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Michigan Boy Boat [Mixtape]
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  • Summary: The third mixtape from the Atlanta rapper features guest appearances from Baby Smoove, Babyface Ray, Baby Tron, Krispy Life Kidd, Louie Ray, Rio Da Yung OG, RMC Mike, Sada Baby, Slap SavageIcewear Vezzo, Swae Lee, Tee Grizzley, and Veeze.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Clash Music
    Apr 28, 2021
    70
    It’s difficult to see ‘Michigan Boy Boat’ winning over the doubts – sure, it’s definite progression, but it feels more like a reinforcement of core values than an attempt to reach out.
  2. Pitchfork
    Apr 28, 2021
    68
    For anyone searching for an entry point, it’s a fun introduction to the fast-paced instrumentals, unpredictable flows, and demented punchlines synyonmous with Detroit and Flint.
  3. Rolling Stone
    Apr 28, 2021
    60
    Yachty is a great ambassador for Michigan rap, but as Michigan Boy Boat illustrates, he’s far from the best practitioner of the style. He is the protagonist of the mixtape, but he isn’t its anchor.
  4. AllMusic
    May 11, 2021
    60
    The set employs the unique, off-beat flow preferred by the Michigan underground, which Yachty adopts well enough on tracks like "Concrete Goonies" and "Final Form."
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    Apr 30, 2021
    60
    Although the off-counter flow can get monotonous at times – unfortunately making a number of the tracks on ‘Michigan Boy Boat’ rather skippable – Yachty’s embrace of the Michigan scene here come across as a daring way of reinventing his once-bubbly rap aesthetic.
  6. Exclaim
    Apr 28, 2021
    50
    The mixtape format may excuse the lack of sonic cohesion for the project, but it does not explain the faltering artistic direction that is more than likely to leave Yachty's fans disoriented and disenchanted.

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  1. VBSBazooka
    Nov 4, 2021
    1
    Whatever kind of rap this is, they can call it whatever they want but this barely qualifies as music or even rap. That sounds dramatic butWhatever kind of rap this is, they can call it whatever they want but this barely qualifies as music or even rap. That sounds dramatic but they're barely on beat half the time, not to mention you can't tell any of the songs apart because of the droning, copy + paste beats. There was one song that provoked any kind of emotion and that was G.I. Joe and even then I think it really only stood out because he actually rapped on the beat. His old lyrics at least had autotune and he tried to make his lackluster voice more animated but here he just completely gives up. I listened to this the day it came out a few months back and it was so disappointing it ruined the rest of my day.

    Favorite Songs: N/A
    Least Favorite Songs: Every song except maybe one or two that were tolerable    … Expand
  2. KirtanJoshi
    May 21, 2021
    0
    he did not support nicki so i gave him a bad review and second of all i have no heard any of his albums or songs so yeah

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