More Chaos
is the fourth studio album from Atlanta rap artist and
Playboi Carti
affiliate
Ken Carson
. It follows 2023's
A Great Chaos
, and continues the maxed-out, overdriven, and generally, well...chaotic sound of that album, falling once again into the rage genre that
Carti
,
Carson
, and other rappers on the
Opium
label have been establishing throughout the 2020s. As with much of
's output, the music here is less about lyrical content or impressive flows, but rather the bigger picture that comes together when the Auto-Tuned vocals and over-the-top, blasting production coalesce into a sound that's overwhelming and dangerous. This formula plays out on almost every track of
. "Xposed" sounds pushed beyond its limits, with both the beat and all the melodic elements sounding squashed and liquefied. The production of "LiveLeak" is similar, but even more aggressive, with
casually rapping his way through an instrumental that only occasionally comes up for air. The moments when
tones down the chaos are few, and even then, it's not by much. "Blakk Rokkstar" is delivered clearly enough to notice the propulsive Memphis rap-informed drum machine fills and some eerie synthetic string melodies, but when the bass drops, everything goes blurry once again. Only on the final track, "Off the Meter," is
accompanied by any other rappers, with
and
Destroy Lonely
dropping by to close out the album with one of its most subdued inclusions.
stays in the same gear for the majority of its tracks, but the repetitive nature of the sounds becomes part of the album's appeal by the end.
makes music to be overpowered by and to lose oneself in its sheer magnitude, and
accomplishes that once again. ~ TiVo Staff