Headie One drops off his fourth solo mixtape Too Loyal for My Own Good.
The feature free mixtape sees Headie One trade in painful memories as he laments on the misfortunes of those around him to better grasp his own nature. Guided by truthful self-dialogue and immersed in familiar production sounds (Quincytellem, M1onthebeat, The Elements), Headie One obsesses on settling old scores (“2 Chains”) and the need to outgrow the much-publicized issues of his past (“PTSD”) while also rejecting the trappings of his rising fame (“Nothing to Me”). Credited with widening the framework of the drill sound, Headie One racks newly polished drill anthems around unmistakable sample flips of ’90s Busta Rhymes hits (“Cry”) and a PARTYNEXTDOOR mixtape cut (“Long Knight in Knightsbridge”). The closing track—an alluring confessional of thumping bass notes and somber thoughts—draws shut this self-examination with the conviction that changing your ways is necessary and essential for survival.
Too Loyal For My Own Good comes a year after the release of Headie One’s debut album, EDNA. Take in the entire project below.
