Jack Harlow Takes A Stab at Authenticity and A Step Towards Maturity on ‘Jackman.’ Read our review of the pop-rap star’s new album
on full display — the chameleonic swagger, the everydude sincerity evidenced by his affinity for namechecking chain restaurants, the puppydog hearththrob confessions, and the phone numbers of the most famous guest rappers in existence. He had enough skills to get the co-sign from Kanye West and Drake, and the pop acumen to land a Number One Billboard single.
The album’s most electric track is opener “Common Ground,” which examines his white privilege in a way that’s not as self-lacerating as Macklemore nor as angry as Eminem nor as confused as Brad Paisley. “Common Ground” is simply some self-aware disgust aimed at festival crowds, suburbanites, and the rap journalists who perpetuate ideas of “authenticity”: “The suburbs are filled with ebonics and trap sonics/Frat boys sayin’, ‘No cap, put racks on it.
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