Yeat released his fourth studio album titled, 2093, on February 16, 2024, let’s take a look inside the album.
The highly anticipated album was broken up into two different phases, Phases 1 and 2. Phase 1 brought the bulk of the album with 22 songs, as well as some new Yeat merch, Phase 2 brought two more songs, making the album 24 songs, as well as more merch.
The album itself, with its futuristic tone and sound, lives up to its name. Yeat put his best foot forward by putting the track “Psycho CEO” first. Starting off with a low-toned beat and drum symbol combo that abruptly drops into the main beat of the song. One thing that Yeat is good at as an artist, is his ability to subvert the expectations of listeners. This can be seen done especially well on “Power Trip” where Yeat goes through one of his classic formulas for a track, a heavy and catch base, and his noticeable and memorable bars, but briskly transfers into a slow outro. With its angelic and leisurely tone shift, this a sound unlike anything that we have seen from him yet. That can be said for the majority of the songs on this record, as well as the record itself. He has mostly released very classic rap albums, working to construct a sound that is all his own. And as successful as he has been to do that, this new album is a great blend of his style with this new, futuristic sound.
Most of this album is made up of your classic rap themes such as money and “living the high life”, yet one song that stuck out from the bunch is “Nothing Change”. This song starts off with Yeat’s classic themes of mentioning his wealth, but shifts after the first 30 seconds into mentions of a “dystopian society”, very fitting with both the album name and cover. He also alludes to an unfavorable future of violence and possibly living his life as an alien from another planet, who just longs to “feel like a real human”. And whether that is metaphorical or literal, it gives more depth to the album and commentary on why it sounds the way it does. Another song I enjoyed was “ILUV”. It did a very good job of differentiating itself with the beat, yet keeping a cohesive vibe with the rest of the songs. There are a few songs that sound pretty similar, but that’s pretty expected from Yeat.
Overall, this album is very appealing through its sound and experimentalism, making it an instant classic for many old-school Yeat fans.