When was the last time you heard the name 6dogs? I know I totally dropped him from my music-radar after that one viral song he dropped: ‘Faygo Dreams’ back in 2017 on his self-titled album. That was 3 whole years ago; the new 6dogs is sophisticated, different and very relatable.

6dogs (Chase Amick) was your typical, run-of-the-mill teenager living in Georgia, Atlanta. He went to a Christian private school, worked as a lifeguard and played video games in his spare time-until he discovered MC Hammer. After experiencing what the rap genre can provide; from the lyricism, the quick anecdotes and catchy punchlines-he decided to step up to the challenge and put together a masterpiece: a legitimate record without a single song that isn’t at least an easy 7.5/10.

Hi-Hats & Heartaches (December, 2019) has been the album I queue up at least 5 songs off the massive 21 track list everyday; everything that album preaches and fantasies about is what I (and I bet a lot of you) think about all the time. While this album doesn’t feature any artists besides himself; 6dogs perfectly embodies the feeling of growing up on his own- from running around as a kid and taking advantage of your innocence to the crippling struggle that is keeping a stable relationship and out-growing old hobbies you loved as you got older. Moreover; 6dogs takes every chance he gets on the album to question himself and his motives constantly as if he needs to remind himself why he made the decisions he made.

In this review; I’m going to focus on my ABSOLUTE favourite 2 songs off the record, just because I can listen to the entire album front to back multiple times daily. Starting off with the first song on the track list: ‘It’s Worth Feeling Empty <3’, is all about letting life just pass you by as you sit in the backseat and twiddle your thumbs. It’s all about the anxiety that comes with trusting the people around you while having to learn how to put your own wellbeing in the forefront of your development. Interestingly, 6dogs makes the sure to state that even though rappers might have money burning a hole in their pocket; it usually comes with the feeling of total emptiness, and it never actually solves any problems besides copping the designer jeans you saw that one time.

After listening to the first half of the album we’re met with ‘Blessings’: the total opposite of the previous song. This track describes the hustle and the arrogance associated with it; the endless cycle of progression and self-development while being drenched in Dior and buying expensive foreign cars in your spare time. In addition, 6dogs doesn’t shy away from his childhood as he reminisces on simpler times when all he had to do was play Halo on his Xbox and Google cheat-codes to impress his peers (there aren’t any cheat-codes for Halo). This song is a feel-good song for sure. Listening to someone else’s come up motivates me to actually get up and achieve my goals; if some random guy from Atlanta can do it….so can you.

Overall, this album accurately represents our current era; the people born in the early 2000s are finally growing up and dealing with adult problems, but they haven’t been taught how to handle these issues. The blurry daze of waking up and realising you’re turning 20 in a few months is terrifying; not to mention a whole new world of responsibilities and hardships that just so happen to land on our collective lap, but this album sheds light on this confusion. In contrast, 6dogs makes sure that main message being conveyed through his work is all about never losing focus no matter how difficult and inconvenient life gets. From the production to the lyrics; this album checks every box of a highly underrated masterpiece with 0 faults (that I could think of) from start to finish. 

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