M-Eaze is a tease. He says he's keeping demand up by making us wait.
One of the common critical complaints against Eaze is that he can rap
but that he doesn't know how to make songs. His weeded-out
free-associative signature doesn't need to conform to old ideas about
song structure to do its work, he mostly just followed his muse over
every half-decent recent beat he could find, letting the overblown
boasts and batshit similes flow freely. He'd sacrifice none of his
demonic magnetism if he just kept rapping at that level forever. So it's
oddly reassuring to hear Eaze deign to finish a few actual songs,
complete with verses and choruses and intros and everything. And even
if every song on "Flavors" finds Eaze sticking to his usual talking
points, finding even more clever and circuitous ways to let us know
how fly he is, his voice has more urgency and determination than he's
shown in recent months. And even at his laziest, he's still riveting.
M-Eaze manages to keep himself sharp even after all the material he's already
churned out in recent months. Now it's time for him to make good on
its promise.

20. Rootbeer Float

19. Red Velvet

18. Banana Split

17. Salted Carmel

16. Peanut Butter Cup

15. Key Lime Pie

14. Coffee

13. Chocolate Fudge Ripple

12. Cookie Dough

11. Cookies 'N Cream

10. Neapolitan

9. Mint Chocolate Chip

8. Rocky Road

7. Raspberry Sherbert

6. Butter Pecan

5. Fudge

4. French Vanilla

3. Strawberry Cheesecake

2. Cherry Garcia

1. Orange Cream

Faith, p***y and politics – the mind of M-Eaze is a hectic, action-packed place. The triumphant Seattle MC might have cut down the number of tracks on his first studio album – ‘4 Tha Bytches.’ is by far his shortest release to date – but the ideas, thoughts and feelings it contains are massive, weighty things, from sexual tension to deep, dark depression.

Also jostling for attention is the eternal battle between good and evil, with some chart-friendly rap bangers thrown in just because he can. ‘4 Tha Bytches.’ shows Eaze as spiritual but tormented, confused and ego-tripping all at the same time. Being M-Eaze, you imagine, must be knackering.

4 Tha Bytches

5. Seattle Nights

6. Ms. Dispensary Owe

7. Foggy

8. Valley Hood

9. Like Dirt

10. My Family

11. Thank you

12. Tellin On Me

13. She On Her Period

14. Miss My Bytch

"4 Tha Bytches"  is best described as an “open letter” from M-Eaze to the people - made into music. Produced by Hajj Music, "4 Tha Bytches" is sonically simplistic yet still possesses melody courtesy of the droning synths. M-Eaze provides an amazing contrast to the aggressive tone used throughout the project, acting in a reflective manner. However from a lyrical standpoint it’s without a doubt one of M-Eaze's greatest albums. He labeled it as the “best album of all time” and with topics that range from night life to the fashion industry, and even swag, it’s hard to disagree.

The Sea-town native doesn’t just stop at the music. With a guerrilla marketing scheme fit for a military coup, Eaze projected the album onto social networks all over the country. Since the album’s presentation and the significance of all of the songs is only just surfacing. Between the time of the album’s presentation and present day, the attitude of multiple industries has started to shift dramatically - would local artists release projects with such unorthodox promotion methods if M-Eaze didn’t do it first? His movement, spearheaded with this peoples project, was made to inspire others to think in a similar light. ”4 Tha Bytches” invokes the power of free speech and brandishing the truth like an axe, M-Eaze challenges listeners to think outside the Matrix.

Just as Mandela blew up the buildings and eventually became president. Contrary to popular opinion, sometimes you have to blow up the building.
— M-Eaze


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