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9.0/10
Quadeca is a 22-year-old rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter who started off his career not as a musician but as a YouTube gamer, spending time in his room playing the well-known soccer video game FIFA. He started his music career with rapping covers, diss tracks, and other low-effort rap songs that were very YouTuber-esk. His most recent album 'From Me To You' was what I thought was going to be one of his best pieces of work; it was inconsistent and mediocre at best but boasted a few okay tracks. It turns out, however, that this was not going to be his best piece of work. 'I Didn't Mean To Haunt You' has taken that place.
My jaw dropped about ten seconds into the album with the opening track "sorry4dying". I couldn't believe that Quadeca produced something so flavorful and stunning; this track is experimental and completely unexpected from Quadeca; it was like I was hit with a right hook by the guy. The following track "tell me a joke" did in fact give me a break from this shock. The lyrics were so emo to the point where it was a bit corny, however, the production is beautiful on this track. The breaks and changes in the track hit me in my soul. "don't mind me" is also a beautifully produced track, with great flow from Quadeca vocally. The little piano ballad that comes in about three minutes into the track is gorgeous from Quadeca. This piano and classical influence is something that's very prominent on this album and is also what makes it such a unique listen.
"born yesterday", the leading single on the album is a track with moments of repetitive lyrics but contains luscious and suspenseful production guaranteed to pull you into the track and keep you there, waiting for what might come next. The production and ambient-reverbed vocals from Quadeca on "house settling" are hypnotic to listen to. Danny Brown also goes absolutely crazy on this track, his rough voice blending in perfectly with the hauntingly eerie production. The following track "knots" is by far my favorite on the album. The Death Grips-100 gecs-Ween like experimental and almost uncomfortable production is a gem to listen to. Quadeca's energy on this song is also off the charts.
The final three-track run on this album is wonderful. "fantasyworld" is a beautifully haunting track with diverse production. The track is seven minutes and is a rollercoaster to listen to with the Travis Barker-sounding drums in the middle of the track and a gorgeous piano that blends in with Quadeca's emotional falsetto around five minutes in. "fractions of infinity" is a groovier track with a surprising Sunday Service Choir feature. The album finishes off strong with "cassini's division", an 8-minute-long experience with incredible layered sounds, synths, and drums, guaranteed to put you in a musical trance.
This project from Quadeca is shockingly beautiful. It's a listening experience that will leave you sitting and staring off into space after finishing it, trying to digest what your ears just consumed.
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