New York Metropolis emcee BVNGS has returned for her ninth prolonged play. Starting over a decade in the past off the power of her debut EP Not Obtainable, she would comply with it up with 7 Dutches & a Candy Tea, Brown Ladies & Bubble Coats, Lula & Solely Crying As a result of I’m Drunk respectively. She later blew up off her sixth EP LaQuisha within the spring of 2021 & solely 4 months later, I had the privilege of assembly her at a Catch 1 present in Los Angeles & was impressed by her set. Coming off Mary Mack & Twice a Day w/ Meals nevertheless, she’s admitting to Solely Crying As a result of I’m Drunk Too.

After the “Statistics Present” intro, the opening music “In Love Once more” hooks up a soul pattern to get issues going speaking about her falling for somebody whereas “Loopy” embraces a smoother sound instrumentally describing the best way this individual drives her insane. “Opal” takes a extra melodic strategy by way of supply asking her lover in the event that they’d write her if she was incarcerated whereas “Response” turns up the choice R&B influences singing about making an attempt to loosen up.

“Every part That You Do” following “Apple Pie (Bianco’s Interlude)” winds down the final leg of Solely Crying As a result of I’m Drunk Too cavernously addressing somebody in her life who makes her really feel full whereas the syrupy Me Too” will get in her R&B bag once more singing about her lover’s physique calling her. The outro “Delusional” takes up the EP’s remaining 135 seconds on an atmospherically different R&B word asking this individual if she’s a loss to them or in the event that they’d miss her.

Solely Crying As a result of I’m Drunk nonetheless stays one of the crucial weak entries all through BVNGS’ complete discography, however this sequel takes it up a couple of notches by way of vulnerability & capitalizes on her versatility taking extra inspiration from R&B music though there are moments the place she’s very a lot rapping. I recognize Solely Crying As a result of I’m Drunk Too for displaying her creative vary extra coming off her look on the late Large L’s posthumous fifth & remaining album Harlem’s Best: Return of the King.

Rating: 7/10