The Songs: 

“Static”:

Great melody and instrumentals. His voice is easily one of my favorites in the industry. I love the lyrics even though I’m aware many won’t, but one of the things I love about Steve Lacy is how real he is in his lyrics, and how he doesn’t care about what other people think about them. The harmonies are placed in all the right moments of the song, and already hearing his song “Bad Habit” makes me happy to know he isn’t copying and pasting the same sound into each song on the album.

“Helmet”:

I’m loving the overload of R&B and Disco in this song. It's very different from his mainstream music which is a great change in my perspective of him. “But loving you was a hazard, so I got myself a helmet” is such a great line and I would usually be annoyed when most of an artist's discography is about romance, but Steve Lacy makes me fall in love with each song no matter how cheesy the lyrics are.

“Mercury”:

I love the Latin vibe to this song, and the harmony in the very beginning pulls you in right away. I’m also now starting to get the name of the album since he mentions the word Gemini in every song so far. I don’t really like the chorus and honestly, the only parts of the song I like are the instrumentals and harmonies.

“Buttons”:

The beginning sounds like some Fotheringay stuff and then it turns very bluesy so naturally; it's off to a great start. The album is categorized as R&B and I wasn’t really hearing that in the first songs until this one. Very very R&B, I love it. 

“Bad Habit”:

This song has been blasting in my AirPods since the summer, so before I listened to anything, I put it on top of my listening right away. Everything about this song is so catchy: the beat, the lyrics, the way he sings it, such a great song. My favorite part of the song is easily when the instrumentals stop and it's just him singing acapella at the end, the choice of cutting the music for that part was such genius. This song became mainstream for a reason.

“2Gether”:

There’s not much to say about this song since it's less than a minute and he's just saying the same thing over and over again. The song has a nice sound but it's nothing special considering it's just an enterlude.

“Cody Freestyle”: 

Probably my least favorite song on the album - very boring and nothing special about it. Song sounds the same all the way through and nothing about the song pulls you in. 

“Amber”: 

This is a cute little jazz song that lowkey gives me Despicable Me soundtrack vibes. Like “Cody Freestyle”, there are no changes in the song like a chorus or a bridge, but, unlike “Cody Freestyle”, this song makes it work and is much more enjoyable. My favorite part of the song is the soulful guitar riff at the end.

“Sunshine”: 

I honestly don’t like Steve Lacy's choice to stray from his usual songs that have a Verse, Chorus, and Bridge, and have the last part of the album be songs that stay the same throughout without any unique changes to switch up the pace of the song. It's a pretty song with beautiful harmonies, but like I’ve previously said it's nothing special. I wish he gave this song a bridge or a chorus that stands out, but nevertheless, it's a nice listen

“Give You The World”: 

I love how relaxed this song makes me feel and how you can really feel the R&B come out in it. This song is very 60s/70s of Steve, a lot more than his other songs are. Although it doesn't stand out as much as some of the other songs on this album, its consistent groove, and psychedelic sound puts it higher than 4 of the songs in my ranking.  

Rating: 6.5/10