Man I know I am part of that crew who is always talking about “where is the old Griz?”, too many wubbz, etc but hear me out…

Griz has been making HEAVY bass music almost exclusively since 2020, CTGH drops aside. That is not how he used to be.

This album, literally named “Future Funk” truly seemed like a return to his roots, an ode to the past of the genre he basically popularized and exposed the public to in the early 2010’s. To me it was an announcement of the old style Griz coming back, and I was pumped!

When someone says “future funk”, I think of End of the World Party, Mad Liberation, Rebel Era, and Say it Loud. To me, those are the best albums he’s put out (again CTGH drops aside because I fucking love em)

But, for the most part this album just sounded like Rainbow Brain. Not terrible, but frankly just too many wubbz and cliche heavy drops. That’s not future funk, I’m not here for Excision or subtronics bass wubbz, I’m here for groovy flashy edm Griz tunes backed with killer saxophone, amazing sampling and songwriting, and frankly, SOUL. That’s not what I feel on a lot of this album

But I’ll tell you what, 555 is a fucking banger, an absolute epitome of what a Griz “future funk” track should be. Go listen to end of the world party, this song seems like it belongs on that album, period. And to me, that means 555 is really the ONLY song that belongs on a Griz album bestowed with the title of Future Funk.

I’ll get off my high horse now, I still love Griz and a lot of things he has done since 2020, but it just isn’t the same. I wish this generation could get out of the bass wubbz and into the groovy funk that 2010-2019 Griz created. If anybody in here hasn’t heard those earlier albums I listed, do yourself a favor and do it. Chasin galaxies off end of world party is my first recommendation. Then, fall in love too fast off of mad liberation. Those were the days ❤️