In which rap’s leading Falstaffian punchline machine learns how to stop making freestyles and start making songs. Bronson’s talent has always been a chaotic, unstable thing, but now he’s managed to pound it into verse-and-chorus structure without losing its singular goofiness. Sometimes, that means making dazed bangers like the Chance The Rapper collab “Baby Blue” or the Noah “40” Shebib-produced “Actin Crazy,” and that’s awesome. Sometimes, that means singing like a wooly ’70s psych-funk growler. And you know what? That’s awesome, too. It doesn’t hurt that the punchlines keep coming; “I’m in the Humvee, looking like a young me” might be the year’s finest. –Tom

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