{"id":5767,"date":"2018-08-01T21:51:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/?p=5767"},"modified":"2018-08-01T21:51:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:51:43","slug":"review-denzel-curry-ta13oo-taboo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/01\/review-denzel-curry-ta13oo-taboo\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Denzel Curry – TA13OO (TABOO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Floridian rapper Denzel Curry has been one of the most promising hip-hop artists to come out in the past few years with an aggressive triplet flow in his rapping and a slew of projects going back to 2011 before getting picked to be in the 2016 XXL Freshman List. He’s one of the two people on that list whose work I have enjoyed in the past (and yes, you already know the 2nd one if you listen to Decibel Boost), but he was blowing up during that time-frame with both\u00a0Imperial<\/em>\u00a0and an EP\u00a013\u00a0<\/em>in 2017. Thus,\u00a0Taboo<\/em> (or\u00a0TA 13OO<\/em>) came into fruition. Now going into this album, we learned that it would be divided into 3 acts (or basically 3 EPs) with Act 1 being\u00a0Light,\u00a0<\/em>Act 2 being\u00a0Gray<\/em> and of course, Act 3 being\u00a0Dark. <\/em>So this is basically a triple EP or just a regular-sized album with an reasonable amount of tracks and time with 13 tracks all in 43 minutes.<\/p>\n

And yes, 13 is a big factor in this. His last EP was called\u00a013, t<\/em>he title here has 13 replacing the B, and TA1300\u00a0<\/i>is 13 tracks.<\/p>\n

However, the release strategy was weird because the first acts were released on streaming services on Wednesday and Thursday before the album’s official release on July 27th.<\/p>\n

Let’s go into…..<\/p>\n

ACT 1: LIGHT<\/h1>\n

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This act with 4 tracks represents the melodic and soulful side of Curry but lets it be known this isn’t “light-hearted” in case that might confuse you. This act starts out with the title track “TA13oo,” and there is a bit of irony here as the first line of the chorus is:<\/p>\n

Welcome to the darker side of taboo
\nAll I’ve got is permanent scars and tattoos
\nTake another step in the path that you choose
\nMake a bad choice in your path then you lose<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, this was on the “Light” side. This track touches on molestation, mainly that he discusses the relationship he had with this woman who suffered sexual abuse when she was young, how she was emotionally distant, and how he offers to make her feel better, whether it be a shoulder to cry on, to pray with, and yes: the idea of sex at that.<\/p>\n