One Day We All Go Home
What is home? Does true love exist? Or is money the answer?
These are some of the questions I was asking myself last Friday night while listening to home by wolfacejoeyy. This is his latest EP, making it the second for him in that realm after “it’s just us,” which dropped earlier this year back in March.
About home
It’s a beautiful vibe from start to finish, it makes topics that don’t seem to have much deepness at first, end up having it. From questioning love in typical fashion, to having friendship trust issues, this project takes you on a trip through the mind of a young person. Undoubtedly the youth in general will relate to such things, especially the ones in their late teens and early 20’s. These are what I consider the two columns that support the EP’s entirety, but of course it’s full of fun clever bars that give us a chill cloudy hip hop vibe. Overall the feeling I get from it is a “Them vs Us” mentality. Joey is focused on himself, living life to the fullest, while on his way to conquer big dreams.
“After the L” (Official Music Video) (Shot & Edited by @poloviz)
The instrumentals on this really contribute to making the whole thing feel like a body of work. Along with wolfacejoeyy who throughout this entire project, proved that he can sing. Delivering a smooth voice that hits every pocket effectively, in addition to catchy melodies that get stuck in your head almost instantly, making you come back for more. For this reason I consider the replay value on it to be solid. It isn’t heavy on features, but it makes up for it with appearances from Xhulooo and Yung Fazo on the fifth track, “shoot out the roof” produced by Rio Leyva & Spirit. Rio also produced track one “after the L” and track two “sable,” with help from producer Nash. The rest of the project is produced by iankon on “not ur friend,” Y2tnb + Bryceunkwn + Its2ezzy + Emman on “red light,” and Bleeesh on “money trees.”
wolfacejoeyy Photo by Tycho Burwell
Final Thoughts
As a whole I enjoyed this EP a lot, I tried to give it shape and form with the two columns interpretation, as I strongly believe that when these young artists talk about what they talk about, there’s actually more to it. It happens to be 2021, music has changed and this is just the new way to express those feelings. I would love to hear more from him in the near future. Especially with a more consistent lyrical approach, as sometimes in “home” it does feel directionless, losing possible ways it could have gone. With this being said and done, we’re very early in his career, and I wouldn't change a thing about it, i’m happy with how it came out. Solid but with room for tiny improvements, giving him the field to grow as an artist considering how much time lays ahead of him.