A N N I V E R S A R Y

by Bryson Tiller

Overview

Given its look and timing -- issued exactly five years after T R A P S O U L, a deluxe edition of which preceded it by a week -- A N N I V E R S A R Y does not appear to be designed as a work of distinct identity. Whereas Bryson Tiller has spoken of his inclination to be a shadowy figure, the singer/rapper's 2015 debut continues to cast a large shadow with a different effect, preventing his successive output from being taken on its own terms. This set's makeup certainly suggests that the artist is OK with it, as he serves up mostly downcast verses and boastful non-sequiturs over torpid booming rhythms. Tiller works with a crew of new and familiar collaborators, and on "Outta Time" calls in major reinforcements, swapping brooding reflections with Drake, backed by sympathetic production from Nineteen85, Vinylz, and Noah "40" Shebib. More deserving of heavy rotation is "Inhale," a seductive warping of the '90s R&B-sampling methodology that's as much a part of Tiller's sound as the rattling percussion. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	10/29/2021
Label:	Rca / Trapsoul
UPC:	0194398442310
Rank:	23347

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Years Go By
2. Always Forever
3. I'm Ready for You
4. Things Change
5. Timeless (Interlude)
6. Sorrows
7. Inhale

Disc 2

8. Outta Time
9. Keep Doing What You're Doing
10. Next to You
11. Still Yours
12. Timeless (Interlude), Pt. 2
13. Losing Focus
14. 7:00
15. Like Clockwork

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bryson Tiller   Primary Artist
Drake   Featured Artist
Big Sean   Featured Artist