This wasn't easy. Denzel just dropped one  of the best albums of 2018, nearly every track
  was great, and I've gotta try to narrow  it down to a handful of picks for the best
  songs. But I've managed to do it, so today  that's what we're gonna talk about. If
  you wanna see how my twin first reacted to  this album, that will be linked in the description
  below, as always we share the exact same thoughts  on the album, almost like we're the same
  person. But with that being said, this is  CDTVProductions, and let's look at the best
  songs from Denzel Curry's TA13OO album.
  7 - VENGEANCE | VENGEANCE (feat. JPEGMAFIA  & ZillaKami)
  Going into this track I didn't know this  combo would work so well, but oh my god everyone
  on here killed it. Straight from the second  the hook kicks in, you can tell this track
  is just gonna be full of raw energy, and it  doesn't disappoint. Denzel comes in with
  this maniacal delivery, JPEGMAFIA gives us  a great verse, cynical as always and taking
  a few more shots at Drake which is also fun,  and ZillaKami definitely ramped up the anger
  on here a notch or two, literally barking  his lyrics by the end of his verse. It's
  a brutal track, and it's great.
  6 - BLACK METAL TERRORIST | 13 M T
  This is easily one of the angriest tracks  I've heard from Denzel, and the psychotic
  energy he exudes here is insane. Just that  contrast between the chorus of this track
  and the verses makes it all the more explosive,  going from Denzel rapping normally to him
  suddenly firing out his aggression over some  extremely heavy 808s. It's really fitting
  for this to be the final track too, it brings  it full circle as the album starts pretty
  positively but by this point it's just fully  descended into darkness. It's a crazy, energetic
  song, and it's one that makes me really  wanna see a Denzel concert at some point in
  my life.
  5 - CLOUT COBAIN | CLOUT CO13A1N
  In terms of the message, this could honestly  be the most important song on the entire album.
  It speaks to the state of the rap industry,  where most people have to portray a fake caricature
  of themselves to gain some momentary fame.  This can be seen everywhere 
  in rap, with people doing increasingly dumb  stuff for some recognition because that's
  what people want, but Denzel also touches  on the fact that this could be destructive
  for the mental state of people chasing that  fame. It's a song that really covers the
  struggles of fame, trying to achieve it, and  struggling to trust people once you have it.
  On top of that, it's just a banger that  shows Denzel's versatility, as there's
  very little rapping throughout this track.  This song looks like it's doing big things
  for Denzel's career, and he genuinely deserves  it.
  4 - SUMO | ZUMO
  This was the first single released from this  project, so I thought I would've cooled
  down on it by now, but if anything it's  a track I bump even more after the release
  of the album. Thematically, this track is  almost a more exaggerated and braggadocious
  version of Cash Maniac, the track that it  comes after. Denzel is just flexing on this
  track, whilst preparing us for the harder  sound of the tracks on act 2 of the album.
  This track doesn't quite reach the aggression  levels of Black Metal Terrorist, but it's
  still insanely hard hitting. Denzel is right  at home on that bassy, ruthless production,
  delivering his lyrics in such a bloodthirsty  way that it's impossible to not bang your
  head when you hear it.
  3 - SIRENS | Z1RENZ (feat. J.I.D)
  A lot of rappers have given their views on  the politics of America right now, and this
  is Denzel and JID's track for doing that.  Denzel's goes in on both of his verses,
  with this amazing metaphor on the first one  that essentially represents the relationship
  between minorities and America. And then,  well then there's JID's verse. He absolutely
  murdered this. He did so well that Denzel  said he actually went back and wrote another
  verse for this song because JID did so damn  well, originally the track was just JID's
  verse and Denzel's last verse. He   basically makes the entirety of his verse
  an extended metaphor, comparing America to  a girl, and that's great because it means
  you can go through his verse and look at every  line to see how it applies to this metaphor.
  On top of that, his flow is just crazy and  he has one of his fastest verses on here (lemme
  know if you wanna see a video on that). It's  always interesting for me to hear songs about
  the state of America because as you can tell,  I don't live there, and that's what 
  this track delivers.
  2 - BLACK BALLOONS | 13LACK 13ALLOONS
  This song really stood out to me, as it's  pretty much one of the most upbeat sounding
  tracks on here, and I think it really exemplifies  the "Light" segment of the album. Don't
  get me wrong, the topic Denzel is talking  about still has dark tones to it as the song
  is all about pain, the emotion that the black  balloons represent. However the song does
  display hope that these black balloons can  pop, and eventually your pain will pass, so
  there is a very uplifting side to it, which  is really amplified by the lighter production
  and beautiful chorus. It's a song that definitely  sounds like it could have a lot of commercial
  appeal whilst still talking about serious  topics and issues. Not to mention, we have
  a great guest verse from GoldLink, who really  fits in on this beat with his smooth, melodic
  tones. I just really love the symbolism of  this track, and I could see it becoming one
  of the most popular from the album.
  1 - PERCS | PERCZ
  And just like Sumo, I thought this song might've  lost a bit of its impact by the time the album
  dropped cause I'd heard it so much, but  it really hasn't, it's still one of the
  best Denzel songs overall in my opinion. The  song acts kind of like an analysis of the
  hip hop scene in 2018, with Denzel speaking  on drug use, meaningless rap songs and rappers
  becoming a slave to their labels. He makes  it clear in the second verse though that he's
  not necessarily trying to hate on these rappers,  he's just saying what he doesn't do. It's
  got great flows and an incredibly catchy rapped  hook, making sure it's a song that'll
  stick in your head. It's a great look at  what mainstream rap is like right now, and
  Denzel's thoughts on it. I absolutely loved  it when it dropped, and it's a song that
  just isn't getting old for me. And that's  why this song is my favourite 
  from TA13OO by Denzel Curry.
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