21 Savage dropped his hotly anticipated debut album Issa on Friday (July 7), and the social media reaction has been all over the place.
The 14-track album features a lot of what we’ve come to expect from 21 since his Savage Mode breakout, including some fire production from Metro Boomin … but not all fans are happy with the project.
One name that keeps coming up across the 140-character reviews is that of 21 Savage’s current romantic interest Amber Rose, with plenty of allegations that her influence had changed 21’s music (and not for the better).
The criticism mainly revolves around the DJ Mustard-produced track “FaceTime,” which is about a million miles away from the kind of gritty street raps for which 21 is known.
Check out the lyrics to the chorus and try to imagine the “No Heart” rapper singing: “I’m too drunk to text so can we FaceTime? (FaceTime)/ I won’t waste your time if you don’t waste mine (don’t waste mine)/ Girl I wanna taste yours if you gon’ taste mine (taste mine)/ I won’t take your love for granted if you don’t take mine (take mine).”
It’s this song that seems to have prompted the onslaught of comments claiming that 21 has “gone soft.”
Despite these criticisms, 21 spends much of the rest of the album rapping about his typical lyrical themes, so it’s not exactly as if he’s changed his whole image for his studio debut. If anything, tracks like “FaceTime” show him attempting versatility, something any rapper needs if they want long-term success.
This guy went savage to full blown throw it in the bag smdh it sounds like garbage
I don’t fuck with FaceTime, but I felt overall Issa was a solid project. That one track does not set the tone for the entire album and I don’t get how peolw are drawing that conclusion. Clearly didn’t listen to the whole album
U are a miniscule peon if you listened to this whole album
THE BEAST
Anyone who thought this album had a chance to be regardless of Amber Rose is a little slow themselves. Amber Rose is a marketing ploy. Duh
‘Issa’ time for this clown’s 15 minutes to be over already smh
Lmfao this is proof of how confused these rap cats are.
“gritty street raps”?! You killed hiphop, dx.
Issa should’ve been aborted
49 Savage album gonna be way more hot!!!!
Wait…so y’all to tell me he recorded issa about 2-3 weeks ago when he started messin with Amber? They shouldn’t have given nigg@$ the gram or twitter
Why do people like his 1 flow style? This guy has no content, just bars that sound a lil gangsta (but really homo)
Issa retard!