Swedish teen rapper (as well as self-identified
“sadboy”) Yung Lean’s debut album is puzzling to say the least, and it’s
honestly hard to tell if it’s good or if it’s really, really bad. You would be
contemplating this as well if your first exposure to the kid was the
mind-bogglingly bizarre music video for the song “Hurt” which features a
barrage of imagery that’s heavy on the Pokémon, Nintendo, and Arizona iced tea,
of all things. He’s an enigmatic and polarizing figure in today’s hip-hop scene
who will certainly attract haters like crazy, and it’s difficult to determine
if he is a joke (which would be wonderful) or if he’s 100% serious (which would
be even more wonderful), but for the sake of this review we will take Yung Lean
and his music as seriously as possible. Welcome to Unknown Death.
