After
Logic announced his return from a brief retirement, previewed his collaboration with
Madlib (as MadGic), and released a new solo track ("Intro"), he offered this compilation of tracks taken from the first three volumes of his Young Sinatra mixtape series (2011-2013).
The YS Collection, Vol. 1 is less a generalized overview than a kind of distillation, favoring 6ix and C-Sick productions and almost completely disregarding tracks with featured appearances; finale "Tokyo Nights," on which
Logic is joined by Like, contains the only true mike hand-off. For listeners who caught on with
Under Pressure,
Logic's 2014 commercial breakthrough, this is a coherent and fine representation of what the rapper accomplished beforehand, including noteworthy tracks such as "5 A.M.," "Inception," and "Relaxation" (the last of which is delivered over the instrumental of
A Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation"). ~ Andy Kellman