On a Zoom call, Aminé said he named the project prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the title happened to also be the mental state of the rest of the world by the time of its release.Īminé clarified on the call, “I'm 26 now. He expressed how he feels at his age, he may be going through some sort of midlife crisis. Young Black men in America as well, Kobe's just like Superman to us and like a second dad you know? That death kind of just woke you up. “We just talked about the subjects on the album. “A lot of the skits you hear on this album, it was a two-hour conversation that me and Jak Knight just did at my house, like a podcast,” Aminé told EARMILK. The coming-of-age storytelling in his songwriting is exemplified in matters like future children ("Fetus") and allowing the record to then mature into plights of interracial relationships ("Becky"). His lyrics dive into deeper themes when compared to his debut release. The 26-year old seemingly demonstrated sentiments of maturation with Limbo.
cleverly compare us as humans to plants - " photosynthesis I see the future picture take a glimpse," raps J.I.D. "Roots" produced by Parker Corey and Pasqué has a melancholy and almost dark essence to it sonically. He then proceeds to spit a more relaxed final verse. The silver lining of the song's messaging is the bridge before Aminé switches up the beat and that's to not let anger control you. The griminess of the rapping goes so well with the edgy bass-heavy production. He even references the Arthur closed-fist meme. The posse cut is a lyrical sparring of all three rappers.Īminé mails punch lines citing culturally entertaining moments where a celebrity behaved in anger or belligerence. The beat comprises a catchy bassline, a resounding trap beat, and a mesmerizing hook with an almost intimidating "pressure on my palms". One of the project's standouts comes right on the brink of its second half, "Pressure on my Palms" with Vince Staples and Slowthai. Limbo doesn't shy away from reflecting on the current times. He reps his hometown from-the-get-go in the ever so morbid intro track, "Burden" with the line, “ You know I'm hailing from that Rip City, get busy.” During a virtual album playback with the press, the artist shared, “Yeah, Portland's fucking going crazy right now, unfortunately.” It's timely that an artist from Portland puts out a meaningful body of work. On Wednesday, Aminé hosted a small virtual press event to talk about the album and some other things in the works. According to Oregon Live, the demonstrations are occurring as Portland's seen more than double the number of shootings in July than the same time last year and 15 people killed - the most in one month in more than 30 years, according to police. The city of Portland has been going through months of protesting against police brutality and excessive force, and those left have been experiencing violent rushes and tear gas attacks in their streets for over two months since the start of the Black Lives Matter movements. The second full-length offering was executively produced by Pasqué and Aminé himself.
The proud, Portland-bred rapper, artist, and director, Aminé, has delivered a new 14-track LP Limbo featuring a slew of guest appearances including, Vince Staples, Charlie Wilson, Summer Walker, Slowthai, Injury Reserve, Young Thug, and Daniel Caesar.
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