Young Money Cash Money Billionaires’ newest prodigy Tyga takes the throne with his first studio album, “Careless World: Rise of the Last King,” a medley of infectious beats and hard-hitting punch lines. The long-awaited debut album shifts from light-hearted tunes of love and relationships to grungy songs of horror depicting Tyga’s rough background. The “Coconut Juice” artist can hardly be taken seriously as a “gangsta” rapper. Even with an extensive list of featured hip-hop heavyweights from Busta Rhymes to Nas, the album falls short of being a true hip-hop masterpiece. It’s marred by immature lyrics and redundant YMCMB wordplay, but the album succeeds in capturing listeners with genre-bending club anthems. The album will serve as a mainstream triumph, with more than one top-20 hit single, but true hip-hop enthusiasts will see it as the low-quality YMCMB creation it really is.
Grade: C-