Although Brent Faiyaz made some featured appearances and issued some singles in 2019, it was the first year since 2016 -- the year he debuted with A.M. Paradox -- that the singer, songwriter, and producer didn't release an EP or album. The drought of sorts ends with
Fuck the World. Not quite as malevolent as the title indicates, it's a little more openhearted than Faiyaz's earlier output, but it does contain flashes of the cynical outlook and more of the remorseless (if sensitively delivered) slow jams for which he's known. Faiyaz gets production help from Sonder partners Atu and Dpat, along with veterans No I.D. and Jake One, among a cast that's fairly large for a 26-minute set.