Young Nudy’s anticipated sophomore studio album, DR. EV4L, released on May 18th, 2021. Young Nudy unveiled the project’s official drop in a tweet on April 18th, but had been hinting at dropping new music since the later part of 2020. This 13 track project was produced mostly by longtime friend and frequent collaborator COUPE. While they have been working together for quite some time, especially in Nudy’s first studio album Anyways, I think their chemistry really showed in this project and highlighted their strengths.
The overall album was very well thought out and flowed naturally. The way each song transitioned very well almost made it so that the songs were meshed together into one. The album includes three features: 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert and G Herbo. The limited amount of features is not a surprise, as Young Nudy’s projects are mostly solo-styled or 2-3 features per tape (Sli’merre was the exception of course).
One of the most popular tracks on the album, “Yellow Tape” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, has a bounce that Nudy gives his listeners frequently. It’s a mix of trap music but at the same time more chill rather than in your face like typical trap. This concept is something I think Nudy pulls off well, even with no features. My personal favorites were “Child’s Play” featuring 21 Savage, “Perc 30” and “DR. EV4L”. I think 21 Savage and Nudy have great chemistry (part of that probably has to do with them being cousins) and their sounds mesh really well. The music video for the album title track, “DR.EV4L” compliments the project nicely too.
Compared to his Debut album, this project sounds more like Nudy for sure. While I believe Anyways was a great album, this project seems more like him and his sound. As an artist, albums are 100% more calculated in the songs that are released. While Anyways was a newer sound for Nudy, this album reminded me more of his mixtapes like Slimeball or SlimeBall 3. Overall, I think that Young Nudy did a really good job and definitely did a good job at maintaining a different but doper sound in this album.
You can listen to Young Nudy’s album “DR.EV4L” on Spotify and Apple Music Below