Albums
Be Yourself - EP
2018
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
Release Date: 2018
By Phillip Mlynar
Reviewed July 25, 2018
On his latest project, the Chicago MC deftly explores self-affirmation and paper-chasing without really finding the tension between the two.
Thanks to the gene pool, Taylor Bennett shares the same sort of amiable brogue and sing-song lyrical style as his brother, Chance the Rapper. But the Chicago MC seems intent on furrowing his own independent path rather than riding on Chance’s now very long coattails. Bennett runs his own label, Tay Bennett Entertainment, which hosts his new six-song EP, —an album, incidentally, about finding your own way. Bennett’s coming out as bisexual directly influenced the concept behind the project, as he explained during an interview with Time: “Something that I want for not just children but all my listeners—no matter if you’re gay, straight, white, black, rich or poor—is understanding the power of being yourself. As children, very early we’re pressured into automatically being a part of groups.”