KaytrAmine Review: Sound Of The Summer

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 Music 

KaytrAmine Review: Sound Of The Summer 

By Dylan Barbee









Image Provided by @kaytramine on Instagram 

Release Date: May 19, 2023

The long-anticipated collaboration album between house music producer Kaytranada and rapper Amine was released on May 19th. Much like how the title KaytrAmine blends both artist’s names, the music on the album consists of their styles flourishing well together to create a funky, vibrant, and creative project that has the potential to be heard all summer long. 

 
KaytrAmine consists of 11 songs that span a runtime of 34 minutes. The album carries a feel-good tone throughout its entirety. Kaytranada supplies sparkling and at times laid back instrumentals that give Amine the chance to confidently boast about his lavish rapper lifestyle and his ability to pick up women.  

 
The song “letstalkaboutit” is an impressive listen where the chill tone set by Kaytranada through an upbeat drum pattern and a dazzling but hypnotic synth sound that occurs every couple seconds flows very well with Amine’s rhyme scheme. The song also includes a solid verse from rapper Freddie Gibbs where he talks about balancing his gangster lifestyle with his musical fame. “Big rabbit, I’ma Gang banger with a house worth a couple million dollars.” Gibbs raps on “letstalkaboutit”. 

 
Another song that stood out on KaytrAmine was “Sossaup”. Amine’s catchy hook over Kaytranada’s unique house meets Afro-Funk music type beat makes it a song that cannot be compared to many. Both artists’ styles coexist in harmony and somehow create a fresh and original sound. Even though this song is quite different, I can still imagine people bumping this during a humid pool day outside because of its ability to just make you want to enjoy the outdoors and start dancing.  

 
While the beginning of this album portrayed Kaytranada and Amine as a dynamic duo who couldn’t miss, that soon changed as KaytrAmine loses its “magic” towards the end of the project. Songs like “STFU3” and “EYE” just seemed uninspired. They both included corny and repetitive choruses or sounds that just got annoying after a while. These are the songs that will be forgotten about with time. 

 
KaytrAmine is definitely an album I would call a seasonal listen. Its free flowing and high-spirited style was designed to be listened to during warm seasons. Seasonal albums are a double-edged sword. On one hand, some songs on this project can be considered summer classics from here on out. However, most people who experience all four seasons will listen to this album for only a couple of months of the year and then wait a full year to listen to it again. 


KaytrAmine is an enthusiastic and genre blending album that serves as a sound for the summer. Whether or not this collaboration album will have any replay value amongst music listeners after this summer, only time will tell. 


Rating: 7/10


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