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This music exists in the same space as Natalie La Rose and Jeremih’s “Somebody,” Diplo and Sleepy Tom’s “Be Right There,” and Cheat Codes and Kriss Kross Amsterdam’s “Sex.” The aesthetic impulse, not far from Hollywood’s vogue for making sequels to movies twenty years old, seems to be: if it ain’t broke, add new drums and put it out again. Lanez also has plenty of practice-songs on the previous volumes of Chixtape mostly pull from a jumbled collage of the last two decades of R&B and rap. But Lanez is well-equipped for this sort of work: his filmy voice, blissfully unburdened by texture, allows him to live lightly in past smashes without dulling the pleasant narcotic effects of nostalgia. Lanez’s major label debut album arrived last August-a month before “Luv” peaked-bearing a triumphant title: I Told You.Įxulting after those hits is like soaking up sartorial compliments while dressed in someone else’s suit. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Lanez is known for two singles, both of which rehash previous hits - “Say It” borrows from Brownstone’s “If You Love Me,” while “Luv” swipes Tanto Metro and Devonte’s “Everyone Falls in Love.” In pop, familiarity often breeds success, so it’s not surprising that this pair waltzed to No. He greeted 2017 with two new mixtapes, and while some people use the New Year as an inflection point-time to slough off the old and commit to change- Chixtape 4 and The New Toronto 2 show an artist toasting to inertia. The rapper/singer Tory Lanez’s primary skill is mimicking others.