Young Nudy's earliest material had a sinister edge to it, but the Atlanta rapper showed signs of commercial crossover on his 2019 collaboration with producer Pi'erre Bourne, Sli'merre. On that project, Bourne's airy beats served as a backdrop for relatively friendlier performances from the often deadpan rapper, and big-name features from mainstream rappers like DaBaby and Megan Thee Stallion took some of the focus off of Nudy's wiry eccentricities. His 2020 debut studio album, Anyways, went in a different direction, highlighting experimental tendencies and a more raw production style, and second LP Dr. EV4L pushes Nudy's music to even less pop-friendly places, creating a grim atmosphere of uneasy production and horrorcore-influenced styles. The pitch-shifted vocal hooks and bare-bones drum programming of "Revenge" recall both the low-budget early-'90s production and the tension-heavy lyrical styles of Three 6 Mafia, Ganksta N-I-P, and the Geto Boys. The G Herbo collaboration "2Face" splits the difference between big bass horrorcore and more modernized free-floating samples, while also keeping with the record's dark atmosphere. Contributions from 21 Savage and Lil Uzi Vert result in some of the album's sharpest moments, but Young Nudy holds his own when he goes solo on ruthless, buzzing tracks like "Columbian Necktie." ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi

1		Revenge
2		Mini Me
3		Yellow Tape
4		Roughneck
5		Perc 30
6		The Rustlers
7		Child's Play
8		Soul Keeper
9		2Face
10		Scott Evil
11		DR. EV4L
12		Colombian Necktie
13		Walking Dead

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