"44 More" Was A Very Important Release For Logic’s Career, and Here’s Why:

As the hype from 1-800 was beginning to settle, fans of the now grammy nominated rapper started to speculate what was next to come from the artist. Many feared that the “Gang Related” style songs that everyone fell in love with would come to an end and that he was lost in the bright lights of the mainstream. Then, on February 23rd, Logic released arguably one of his best songs to date.

If you haven’t heard “44 More” yet, I’m sorry but what are you doing? From the second the beat starts up, it’s already confirmed that a murder is about to take place. My initial comparison after hearing the song for the first time was to something like “DNA” by Kendrick Lamar. Logic proceeds to spit for almost 3 minutes straight in an all out war against the instrumental and completely runs it over. He recounts his success over the past year, much like he did in the first part of the series with “44 Bars” which premiered on his 2016 mixtape Bobby Tarantino. However, “44 More” was delivered with the type of intensity that we haven’t seen since the days that this tape was so generously released.

However, not all of the reception has been positive for the rapper who once had the whole world on Team RattPack. During his onslaught of lyrical gunfire, Logic references how his latest album, Everybody, Sold more albums it’s first week than Harry Styles’ self titled album as well as Katy Perry’s Witness.

The facts indeed do check out, as Billboard reports that Everybody sold a respectable 247,000 in album-equivalent units while Harry and Katy come in under that with 230,000 and 180,000 in album equivalent units. Everybody also beats both albums in physical sales as well, raking in 196,000 physical units the first week while the others have a reported 193,000 (Harry Styles) and 162,000 (Witness).

Fans of the pop superstar especially took the line to heart, claiming the rapper took a personal shot at Katy and began to ditch the Logic bandwagon. #LogicIsOverParty actually became a trending topic on twitter as once-upon-a-time fans expressed their outraged opinion of the new song. Some of the funniest responses are below:

As a fan of Logic’s music who has been riding with him since TITS and has since explored pretty much all of his discography in its entirety, I have to say I was glad to see these fans go. While 1-800 was an enjoyable song for a little bit, it wasn’t nearly his best work and yet that’s all people knew him by. The real Logic has a much deeper story behind him which is what made early fans initially fall in love him. The circumstances in which the Maryland native rapped about let you know that he had some serious raw talent and has been able to create one hell of a career despite growing up with a broken family and two crackhead parents. If you are interested, check out both the title track to his Under Pressure album as well as “Dead Presidents III” off his 2012 mixtape Young Sinatra: Undeniable, which both have his life in Maryland on full display.

So what does “44 More” actually mean for Logic’s career? Well for one, we can confirm that the mainstream success has not tainted his creative process, if anything it’s only made it stronger. On top of that, Logic’s recent spotlight has opened the vault to a whole bunch of new material to work with for his upcoming mixtape Bobby Tarantino 2, which he confirmed during a show on his Everybody tour. BT2 is expected to drop sometime during the summer of 2018 as a follow up to the 2016 tape. For those who don’t know, his music under this name has a very care free attitude and only intended to turn up to, perfect for bragging about his success in the mainstream world. While a few songs off that tape are still in rotation today, “44 More” suggested that we’ve seen nothing yet compared to what’s in store to come for the real fans who have decided to stick around.