“These days, everything I do bananas.”
I'm a fool
for waiting this long
to pick up and spin
Aminé's debut album.
Released at the end
of July,
Good for You
is a summertime album
through and through,
one that the Portland
artist does
with endless grooves.
The rising star
caught everyone's attention
last year
with the yellowed out
video for "Caroline",
which has almost
200 million views on YouTube
(and another 77 million
plays on SoundCloud).
In the time
since that video
was released last
June, Aminé's
been on a rampage.
Made up of fourteen
tracks (and a bonus
with Kehlani)
Good for You
is a testament
to the Portland artist's
smooth philosophies
and electrified daydreams.
A peak inside
his head to show you
what he's coming with
off the jump.
It also manages
to feature Ty Dolla $ign
and Nelly in the first
two tracks,
followed by a four song
solo run
that shakes, rattles,
and rolls,
ultimately arriving
at another of the album's
singles: "Wedding Crashers"
with Offset.
And that's only
the first half.
While the hit
single “Caroline”
can be found
on the album
(as well as
a moving
Jimmy Fallon performance
up above),
it's worth mentioning
a track that didn't
make the cut:
"REDMERCEDES".
Conceptually sharp
and memorably colorful,
it's the only other
by Aminé
and it comes complete
with a remix
from Missy Elliott
and UK rapper AJ Tracy.
The song remains
one of my favorites
from this summer,
a summer that is certainly
one for the books
for Aminé
