Shy Glizzy's first studio album, 2018's Fully Loaded, came after years of mixtapes, singles, and performances that kept the industry buzzing about the D.C.
rapper.
The album was a star-studded affair, with features from Rick Ross, Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert, and many more helping push the album into the charts.
Materializing less than a year after Fully Loaded, second album Covered N Blood is more streamlined, with Shy Glizzy reflecting on loss, sex, and struggle over atmospheric and often melancholy beats.
His delivery remains marked by a marble-mouthed voice that sometimes cracks in sharp, intentional articulation.
Covered N Blood is especially lonely feeling for a rap album, and not just due to Glizzy being joined only by YoungBoy Never Broke Again on "Bang Bang" and 3 Glizzy on "Oh Lord" -- a stark contrast to the feature-heavy Fully Loaded.
Much of the album finds Glizzy in an isolated state of contemplation, remembering lost friends on multiple songs.
He even manages to nod to the murder of hip-hop icon Nipsey Hussle on "Ridin Down Slauson," even though the album was released just weeks after Hussle's passing.
Even at its most muscular and catchy, Covered N Blood feels distant and tormented without ever resorting to sad-boy posturing.
The darkness feels as real as the flexing, and Shy Glizzy's pained lyrics make for a captivating and sometimes chilling album.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcano | Shy Glizzy | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 2 | Demons | Shy Glizzy | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 3 | Big Dipper | Shy Glizzy | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 4 | Ridin Down Slauson | Shy Glizzy | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 5 | Skit | Shy Glizzy | Play | 00:40 | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| 6 | Panicking | Shy Glizzy | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 7 | Bang Bang | Shy Glizzy | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 8 | Prime Tyme | Shy Glizzy | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | How I'm Coming | Shy Glizzy | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 10 | Quarterback Glizzy | Shy Glizzy | Play | 03:06 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 11 | 1992 | Shy Glizzy | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 12 | Oh Lord | Shy Glizzy | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 38 mins | 89 MB | |||||
| 38 mins | 229 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Glizzy | Featured Artist |
| 2 | Shy Glizzy | Primary Artist |
| 3 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Featured Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |