This past Friday, Lil Baby & Gunna dropped their much anticipated “Drip Harder.” Released exactly one week after Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter V,” “Drip Harder” looks to compete with Wayne on the top charts. “I’m Wayne’s biggest fan but [“Tha Carter V”] is not going to be harder than [“Drip Harder”],” wrote rapper Young Thug on Instagram. While Lil Wayne has several hits on his new project that are currently roaming the top charts, Lil Baby and Gunna will surely join them with several titles on their album.

The duo starts the record off strong with “Off White VLONE,” a track featuring Lil Durk and NAV. This track highlights the rich life that these rappers must enjoy, as they reference jewelry, trips abroad, and an expensive collaborative shoe between Nike and Off White, indicating the title of the track. “Shopping spree for fun, she did Saint Laurent, Alexander, Laurent, private flight to Milan,” rap Lil Durk and Gunna in the chorus.

On “Belly,” the duo detail their rise into rap’s mainstream. “I prayed to the sky and none of this was handed, Worked all my life and now I understand it,” raps Gunna on the track. Although both of these rappers rose into rap fame with several hits on their own. Collaborations such as Gunna’s feature on Travis Scott’s “YOSEMITE” and Lil Baby’s “Yes Indeed” with Drake thrusted them further into mainstream hip-hop in anticipation of this album.

Other bright spots on the album include tracks such as “Business is Business” where the duo disses their haters and flaunts their prestige, and “Never Recover,” where Drake makes his latest feature with Lil Baby since “Yes Indeed,” rapping in a similar fast-paced fashion as he does in that track. “Drip Too Hard,” is a single released prior to its feature on the album, and currently sits at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. A combination of a great beat and good performances by both rappers make the track my personal favorite on the album.

There were also some tracks that were a bit disappointing. “Deep End,” a track featuring solely Lil Baby, is one of them. On this track, Baby’s vocals are quite overdone and auto-tuned to a point where his voice hinders the potential of the song, and does not really work with the singing in the chorus. Tracks such as “My Jeans” featuring Young Thug, “Underdog,” and “I Am” were quite forgettable as well.

Although there were some repetitive and less enjoyable songs in the middle of the album, “Drip Harder” both began and ended strong. Lil Baby and Gunna have previously shown their chemistry on songs such as Gunna’s “Sold Out Dates” and Baby’s “Life Goes On,” and build on that throughout the album. With solid features and beats from the likes of Drake, Turbo and Tay Keith, the album presents an enjoyable 39 minutes of listening time over its 13 tracks. Overall, “Drip Harder” met expectations and further propelled both Lil Baby and Gunna into mainstream hip-hop.