The Daily Spin, February 6
Quinn XCII | The People's Champ
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Album: The People’s Champ (2023)
Artist: Quinn XCII
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With The People’s Champ, Quinn doesn’t do anything particularly revolutionary, but he doesn’t have to, as this is the kind of feel-good happyish music that plays in Apple ads or at vaguely religious youth basketball tournaments. It’s family-friendly enough to trim the edgier elements, but not so neutered that it doesn’t hold water.
Quinn feels like a sort of evolution of Jon Bellion, trading gospel elements for rap, but both built on the same soulful RnB that just feels nice on the ears. Snappy beats run over smooth drums, and though he tempts a lot of genres, he never particularly tries to run his cup overfull. Knowing his boundaries is a brilliant cue more people could stand to take notes from, because it makes the overall composition of this album simply brilliant.
Rating: 8.7/10
Best Tracks: Too Late; Being Me
Worst Tracks: Let Me Down