Album Review: "NAK" by Na-Kel Smith

"NAK" by Na-Kel Smith album cover

Here is another album review brought to you via an interesting album cover.

By now avid readers of this blog know the script. I was scrolling through my favourite album news site to see what albums has been released and stumbled upon an artist I knew nothing about that had a captivating album cover. So, as you know by now I had to give the album a listen which leads to a review on the blog. The new artist whose album cover art piqued my interest is Na-Kel Smith.

Los Angeles-based rapper and skateboarder Na-Kel Smith emerged as a member of Odd Future with a partnership with skateboarding company Supreme, before branching into fashion design and acting. Although a part of Odd Future from the start, he made his music debut in 2013, when he delivered a verse on Tyler the Creator's "Trashwang," on his second album, Wolf. The following year, Smith and Tyshawn Jones set up their own fashion brand, Hardies. For Smith's next musical project, he paired with Earl Sweatshirt to form Hog Slaughta Boyz in 2015. He made his acting debut in 2018, after appearing in Jonah Hill's first feature film, Mid90s. The following year, he struck out as a solo artist, releasing two albums, Twothousand Nakteen and 3000nakteen. Two more LPs surfaced in quick succession, 2021's A Dream No Longer Deferred and 2022's Skullface Bonehead.

Excerpt taken from About Na-Kel Smith

So with that in mind let us see what Na-Kel Smith has in store for us with her sophomore album!

Here's my review of each track on the album!

1. HIBACHI 🌟🌟🌟🌟

2. NO ACT 🌟🌟🌟

3. MONEY2TALL 🌟🌟🌟

4. NEPHILIM 🌟🌟🌟

5. CREMATE 🌟🌟🌟

6. FROZEN 🌟🌟🌟

7. WATCH MY STEP 🌟🌟🌟

8. NO LOVE 🌟🌟🌟

9. WALK THE PLANK 🌟🌟🌟

10. COKEWHITE 🌟🌟🌟

11. FRANCES 🌟🌟🌟

12. BEEN HAD featuring MIKE 🌟🌟🌟

13. LESSONS 🌟🌟🌟

14. RIP 3917 🌟🌟🌟

Album Rating: 6️⃣ / 🔟

What are your overall thoughts on the album? What are your favourite songs from the album? Let me know in the comments section!

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