Young Thug Slime Season 3 Review

It’s that time of the year again… Yep Slime Season is upon us and no one couldn’t be happier than Young Thug himself. Young Thug is continuing the trend of releasing free music to the public and back with his third effort of the series Slime Season 3.

I’m going to be honest here, I’m not the biggest of Thug fans because I have to really force myself to sit down and listen to his music. Not to say all his music is bad, but rather inconsistent. Thug will give you a good three dope tracks and the next five are just ehh. To be honest listening to Young Thug is like going to watch a Michael Bay movie… It has its moment, but overall you leave with the thought of “What the fuck was that.” Anyway I’ll give him another chance after his last effort which was “I’m Up”

After listening to this EP I gotta give Thug props (a little bit). Unlike I’m Up though, which lacked direction and seemed more like a hastily thrown together collection of records, SS3 is a cohesive project that continues the Slime Season sound without throwing you into an ocean of similar-sounding material.

"With Them" is a bouncy, Mike WiLL Made It-produced banger and the most fun had on the effort. Rest assured you'll see plenty of memes involving "I want to fuck her, but she play more games than the NBA" if you haven't already. “Memo” might be the standout track, though, an energized showcase of Thug’s mastery of cadence backed by the spacey churning of prized collaborator London On Da Track. "Digits" is another highlight, a melodic ode to spending money that will most likely make significant noise as a single. “It I wanna see some titties I’ll eat at Hooters."

Other great moments from the project include Thugger's impassioned, berserk cackling through the second verse of “Drippin'," the Yak Gotti-less portions of YSL anthem "Slime Shit" and “Worth It,” a woozy love song and the biggest sonic departure amidst the more upbeat, melodic trap stylings of its surroundings.

If you don't like Young Thug, I'm almost certain this project won't turn you into a believer.Slime Season 3's greatest appeal will be to listeners who have enjoyed portions of what they've heard from Thug over the last year and a half, but weren't up to the challenge of filtering through his sizable catalog of releases to search for gold.

By Rico Johnson, the managing editor of Baller Blog and a hip-hop writer. I'm a wizard with my words. This is my Twitter.