"Coke Zoo" French Montana & Fetty Wap
When you hear about this joint mixtape, your reaction is probably a minor shrug or a nod. This isn’t Internet breaking news like "What A Time To Be Alive" and it feels like we are being handed a mixtape from the B-team versions of Future and Drake.
A washed up French Montana returns from doing pretty much nothing, to try and bring relevance back to himself by hopping on the moving train that is Fetty Wap’s pop career. Fetty’s vocals are as great as always on "Coke Zoo," but we just got his self-titled album about a month ago. There are no promising guest appearances on the mixtape, and French Montana raps a lot more than Fetty which is not a good sign.
Taking its title from the respective names of the artists’ circles, Coke Boyz and Zoo Gang, it seems like the mixtape was cooked up for them more than for the fans. Their styles work together since both of them approach music through a similar objective lens, and neither of them perform like the other.
There are moments of clarity on "Coke Zoo" for both artists, but most of the time it just feels sloppy.
