A depressing prototype of what would come to be auto tune JPEGMAFIA
This album is a hard listen, in an artistical way. Production wise and the feeling of the music he aimed for, he did more than convince me. It sounds so depressing and negative, because Devon Hendryx (Barrington Hendricks) was truly at the edge. He was depressed, sexually confused, had military trauma while still being stationed in Japan, it was a concoction of what would corrode the confident and talented alias of Devon Hendryx. As this album would be (chronologically) the last to come out of the stage name.
This album is LITTERED with depressing lyrics, calls to suicide (but saying he’s too much of a coward to do so), and porn samples… lots of those for sure.
But production wise Is like a dystopian wrap up of what Devon Hendryx came to be, some tracks literally will rip songs from the past, some lyrics calling back to previous tracks like Montebello Highschool prom.
But the new element to all of this is like being in a dark room with constant negative thoughts while that soulful and confident version of what used to be the heart of all of Devon’s projects… now just a hazy memory of the past while you sit and just fantasize about women while simultaneously being on the edge of your life.
Is this album good? YES, very good… would I give caution to this album? Yes. Definitely. If you’re already in a bad mood, this is unwanted negative energy.
View this album with caution.
11:22 AM · Jul 20, 2026 · 55 Views