Take Not3s II by Not3s

Album cover for Take Not3s II - Not3s
1. Got
4:09
2. Sit Back Down
3:08
3. Just Fine
3:40
4. Neverland
2:47
5. Tuggyszn (interlude)
2:38
6. Stressing Me
3:17
7. Palm Wine
3:48
8. M3 Not You
2:38
9. Nigerian Eagle
3:54
10. Trekked Like Me
3:02

“There’s no such thing as the peak to me,” Not3s told Dummy in March 2018. “I hate that concept…I just want to keep elevating.” Such ambition explains the Londoner’s productivity: Just eight months after the vibrant <i>Take Not3s</i> helped place him in the mainstream, thanks to its UK Top 20 single “My Lover”, he’s delivered this follow-up. He once again toggles between rapping and singing as the music blends hip-hop, Afrobeats, R&B and dancehall into fiercely melodic forms. This time though, his agile rhymes reveal a man digesting the good and bad of pop success. “Just Fine” is a joyful victory lap, and “Sit Back Down” offers a withering dismissal of haters and hangers-on, while “Got” offsets triumph with sharp awareness that the more you gain, the more you have to lose.