Good Times Ahead, the eponymous debut LP from Miami electronic duo GTA, is a party of a different sort.
With such a title, one might expect an all-out hedonistic EDM assault.
However, the album ends up being the soundtrack for sophisticated revelers.
Split between languid R&B vocalists and young rappers, Good Times Ahead sustains its deep groove from start to finish.
On the hip-hop side, Vince Staples brings the heat to album standout "Little Bit of This," a tick-tocking hypnotizer featuring his breathless rapping, while Iamsu provides the hardest hit on the raucous "Contract." Backed by the Imogen Heap-esque harmonies of Alyssa Palmer and Jessica Higgs, Philly rapper Tunji Ige makes a turn as a more-interesting Drake on "Feel It." Among the smooth soulful numbers, the woozy "Get It All" -- a collaboration with Wax Motif that features Australian singer Kaelyn Behr on vocals -- and "True Romance" -- featuring Dominican singer Jarina de Marco -- are seductive standouts.
Good Times Ahead is rounded out by purer '90s-influenced house ("Heartbeat" and "In My Nature") to further GTA's "death to genres" mantra.
There's no doubt that these are all body-movers, but the pair -- Julio Mejia and Matthew Van Toth -- draw upon such a variety of influences that the party they purvey never gets boring.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True RomanceJarina De Marco | GTA | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Little Bit of ThisVince Staples | GTA | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | HeartbeatMatthew Cash, Aaron Gholar | GTA | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | All Caught UpKasey Barth, James Knapp | GTA | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | In My NatureShawn Breathwaite, Karina Pasian | GTA | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | PressureKasey Barth, James Knapp | GTA | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | ContractMatthew Cash, Aaron Gholar, Sudan Ameer Williams | GTA | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | IlluminateMatthew Cash, Aaron Gholar | GTA | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Feel It | GTA, Tunji Ige | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Get It All | GTA | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 38 mins | 87 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kasey Barth | Composer |
| 2 | Kaelyn Behr | Composer, Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 3 | Shawn Breathwaite | Composer |
| 4 | Marshall Bryant | Engineer |
| 5 | Matthew Cash | Composer, Vocals |
| 6 | Danny Chien | Featured Artist |
| 7 | Casey Cuayo | Assistant Engineer |
| 8 | Jarina De Marco | Composer, Featured Artist |
| 9 | Chris Emerson | Producer |
| 10 | Chelsea Gallardo | Executive Producer |
| 11 | Aaron Gholar | Composer, Vocals |
| 12 | GTA | Primary Artist |
| 13 | Jessica Higgs | Composer |
| 14 | Iamsu | Featured Artist |
| 15 | Tunji Ige | Composer, Featured Artist |
| 16 | Elizabeth Jones | A&R |
| 17 | Tinashe Kachingwe | Vocals |
| 18 | Karina | Featured Artist |
| 19 | James Knapp | Composer |
| 20 | Justin Lieberman | Engineer |
| 21 | Javeon McCarthy | Composer |
| 22 | Julio Mejia | Producer |
| 23 | Zach Nicholls | Engineer, Vocal Engineer |
| 24 | Anna Palmerola | Composer |
| 25 | Karina Pasian | Composer, Vocals |
| 26 | RKCB | Featured Artist |
| 27 | Tyler Scott | Vocal Mixing |
| 28 | Alex Spencer | Assistant Engineer |
| 29 | Vince Staples | Composer, Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 30 | Jeffery Tanner | Engineer |
| 31 | Michael Law Thomas | Engineer |
| 32 | Tinashe | Featured Artist |
| 33 | Matthew Van Toth | Producer |
| 34 | Dave Weidetz | Creative Director |
| 35 | Sudan Ameer Williams | Composer, Vocals |
| 36 | Allen Wolfe | A&R |
| 37 | Ebonique Wool | Vocals |
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| 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. |