Slime Language

If *Slime Language*—the compilation album showcasing Young Thug’s Young Stoner Life label roster—tells us anything about the rapper, it’s that his “Family Don’t Matter” declaration from 2017’s *BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS* was a fallacy. Features on *Slime Language* include Thug’s longtime romantic partner, Karlae, as well as his sisters, HiDoraah and Dolly. Indeed, a majority of the names that appear on *Slime Language* are likely familiar only to diehards, but the album loses nothing in effectiveness for it. YSL affiliates such as Duke, Lil Keed, and Strick (to name a few) hold their own alongside the album’s constant, Thugger, a man who happens to be one of the most influential rappers of the post-Lil Wayne era. Thug himself is gleeful throughout, his tone-shifting squawk sounding outright euphoric, particularly when riding the trunk-rattling low end of standouts “Goin Up” and “Chains Choking Me.”

Thug offers up a nice summertime party record, his most cheerful, undemanding project since his early mixtapes.

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