Gadsen, Alabama native Yelawolf’s second studio album Love Story operates in a unique space as a caustic journey into the heart and soul of both a man and artist attempting to find a consensus within the twin lineages of outsider rap music and Southern hip-hop culture. In this being largely uncharted territory, the album veers in numerous directions to connect with these disparate audiences. Yela’ experiments wildly with more traditional forms of guitar folk music and then adds Hip Hop elements to that formula, crafting what amounts to a kind of musical alchemy. But does he create a chimera? Or in channeling Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash does he steer his box Chevy into a ravine?
On Love Story, the effort, creativity and ambition is more than there, and his tremendous talents as an emcee and clear artistic voice are very much present. Malay handles tracks like the soulful “Empty Bottles,” and errs closer to a sound more in line with the H-Town (lean-tinged, bass strung forays into melody) and Memphis-styled production that got Yelawolf signed to a record deal in the first place. So it is when this album features slow, crunching drums and barely-there guitars that the dark, soaked in moonshine vibes of Trunk Muzik era Catfish Billy shines. But it also shines in other, weirder places, like the other side of the tracks themed “Devil In My Veins.”
What’s wrong with that, right? He’s said that this album represents a new beginning for him. And new beginnings mean stark contrasts to what made us listen in the first place. In this new journey he mostly succeeds, crafting spiritual, nearly gospel tales as on “Best Friend,” and the folksy, blues driven “Have A Great Flight.” So in moving from more traditional boom-bap sounds to even more traditional bluesy, swampy ones he’s found a groove he couldn’t have found otherwise. But also seems to leave something unsaid on the table, slightly out of view.
The album has no true “best work” per se´. And instead veers into and out of multiple lanes of music making. It’s disjointed but not jagged, and “Best Friend” fits nicely on the album after “Devil In My Veins.” The work is almost beat like, Jack Kerouac hitchhiking into the American dream searching for Denver or Chicago or San Francisco. His honest and angered storytelling of a life as a slumerican works as a point-counterpoint to Eminem, finding the metaphorical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. For an artist that is still largely searching for his voice, he simply decides to give you all of them, and his vision feels disparate, a violent spectrum of visions colliding. To that end, songs like “Empty Bottles” ring true because we get something more straightforwardly personal, and are (like so many performances on Love Story) as world-weary as they are soul connecting, too.
When Love Story is great, it’s when the unique pieces of Yelawolf’s life discover similarly off-kilter spaces in which to manifest a new voice. Honest to his struggle and too great of a rapper to be completely dependent upon gimmickry and hooks, he occupies a space all his own. Therefore, the closer Yelawolf stays to his more organic-to-his-roots style of Southern rap, he excels. And when he experiments within this space, even greater results are to be had as the superlative “Johnny Cash” shows. He even succeeds in some of his Bob Dylan like leanings, making a space where he sometimes sounds like Fleet Foxes, and other times like Eminem. However, when he attempts to veer too close to mainstream tastes as on “Heartbreak”, it turns Love Story into an album that selectively excites, pinning down only one demo at a time.
Great album ! this country&rap combination is just perfect
SOUTHERN ROCK KNOW YOUR DAM MUSIC
Bruh its outlaw country, bluegrass. But more than anything its hip-hop at its finest. Some of the other comments say its not rap its country…gtfoh! I don’t see people saying TPAB isn’t rap because it sounds like funk. They both were able to incorperate their cultural influences to create truely unique music. Simply amazing.
I do not own any other YelaWolf album. I bought this one. The only other albums I have purchased in the past couple years are Logic Under Pressure and Lupe Fiasco Tetsuo and Youth. I think this album is in that echelon. Yela is a suprisingly good singer and his themes go well, if you buy this you need to enjoy it for the music, for the work he put in to getting his sound exactly how he wanted it. If you aren’t into that, I’m sure Young Thug is somewhere to be found in your discography. 8.5/10
Dafuq really 3,5 stars? You gave kendricks shit album 5/5.
This album is much better than kendricks crap. GKMC was classic, but TPAB is carbage.
Corny white rapper trying to be a country singer lol
People only like it because of Eminem
Don’t you have some crappy Drake song to touch yourself to?
I think the album was amazing,it’s something we never heard and Yela does a great job of mixing hip-hop with country vibes.But i think everyone will UNDERRATE this masterpiece.Album of the year contender.
indeed mate, indeed!
Best productio trio of 2015 on the track “Heart Break”
“Eminem Batson (add.) Elizondo (add.)”
Thats how you produce a classic hit in 2015, none of those mustard pop beats.
Heartbreak has nothing to do with mainstream taste. He dipped far into diversity on this song.
WOW YOUNG THUG GETS 4 AND THE PRODUCTION ALONE ON THIS ALBUM DESERVES A 5, THIS ALBUM IS A COMPARISON TO ACTIONS ABLUM HOW THE ARTIST INVOLVES INTO SOMETHING MORE DEEPER INTO ARTISTRY, WHEN YOUNG THUG MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE, SMH THIS WEBSITE AND REVIEW IS A JOKE. THIS ABLUM SHOWS GROWTH AND FREEDOM TO MAKE MUSIC THAT A STRIPPER MUSIC OR TRAP MUSIC.
This was a dope album…at least 4/5
New fav album. It’s good cuz it’s not just hip hop. It’s Slumerican style to the fullest
Awesome shit man!
This album is not hip hop. It’s total Slumerican style to the fullest. 5/5 stars. Unreal how different this album is, in a good way. Just hope I don’t gotta wait another 2 years for some more Yelawolf. But if it’s like this then it will be worth the wait
WHAT.THE.ACTUAL.FUCK. This album deserves a 4 or 4.5. It flows together really well and the fusion of southern rock and rap is done almost perfectly. You give “The Barter 6” a 4/5 but this only gets 3.5. You’ve been losing credibility for some time now but I think this has pushed you over the top.
4-4.5 AT LEAST for me!!! Such an enjoyable album with a great mix of country/rap/rock. Great singing and rhymes and huge crossover potential
A+
Shit was terrible, i prefer keith urban.
Best album of the year completely blew me away good job yelawolf
The album is made up of some very disparate sounds, but works together very well. Although it is very different stylistically from his last album, it maintains it’s slumerican feel.
This album is top quality.
This album is the best album i’ve heard in ages, congrats Yela!!!
3.5 and Young Thugs had a 4… Wtf is wrong with people?
Apparently hiphopdx.com can’t tell what real music sounds like. This album is incredible. Keep riding Young Thug and supporting shit artists. True music fans will back up real artists. COngrats Yela on the album.
This album is one of the best albums I’ve heard in years! His new direction or ‘experimentation’ is unlike anything else. His country roots really shine through on the album and the production is 2nd to none, hell he even sings and it sounds sick! – HEART BREAK connected with me & then you got Best Friend & Till It’s Gone on top! I’ve NEVER cared about voting or commenting on things like this but when I saw a rating that wasn’t 5 stars I had to pipe up! People are critiquing this album for being different to the ‘norm’. Damn right it should be! Rappers are all copying someone else or talking about the same s***. Yelawolf has created a masterpiece. Thats just my opinion.
5/5 Stars.
Great album. Very different and amazing!
The album is 4/5 at least. Apparently you can’t trust reviews anymore even here.
5/5
Great Album!! I like it a lot!!
Yo HHDX, y’all are really trippin’ on this one. This LP went in. I suggest y’all listen to the album more than once before writing such a mediocre review. Get ya shit together DX.. smdh…
I think this album shows more creativity than almost anything else released this year.
A very good and unique album for me. And its A 4 for me but whatever you say hiphopdx
im a punk rock fan but there’s just something different about this album, it totally captures you, the lyrics the passion, great artist.
If he had a young thug or Wayne feature hhdx would a rated it instant classic. Telling me barter 6 is better then this? Gtfoh
Yelawolf returns with an amazing album and one of the best this year. For this to get a lower rating than Young Thug is pure blasphemy.
Are you serious HipHopDX? you gave young thug’s album a 4/5 and this only got a 3.5 something is horribly wrong with that.
This album is a perfect 5 CLASSIC!!!! The production is flawless and Yelawolf did his thang there is not one song I don’t like on this album it’s even better than Kendrucks IMO if you don’t have this album go out and buy it trust me it’s worth every penny I picked up two copies I was so impressed and ontop of it all it only has one feature and it’s Eminem how many albums do you see these days with no features and pull it off slim to none Yelawolf is now at the top my my list of rappers now!!!
put your ears out of your ass marcus. this is at least 4,5
Lol Heartbreak is probably the best song on the album. Figures DX would single it out as the worst.
AOTY none of these other niggas topping this shit Kanye is the only one who stands a chance
Cherry Bomb gets a 4 ad this piece of art a 3.5? Lol
This site in terms of reviews is becoming a joke. Diabolic 3 stars in 2010 for Liar & a Theif, they don’t even review 2014’s dope Fighting Words by him.
Mellow Music Group “Persona” is 3.5 stars, this is 3.5 stars yet YOUNG THUG is 4 stars?
The reviews don’t even match the starts alot of times. Is this album perfect? Def not, but it’s unique, different (in a good way), and while it could of been trimmed by 3-4 tracks it’s def a dope album.
I may buy whole album, but for now have:
Til It’s Gone, Best Friend, Empty Bottles, Devil in My Veins, Heartbreak, Have a Nice Flight (first 3:30 or of this are beautiful Simon and Garfunkle, James taylor esque type stuff), and Love Story.
Only $2.96 for “rest of the album” on itunes so will probably just buy it, but i feel like these tracks stand out to me anyways.
I would of prob give this 4/5.
Patiently waiting on Locksmith’s, Elzhi’s, Diabolic’s, Slaughterhouse (their Shady debut got 4.5/5 which is a joke as it was a 3-3.5 at best sadly), Tonedeff’s, Esoteric/Inspecta Deck (Czarface), Jedi Mind Tricks (mostly b-c I love Stoupe’s production), CunninLynguists, BLACK THOUGHT’s solo album, Tech9, Apathy, Celph Titled, Ka, Open Mike Eagle….Lots of dope ish coming and HipHop DX will probably give none of it above a 4.
PS TPAB was 4/5 but doesn’t have a ton of replay value for me outside of Blacker the Berry (real dope) and How Much a Dollar Cost
Worst review I ever read. Did you listen to the CD? My god
3.5/5….and Barter 6 is 4/5….lmao
Ok hhdx if you say so…
Should let someone else review this. Your wrong
4.5-5/5 worthy. Ya’ll sleepin on this.
I think that’s a fair review, but I think that stepping back it’s all in focus. Just put the album on in the background and listen, instead of focusing track by track. Nothing else like it out there. Makin a rap fan out of a metal head over here.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL ALBUM JESUS SHIT 5/5 WHOODIE
love it!!
Absolutely DONE with this website. Barter 6 got a 4/5 and this gets a 3.5?????????? WHAT?!?!?! How much crack are these reviewers smoking..?? Absolute garbage.
U r fucking right about that!!! This album is great!!!
One of the best Albums this year!
This album shows a true artist that is evolving
Amazing album I love it all around. Yela definitely shows growth to this album. Brings me back to the Arena Rap but with a country twist. I cant hate on any of the songs on this album and with each play through I’m hit by another line or metaphor i missed the previous time.
Best album of the year!!
3.5? Smh, what a fucking joke. This album surprised me, I wasn’t even big on Yelawolf, this dude is talented. He can flow, he has dope content, he can sing, has catchy hooks, he’s diverse, and the music had heart to it. Wtf else you want? It’s a 4.5 album, and no less than a 4/5.
I agree this album is a 4.5 , don’t know how they came up with 3.5 that’s bullshit
BEST ALBUM in a really long time
young thug is unique hes an innovator. He is different from all these rappers. Yela is just riding eminems coat tail.
Dope album
This album is better than anything I have heard in a long time and I believe it to be a classic , it diserves way more than 3 and a half starts, that review is bullshit !
4.5 stars. Brilliant album. Shows his artistic growth and finally starting to realise his potential. Demonstrates great song writing..overall, great album.
Amazing album.
Dope album alot of substance and style change not diggin the lack of rap on some songs tho
5 stars
Great album
Best album of the year!
Young Thug gets 4 stars and this gets 3.5?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!? WTF?!?!?!? HHDX takes money or dick, one of the two. That’s the only explanation.
This review is a joke. It really questions HHDX’s integrity..3.5???!! Artistry and talent on show has gone over the writer’s head…
HHDX, how can your reviews ever be taken seriously when this gets a 3.5 and both Tyler and young thug gets 4? Seriously, you should save some credibility and fix this bullshit review
All these websites have the same ratings for thug and tyler. These are paid reviews. There’s nothing legit about 75% of hip hop sites these days. Either they actually know nothing about rap or they are getting paid. Either way they suck!
It’s Music, good music
amazing album…3.5 stars is a joke ..try 4.5 or 5 stars !
Real artist that can mix it up non main stream… Keep doing your thing yela
Top album , real like this minus American You .
everyone else has already said why your review sucks so i’ll just give my 5 and move along….
How the hell do you give this album a 3.5/5 and Young Thug gets a 4..
honestly, this album is actually pretty good. so impressed with yela!
awesome album
Best hip hop album of the year
Deserved a solid 4. Yela is touching down to his roots more but in the end I enjoyed his capability to blend country and rap in a way that i actually enjoyed. He always had a country side to him, but this project truly shows him mastering the arts of both genres. Only complaint is that there are times when the singing runs a little dry and even cliched moments like on Best Friend, but this album does a good job of not making you wish it was over considering the length.
The song writing on this album is far beyond anything any other rapper is doing or has done.
Besides Kendrick(same level different presentation) but agreed.
Lupe is better than Kendrick and Yelawolf
I honestly thought this was a four and has a great easy listen. One of the better albums out and I’m as happy listening to Yelawolf as Kendrick or Cole which I think says alot. While I think Yelawolf fits in a genre of hiphop that gains hard traction in mainstream and underground hiphop, this album is a clear indication of his ability of an MC, writer, and rapper. I’m anxious to hear him and Kendrick together.
The whole album is a classic. A true classic.
I’m 36 years old this year, I have been around Hip Hop since the 80’s. I have heard classic albums and my favorite is 95’s OB4CL by Raekwon amongst others. The word classic gets tossed around a lot these days from every new release but what Yelawolf did with Love Story, it’s just that. It’s a classic album mark my words. Every single song is quality, quality, quality. I haven’t heard an album that is unskipable like this in a long time. Love Story has a sound not found anywhere else but at the same time, it’s soothing, it’s hard hitting, it’s hip hop at its purest that only some can achieve. I hate country music but I love this album. I love the ideas it brings from the country side of things. The production is top notch along with the lyrics. Good luck promoting this, but the true fans will love it and I appreciate what you are doing here man. You made a Toronto Canada man fall in love with the south that only Outcast has done before they went all weird on us, lol.
This is beyond what I expected!
This is a quality album. Can listen from front to back. Cant remember the last time I was able to do that. Good shit yela!
Classic album
Its a. 5 for me.. I won’t explain why, every other comment already has.
honestly dx did you even listen to the album?? a 3.5 what a fucking joke…. homo young thug gets more? this album is solid from start to finish and at least a 4.5 for all the creativity and sond writing. get a life dx and stop hating on yelawolf.
oh forgot to rate it… 5 best album ive heard in a very long time.
What you got in your ears ? Rating Young thug and tyler higher than this, i would like to know how you can honestly do so, unless your hearing and taste of quality music are completely distorted.
And i was really waiting for this review to understand The creativity behind his work, since you also only gave a 3 to Ludaversal.
If The hip hop you like is the keef’s, migos, ross’s and all the poorly produced and rapped a la OT genasis, i prefer having my own opinion and not being angered by so called reviewers and their bad taste.
From now on i Will simply pass on your biased section and let the people around me know how this album is a classic to me!
couldn’t have said it better, from now on i am not reading HHDX reviews anymore, their rating is just unbelievably weird..
barter 6 was higher rated than love story cause barter 6 was a great stripclub album? good god, is that what these guys look for when they review albums? not lyrics, melody, artistry etc etc
Well said brother…
HipHopDx should correct this rating of they are to maintain any sort of integrity for their judgment on music, period.
First time I’ve ever commented, I’m angered by this disrespectful nonsense.
We as music and hip hop fans appreciate art and talent and the growth of a true artist finding himself is fully on display here, the fact you choose to ignore this is 1) ignorant and 2) embarrassing for a professional “music reviewer”.
Do not insult the art & the fan’s collective intelligence with this bullshit review
There is no way this is not a CLASSIC.
Garbage! Not the album, I haven’t heard it, but the review. This sickly verbose reviewer is far more interested in putting across his flair for creative writing than he is in actually reviewing the music in any clear and concise fashion.
“Yellawolf’s love story is a mixed bag of multiplicity all pining for attention at once, but only one can win at a time”, Please, spare me this nonsense – I beg you. It’s so forced and unnecessary. Sir, you obviously want/need to display the width and breadth of your creative English language, but there is a time and a place. Go and write a big fluffy book full of beautiful language if that is your passion and stop alienating your audience with overpowering verbose rhetoric. I have not taken a concensus but I’m fairly certain people are here for an album review, not a sonnet.
I will be going elsewhere for my reviews from now on.
Ahahahahaha! You’ve hit the nail on the head right there. And its not just this reviewer, more than half the time its all the others too.
This sir, was priceless. I thank you for “making my day.” lol
I’m fairly certain people are here for an album review, not a sonnet.
LMAO
First comment in my life, and only because this might be the worst review ever. DId you even listen to the album? Production was top notch, lyricism and story telling was captivating and the passion was on a whole other level. Slumerican to the fullest, instant classic. Been listening to it non-stop for the past 3 days. Easy 4.5 if not a 5.
This Album is fuckin off the hook!!!! GIGANTIC!!!
Well yea fuck it. Look I don’t mind them giving it a 3.5 in my personal opinion it should’ve been higher but w/e. What bothers me is how they gave barter 6 a fkn rating of 4 stars and this gets a 3.5. Nothing is balanced in this site atleast for the reviews they’re terrible.
HipHopDX has been trash for a long while now… Barter 6 gets a 4 stars review and is considered garbage. So many albums released lately got under 4 stars like The beast is G-unit, Ludaversal, Love Story, who knows whats next and every single one of these albums were atleast a good listen if not fire yet they get a lower review wtf is wrong…
Its best album by yelawolf and the song with eminem is my favourite (best friend)
To give radiactive the same rating as this?!?! Ive been listening to this album for the past 10 days since it leaked and it is amazing. It seems like the reviewer just doesn’t get it and just pawns it off as “weird”. He is still very much looking for his voice? He has found his voice completely on this album, what are you talking about? Every song is topnotch, I could go on for hours on how rediculous this review is, but the reviewer can just read the rest of these comments… And too great of a rapper to be COMPLETELY dependent on gimmickry and hooks? are you kidding me? None of these songs are dependent on that in any way. These are all wellrounded quality songs from beginning to end, where the verses, hooks and beats match perfectly, why even mention that when it is completely irrelevant
i agree better than radioactive, plus the production alone deserves a better review, ive been listen to this record since it leaked and its the only album im going to buy, i cant believe the barter 6 got a 4, i cant even get passed the first song on that record. this reviewer if you want to call him that does understand the growth in this album. SHM it’s ashame this website cant get behind good music and love story is lesser of an album than the barter 5.
CLASSIC
5/5
Very Good
It was very good, give it a try
SHHHHHAAAADDDY
I have had this album on constant rotation since it dropped and it keeps getting better every listen. Dope album all the way around!
Greatest album of yelawolf
DIDN’T LIKE THE ALBUM WHITE RAPPERS ARE CORNY
Looked in the mirror lately white boy?
Very thought provoking analysis you have there. Too bad the coat hanger missed you when your mother tried aborting you.
Awesome album >>>YELA
By far the most versatile album that he has made. 10x better than Radioactive
better than a 3.5. great album
better than a 3.5, great album
HipHopDX staff should get bombed. Fuckin poorly written review. Somebody hatin on YelaWolf cuz he white? MARCUS DOWLING you stupid ass hood ass new yorking bitch assing snitch ass nigga. gotta be ashamed of my own goddamn race cuz of niggas LIKE U
fuck U MARCUS DOWLING
Yet you guys give Young Thug, or whatever the fuck his name is, 4 stars.
I started coming here 4 or 5 years ago because SOHH.com fell the fuck off. Looks like it’s time to find a new ‘hip hop’ site, because this clearly is a shit show now.
This album is being slept on.. this album was a BREATH of FRESH AIR.
Very very dope
His best album yet, easy. Album of the year potential.
great Yela record
This album is just as good as kendricks if not BETTER. Yall give this a lower score than YOUNG THUGS ALBUM WITH NO SUBSTANCE?!?! fuck yall im never coming back to this website. Love story deserves a grammy in every male catagory. Period.
Better than Kendrick’s album??? LMAO..STOP
So upset with this fuck ass review. I saw the stars and couldn’t even read it
I think I’d heard one song from this guy before listening to this album. To give it 3.5 and Young Garbage 4 is an actual embarrassment.
Seriously?! Young Thong with a 4/5 HHDX is on one
HipHopDx should correct this rating if they are to maintain any sort of integrity for their judgment on music, period.
First time I’ve ever commented, I’m angered by this disrespectful nonsense.
We as music and hip hop fans appreciate art and talent and the growth of a true artist finding himself is fully on display here, the fact you choose to ignore this is 1) ignorant and 2) embarrassing for a professional “music reviewer”.
Do not insult the art & the fan’s collective intelligence with this bullshit review
Not really into the new sound of Yela. More raps and less singing would have been good. I understand he’s exploring his sound and likes his southern country roots in his songs but this album was too much. I miss the gritty, raw sounding yelawolf. It’s been stated over and over but I miss the “trunk muzik” type of sound. I get he’s growing as an artist but this could completely turn away his core fan base if this is the route he’s headed in more and more on upcoming projects. I liked about 4 songs out of the entire album. If I wanted to hear Johnny cash or country music I would listen to it. This isn’t the old Yela and apparently we won’t hear that again.
The first album in a long time that i dont have to skip songs to enjoy have listened to it over and over since it came AOY right now in my opinion and im not even a fan this ia mu first time really listening to him
AOY? so TPAB didnt come out this yr?
not much of a fan of this new sound. Miss the hard shit wolf used to spit. Sounds like he’s headed more toward this country sound though. Unfortunate. Artists have to grow but what about the fans since the beginning? Guess it’s fuck em. 3 or 4 tracks were dope the rest seemed too bitch made to me. Yela needs to ditch fefe and Nashville with all that lovey pussy shit n get back to Bama n spit that backwoods hood type shit! Fefe is ruining the man! Lol
All the people I see saying they “loved” the album are mostly ppl that jus barely started listening to Yela. Been a HUGE fan of wolf since pissin in a barrel a beez and I have loved tracks where he sang n shit but this album jus doesn’t vibe with me. I waited 4 years for a new album from Yela and am very dissatisfied with this work. If this is his new direction he’s heading then I jus can’t ride with him . Still bought the CD trying to let it sink in but shit like American you and fiddle me this jus doesn’t seem like true yelawolf. Hope he ditches this sound but we will see.
All artists grow and so does their sound.
Yeah no shit dude^ hence the fact I said if this is the new direction he’s heading in than I can’t vibe with it. I personally dont like the “growth” as an artist that he is portraying. Bc they grow does not mean they need to completely ditch their original sound. Thanks for the info though. Never knew artists “grew” in their work.
Dope. Masterpiece
Amazing!
This album review doesn’t do the album just. This is a sound beyond its time, just like Watch the Throne or any of the last Kanye albums, not saying it sounds like those, but its a new sound.
This isn’t a 100% hip hop album, just as those albums listed above arent, its a new sound that in my opinion is bold and opens the doors to a new genre of artists.
This album is a classic. Hands down. Ive been a fan of Yela well before he signed to Shady Records, and this is by far his best work.
Really original, great production, enjoyed all songs. 10/10
best album since MNIMN
Can you fucking explain why the “Barter 6” has a 4 star, but this only has 3.5 ???
Fuck with this album heavy . Too bad the album is a flop sale wise will get my copy tomorrow .
Yela has an interesting catalogue. Some of his older, harder shit was good, I liked it, but I liked the experimentation in his last few projects. And tbh, I haven’t even listened so some of his more recent EPs and side projects. But to go towards the sound he’s aiming for with this record takes BALLS! and he pulls it off too. Do I wish he rapped a little more on the record, sure. But I ain’t mad at him. I’m a fan, I bought Radioactive, I bought this. This is some interesting riding music, and it’s growing on me, some really strong material here. Keep it up Yela!
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Hip hop dx you guys just became the most irrelevant blog of the genre. Giving young thug’s album a better review than yelawolf’s is just unacceptable. This album is game-changing, for real. It’s not worth 60% at ALL. Most disappointing review from yours ever. You guys just lost all my respect.
100% Co-Sign
Dope !
3.5 … i cant fucking believe this shit. You guys want rap to keep its mediocre style being always the same thing over and over? yela is among the greatest, like kendrick or j cole. Consider him, motherfuckers! He’s a game changer!
YEA, but would you consider this album an Rap/hip hop album.. No. Is it fuking dope , hell fukin yes, but its not HipHOp genre
3.5 and Young Thug got 4? Fuck that.
Like a White Kendrick T.P.A.B. . . . the struggles of white hill billies. Can I, A black man relate to this? Nope. Can I, a black man that loves music like this? Hell Fukin yes. I love the album. It carries the same concept as K.Dots. But as a white man in the South. Not like Bubba Sparks, Rittz, or Machine Gun Kelly. Its SoutherAmerican shit. If you were white and lived in the slums, this is what I picture it to be. But hating blacks not given props to them. I love the Album. The fans are wile I guess cus they have one of their own in HipHop Genre, but big props to Yela. Radioactive. toss that shit to the burbs, this shit is “RAW”
Nice to hear some honest opinions on here
Great to hear people giving yelawolf the props he deserves.. Respect!
I really think this effort should be at least 4.5,LMAO DX editors are really on some pills lately.
I can’t believe you get Young Thug a 4, and this a 3.5…
Mixin’ it up.
Fire everyone who’s been writing reviews for this site lately. All of them.
Do yall have a bunch of 16 year olds reviewing these albums. Can yall hire people who actually know about what good music is.
Do yall have a bunch of 15 to 21 year olds reviewing these albums. Can yall hire people who actually know what GOOD music sounds like.
This isn’t as good as Barter 6? Really? REALLY? That is crazy. I get that it’s all a matter of perspective, but damn…
Yelawolf fuses classic rock and folk and hip hop in a musical and comprehensible fashion. I can’t relate much with this dude besides skin color we come from totally different settings but I really enjoyed listening through this, personally found it much better constructed than to pimp a butterfly (which felt like 20% genius and 80% work in progress that needed a lot more refining). The opening track is some sort of psychedelic rage against the machine meets beastie boys jump off. The rest unfolds in a way that fills a niche I didn’t even know hip hop had. Seems he put his lyricism on the back burner in favor of creating atmosphere on this, and I think hip hop is better for it.
first listen I didn’t know what to make of it…after understanding what it is, and really listened to it…its a nice body of work, bluesy hiphop is what it is
Imo Albun of the year. Beas rap ive heard in years! I personally like Gabstarap, but this shit right here is different in a really good ways. Only radio intended track is box cheve v. This album is straigt fire! Production is jus brilliant, read the brod. discography.
imho, best album in year(s). Way better than Keendricks TPAB, tho GKMC was a classic. Still waiting for Game’s Documentary 2 to drop tho. Heard that the production on that one has to be best in 10 years!
Totally agree with others, dx really need to have a look at who is reviewing these albums. To consider barter 6 a better album is a bit hard to take seriously.
just goes to show that HHDX reviews dont mean anyhting. This album is solid. Has the emotion, feeling, depth, content, and has more to offer then just a record geared for sales that everyone seems to do now.
Wow. This really caugth me off guard. I was hoping for this to be good after Till its gone. But shieet. This album had it all. It hits of HARD and i didnt know what to expect. And then he brings it all the way down. DIMW and then best friend was just crazy. Eminem went hard. Maybe the best verse i heard from him in a long time.
Brilliant album. Kendrick aside (who is I a league of his own) album of the year and really exciting progress for yells’..Can’t take HHDX seriously anymore after this review
Can someone who is over 30 please review this album…thanks…
A unique masterpiece
White rapper wants to be like his idol racist country singer-Johnny Nash…..can’t believe this shit!!!!!!! And using hiphop as a crutch for his country career. And these uncle tom’s were shittin’ on Lord Jamar !!!!!! But at the end of the day Lord Jamar was right. History keps repeating itself, first Elvis, then Eminem and now Yelawolf…
wtf is wrong with you racism will never go away with this attitude cause this is racism cause he is white he isnt allowed to do something (thats what you said right)
He has two half black children. He isn’t racist whatsoever.
So sleeping with black woman makes you not racist? Tell that to the hundreds of slave masters who did the same and had half black kids. IDIOT
i never comment on album reviews because i think everyone takes something different away from listening. This is an album thats different and still makes you have that yeah this is hip hop unlike most of the cookie cuter bullshit that plagues the radio.
Can’t relate to this album guess this is for them hillybilly niggas in the woods but sonically a great piece of work . 4/5
If you listen you don’t have to be a redneck to relate to Yelawolfs songs on this album he talks about his issues with his relationship and feeling like an outsider in hiphop. Every track was very well thought out and very well constructed. Absolutely amazing. Although I love his singing I wish he had more hard hitting rap instead of conforming to mainstream hip hop by singing catchy hooks and putting okay verse between.
To be honest I think Radioactive was much better. Its just hard to vibe to a lot of these songs cuz the music changes up alot throughout some tracks, and some songs Yela’s rhymes are a bit too choppy. That said, most the hooks are so catchy, and overall this still deserves better than the 3.5 HHDX gave, but they rarely get a review right anyway
There are parts of this album (like “Heartbreak”) that practically make me want to burst. I think it is such a fresh and interesting and unpredictable collection of songs. It’s probably the best record I’ve bought since 2012. I’ve been listening to it pretty much constantly for the last 5 days, and I find new favourite bits and pieces all the time.
F you HHDX that’s the end of it .. Never ever critique this piece of Art stupid piece of ish wanna be smart blogger
You guys were cheap on this one. if drake and big seans last efforts got a 4, this is a 4 1/2!!!
^^ True. Specially true for Big Sean. Drake has created a sound for himself/with inhouse producers.
amazing album
Agree: Album could be more focussed/better sequenced.
Disagree: finding his voice?
Have you listende to how coherent story and sonics are? To find identities this outspoken you can only look at the greats…
this is a classic. Much better than what kendrick just put out
Sad to say so (cuz i’m a huge K-Dot and Yela fan), but it is true. Love Story is way ahead of K-Dot’s TPAB
Not even close to TPAB stop reaching lol
MUCH better than Butterfly Pimpin’
Hats off to Love Story
Dope af album, Yela dropped a classic on us #AOTY
AMAZING ALBUM MAN!! 5/5!
This review is a bit ridiculous, im not a huge yealwolf fan, and i couldnt rate this a 5 as a rap album, but as an overally creative belnded album its fire. Its hypocritical of HHDX, if this was kanye or Andre 3k they would be praising it
wait so young thug got a 4 but this got a 3 and half……. Time to find a new site
LOL right? Fucking joke of a site, where do we hand in resumes? For real though. Yela’s album had a couple songs I dont fuck with but for the most part he stuck to his style and is still more lyrical than 80% of the shit out today. He also doesn’t collab with wack artists like Young thug, rich homie, french montana, rick ross, that alone earns him a shit load of credit. Haters will hate but I also have that respect for artists like Eminem, 50 cent, J.Cole, and Dizzy wright, last of the mohicans.
Mediocre at best
Stay off that lean
Solid album right here….
HHDX almost never gives a good review to good albums. fuck this site
Agreed, solid album, everyone evolves
calm down white hipster nerds. Calm the fk down eminem is washed up trash. This guy will remain as an unknown eminem wanna be. He will be as irrelevent as your local underground rappers untill he gets a drake feature. Unlike feminem drake actually helps people and establishes them with his features. Album aint even hiphop fuck that country shit.
Good album,but not hip hop and I hope it doesn’t open up the hillbilly doors and have them thinking we should make our music like you know who. It always starts like this. But I fuck with yela heavy but i don’t trust those rural fans for shit and never will
Top album still miss trunk muzik tho
I didn’t really rate Yela and when Shady signed him up I thought this is the end of that particular sound fans became used too from Shady records Artist’s…But Jeeeez after hearing this I take it all back! Solid Album, apart from one or 2 “Country” tracks, which I’m sure an older generation would appreciate! The album kinda reminds me of a Young Kid Rock at times but each beat is banging and Yela is capable of switching it up to accompany this style him and Shady have created! 4/5 top Album!
Oh and stop D*ck riding Drake…awful awful sounding Artist!
yeah
dope album
Y’all salty somebody calling out this album for what it is. Mediocre
COSIGN
boring
Enough about your beat selection.
Stop biting my shit
It waaaaaas meeeeee…..you fat fuck!
Great album and I agree the 3.5 rating is a joke. Id say at least a 4 but 4.5 is my official rating. And honestly barter 6 getting a 4 and love story 3.5 is really a joke but guess that’s what “payolas” all about. Without question hiphopdx has something persuading them to rate barter 6 what they did. Its a shame really but whatever, its a good thing I don’t buy my music based on a review by hiphodx otherwise I’d be stuck with a playlist of 80% garbage.
This album is fire! Not for everyone I guess.
THIS ALBUM IS THE BEST BODY OF WORK ANY MUSICIAN HAS OUT OUT IN A LONGGGGGGG TIME!
YELAWOLF IS THE FUCKING TRUTH!
Yelawolf is soooo far beyond any hip hop artist , the dude is a musical genius,with a strong yearning to be constantly creative. This album is AMAZING! Only folks that would hate on this are the close minded, media-babies, who think Young Thug is lyrical, and Chief Keef is the best rapper out.
This is what happens when you take a true artist and musician and give him the freedom to do him. And i am beyond thankful for that. This album is crazy! This man can make you cry, make you wild out, make you pray,along with other emotions you don’t even see coming. He has always been brutally honest in his music, and continued to do so on this incredible project! THANK YOU BiLLY
It’s not bad at all. But for me “Trunk Muzik Returns” is still the yardstick. I appreciate what Yela has done with Love Story, but I feel more like it is a collection of good songs instead of an album that I want to hear from start to finish.
yela >>>>>
F HHDX writers .. Jay Balfour, CraigSJ and Ural Grant .. They on some straight HATERADE .. borderline racist BS .. But I’m thankful for it — now I know exactly who to ignore and who’s musical opinion doesn’t matter at all .. These less than 1,000 follower bloggers jerk each other off for their Yela hate yet will always be known as the “music journalists” that missed out on one of the best albums of all time .. only real impact is they have drawn more attention and conversation towards Love Story and tarnished their own reputation for all of their past, present and future “articles”
This guy was interesting for five minutes but everything he’s put out in the last few years is garbage. Maybe white people should call it quits when it comes to this rap thing.
i think u dont know wat you r talkn about.Do you know what rap means at all?
most genuine country rap hybrid out there
Easy one of the best in tis genre
One of the best albums of the year
album of the year
Dope. He managed to do what Everlast couldn’t. Album of The Year…so far.
SICK .. F these writers who don’t get it
Fuck hhdx this a brilliant album
Wack garbage
the best album in 3 4 years
true … im not feelin these hill billy lame beats and wake me up when its over songs and fast flows … go bump that new Rae F.I.L.A not that’s a fucking album worth copin
Every reviewer seems to not like this album. Meanwhile hard core yela fans cuss them out and call it a masterpiece. Those fans would call it a masterpiece if it was just an hour of audio of yela taking a dump. The other 99% of music fans realize this album is garbage. Absolute garbage.
I was never a Yelawolf fan, but I think this album is a work of art. In my opinion, it is far better than most of the garbage out there right now. It has meaning, tells a good story, and is catchy in places. But I can see why some people don’t like it- Love Story definitely isn’t for everyone.
I fux with this heavy
LOL This is garbage. Stop White People 2K15.
Stupid as shit lol
Fuck you racist ads weak ass bitch.
This is the original Yelawolf redefined and he does sound GREAT. Not a 5-star album – because it has a few songs I didn’t like that much.
Only album I actually bought so far this year. Really well Done Yella!
Yelawolf. SLUMERICAN. WHISKEY IN A BOTTLE NOW.
totally deserves a better rating
I think the good ess of the album is that it moves in rotation of hiphop and southern rock-based music. An eclectic piece of work, where each track leaves you wanting more of the same. Where the editor finds flaw, I hear a purposeful collection of sound that captures the voices we have all heard from him. It surpassed my expectations. You can’t deny the artistry of this guy. Rare.
This is overrated garbage. 1/5
All these so call hip hop fans dissing yelawolf and “whiteboy” rap can kiss a dick! His body of work is far better than 99% of the bullshit you clowns have in rotation! Young thug, bobby shurmda, rich homie quan, and the list goes on….. Are complete fucking garbage! Hip hop is not a race thing anymore, it’s a culture. Similar to the mafia for our culture, “this thing of ours”! Instead of hating, let’s make it last and protect this shit! You don’t have to like it, just respect the craft!
Actually Hip Hop has always been a culture.
I like Yela but this is his worst work to date IMO. I found this album boring. I always try to give an album a few spins before I judge it negatively because a lot of times a good album can take a while to grow on me, but this one was a struggle. 2/5
Awesome album, really connected with the songs, one of his better works reminds me of Creek water but on another level. Next level shiz.
This album is great to me, very well written with melodies and deep rhymes.
Awesome album that doesn’t get old, nice break from the usual stuff and such a cool mix of genres.
incredible album. wayyyy under rated