This is also a rare occurrence of a disappointing Weeknd feature. The track “3500” with Atlanta goofballs 2 Chainz and Future could have been a nice single if the song wasn’t unbearably long. The almost 8-minute run time could have been chopped in half, cutting out the obnoxiously long and repetitive hook as well as a dull instrumental towards the back half of the song. However, one song that is thankfully short is “Piss on Your Grave” with Kanye West. The last few Kanye verses have been questionable, including “Jukebox Joints” from A$AP Rocky’s At.Long.Last.A$AP as well as Kanye’s own “All Day”. “POYG” outdoes all of those with, easily, the worst guest verses of the year.
West repeats the titular phrase 14 times, including 11 in the first 30 seconds of the track. WHY IS HE YELLING'! These verses sound as if Kanye brought the microphone into the bathroom, recorded the tracks while excreting, got constipated, and kept going. His presidential campaign sounded more thought out than this track. It keeps spiraling downward, with another boring single in “Antidote” and “Maria, I’m Drunk”, which brings in Canadian tough guy Justin Bieber and Young Thug.
Bieber provides a sing-rappy tale that I’m sure he was recording shirtless, posing like Chris Farley at the end of the “Chip ‘n’ Dales” SNL skit. Some of the production is nice, but it’s all overshadowed by Scott’s repetitive subject matter, atrocious rapping, and lyrics that make me shake my head. If you bought the Rodeo ticket, you might want to ask for a refund.