Under Pressure

Having stoked expectations via a string of underground mixtapes, rapper Logic is *Under Pressure* to deliver on his debut album—and that\'s exactly what he does. Relating his tale of a hardscrabble upbringing in Baltimore over soulful yet bleak beats (mostly by longtime producer 6ix), he spits rapid-fire rhymes from the POV of his drug-slinging brother on \"Gang Related\" and paints a picture of Section 8 housing on \"Growing Pains\": \"automatics and gang signs/5-0 with their K9s.\" Eschewing celebrity guests or name producers, Logic relies on his considerable skills to carry the day. \"Just my rhymes, my story/It\'s all mine, from the basement to the stadium.\"

Logic started from the bottom, now he's here.

Acting as if the debut album still meant something in the post-mixtape anything-goes world (thanks Internet!), Maryland rapper Logic set himself up for something big after his crafted and beloved series of Young Sinatra mixtapes, but he could have called them Young Beatles.

Since the release of Young Sinatra: Welcome To Forever in 2013, Def Jam signee Logic has received praise from Lupe Fiasco, XXL and the BET H...