќ) and the debut of the wildly popular song вЂњRack City,вЂќ the gritty, unapologetic image that clearly labeled Tyga soon attained popularity. In a short time, TygaвЂ™s explicit rhymes and body-moving beats solidified his place at the top. It is not often a rising artist can compete with kings such as these, but in 2011, Southern CaliforniaвЂ™s Tyga defied such authority.

Hip hop remains a popular genre of music in the United States, although it takes a certain, rough - and dare I say вЂњratchetвЂќ - essence to stand out and achieve the top chart popularity that rappers such as Lil Wayne and Chris Brown have reached.

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