Tana Talk 4
| Benny The Butcher
Tana Talk 4
Tana Talk 4 is the third studio album by American rapper Benny the Butcher. It was released on March 11, 2022 through Griselda Records and Black Soprano Family. It is the fourth installment in his Tana Talk series, following up the 2018 album Tana Talk 3. The album was produced by The Alchemist, Daringer and Beat Butcha. It features guest appearances by labelmates Conway the Machine and Westside Gunn and other appearances by J. Cole, Diddy, Stove God Cooks, Boldy James, and 38 Spesh. -Wikipedia
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NYS Music
Overall, fans of Benny can be left satisfied with this project, as it has plenty of rugged street talk, but more importantly growth, as fans can see the fruits of Benny’s ascension as he rubs elbows with the hip hop industry’s elite.
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Beats Per Minute
Tana Talk 4 sees Benny the Butcher at arguably his hungriest, bar-wise, as the chip on his shoulder consistently rears its head throughout the 12 track LP. Unfortunately, though, sometimes the album’s subject matter comes off as stale, adding no proper nuance or depth to the Benny the Butcher lore. There are shining moments where the Buffalo-based rapper seems to attempt to articulate a captivating tale that thoroughly illustrates his why, how, and who, but the project ultimately falls short of an emotional hook that reels the listener in for the long haul. Tana Talk 4 shows Benny the Butcher’s improving his rhymes, but doesn’t offer any more profound insight into the man behind the microphone – even as we return to where it all started.
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Hot New HipHop
On its own merits, Tana Talk 4 is a captivating listen that seeks to show us new dimensions of familiar terrain. Armed with a consistency that is almost unparalleled, Benny is operating at the peak of his powers and with this project, he has reassured fans that his trademark griminess and poetic street bars haven’t been neutered by his ascension in the game. But in the wider Benny The Butcher canon, it can’t help but feel like a prelude to what’s waiting around the corner on his major-label debut.
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Magnetic Magazine
This may not have the same banger potential or sheen of his most recent albums like Paid In Full, but instead it brings things back to the beginning – the streets. This is another gift to his fans that have been there from the beginning. The butcher has arrived.
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Vinyl Chapters
As with all hip hop, at the heart of this album is storytelling and humanity. Benny the Butcher demonstrates well how hip hop can mature as a sound as the artists themselves move into a new stage of life. It is clear on this release that while the production varies greatly, the clear delivery and earnestness remains constant.
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Stereogum
Every once in a while, I think I’m getting bored with Griselda. These guys have been operating on a national stage for more than half a decade, and they’re generally happy to stay within their aesthetic wheelhouse. They fill a specific lane — hard-ass ’90s street bars from guys old enough to remember the ’90s — and they do it well. Whatever the future holds for Benny The Butcher, he’s just made a hearteningly solid piece of underground rap, and he’s done it on a high enough level to actually land on the Billboard charts. That’s not boring. Even if Benny keeps rapping about crack forever, he’s just shown us that he’s still got some surprises left in him.
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AllMusic
Benny's storytelling lyrics are hardened and aggressive as ever, but he balances out his tales of street dominance and underworld dealings with moments of honest self-reflection.
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Pitchfork
The Buffalo rapper digs deeper into his established lore, savoring his victories while further stewing in past regrets.
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HipHop DX
'TANA TALK 4' CONTINUES HIS STREAK OF SOLID BAR-FILLED RAP.
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Exclaim!
Benny the Butcher's 'Tana Talk 4' Is a Quality Capstone to His Mixtape Series.
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