The Return of the Double Cup King

Veeze releases his sophomore album ‘Ganger’, and boy are you in for a treat.

You heard him right ladies and gentlemen, this is not a drill. It had been almost 5 years since Veeze’s debut album “Navy Wavy” hit the scene and placed Detroit on the map yet again. Since then, fans were highly anticipating Veeze’s sophomore album, and when he finally delivered, he certainly did not disappoint. From his semi-questionable lyrics, unique melody, and comical wordplay, Veeze has proven to have longevity in a game that many never see.

We start off the album with a track entitled “Not a drill”, in which Veeze gives us his signature swag of making obscenities sound like something of Shakespeare. Lyrics such as “why she only good for head and cookin’? why she Matilda?” set a humorous tone while staying true to his Detroit sound with a hard-hitting tempo in the back. He tails with songs like “Overseasballer”, “No Sir Ski”, and “You Know I”, where he successfully builds on the blueprint he started with. In “Overseasballer”, the lyrics “Cup dark, had to ask him how much cotton he pick” stood out to me throughout the entire track. Listen, I’m not about to start name calling or anything but he does have a bit of a pattern comparing the color of his drank to Slaves or Africans…Interesting.

Transitioning from “No Sir Ski”, is a tasteful rendition of Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony’s “Thuggish Ruggish Bone”, which hasn’t been topped since Lil Bizzy’s “Bizzy’s in the House” (an ode to his dad, Bizzy Bone). Veeze rode the beat like Kelly Slater on a wave, and impressed fans by his ability to up the tempo mid verse. In tracks like “Broke Phone”, “7sixers” and “Boat Interlude”, Veeze features a few close friends within the industry like Babyface Ray, Icewear Vezzo, Lucki, and Lil Yachty. They all blessed his tracks gracefully (for lack of a better term atleast), especially Lil Yachty, in which he displays a much lower intonation than usual; giving something fresh for the audience.

Now Veeze doesn’t just stick to the typical rough trap beats, he’s proven himself to be quite versatile through songs like “Weekend”, “WHOda1” and “Unreleased leak”. When I heard “Weekend”, it immediately took me back to 2020 when my animal crossing character would be talking to Tom Nook about K.C. heading to the island to perform. The producers had to have looked up an “Animal Crossing type beat” and ran with it, but it worked out for the better. Along with the mellifluous use of the violin layered perfectly with the choice of 808’s in “Unreleased leak” created what I’d describe as a ghetto symphony.

The album concludes with a remix of his hit “GOMD”, featuring Lil Uzi Vert. The Uzi feature is a cherry on top for fans who enjoy both of their melodic rhyme scheme, and raunchy but catchy content. Overall, this album was certainly worth the wait, regardless of endless doubts from critics. It’s definitely something to be bumping out the whip till the summer comes to an end, so if you catch me at the red light head boppin’ to “You know I”, bop with me!