Cordae went on a little road trip this weekend and tweeted out that during his 4-hour trek he revisited both his debut The Lost Boy and sophomore effort From a Birds Eye View. During his listening session, he admits he enjoyed his debut far more than his most recent work.
“Yo so I just drove on a lil 4 hour road trip and listened to both my albums front to back,” he wrote. “And fuck I must say it’s most definitely “The Lost Boy > FABEV lmaooo. My bad y’all. Ima do better next time. I got sumn to prove.”
It’s true that The Lost Boy fared better critically than his 2022 effort. Pitchfork was especially critical of his latest project, writing that Cordae “proves he doesn’t have an ethos or a sense of excitement that separates his music from other rappers with a working-class view.” HipHopDX was equally as critical, writing that the album “sonically [copied] a sound between Nas’s It Was Written and J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only [without] the lyrical depth.”
Still, the North Carolina-bred rapper has excelled to exciting heights since the album’s release. He recently hosted his first-ever TED Talk in April, where he discussed the power of maintaining “The Hi-Level Mindset,” which now seems to directly apply to his mindset behind his lackluster sophomore record.
“The Hi-Level Mindset made me think, ‘Man, these misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler,” he said in April. “I used this as fuel to the fire, motivation if you will. It made me think, life is just a book, not every chapter is going to be perfect, but it’s about how it ends.”
From a Birds Eye View actually fared pretty well commercially. The project debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 and featured appearances from Eminem, Lil Wayne, Gunna, Lil Durk, Freddie Gibbs, Roddy Ricch, Stevie Wonder, H.E.R. and Ant Clemons.
Revisit both projects below.
Facts. Glad he admits it
I actually dig both of them about the same, just me…..
Artists gotta stop blowing they load on the first go. Albums need to be cinematic. Royce da 59 Book of Ryan is a perfect example of how your shit need to be.
I get that TLB is better but I don’t get why people act like Birds Eye View was weak or even not good. There is still plenty of great tracks on there too
KID IS TALENTED BUT HE SOUNDS LIKE MAD NZ. HES KENDRICK ONE SONG, COLE THE NEXT, EVEN LOGIC TOO. HE NEEDS TO GROW AS AN ARTIST & FIND OUT HOW MAKE HIS STYLE UNIQUE.