Daniel Caesar is an R&B singer-songwriter who has released four studio albums throughout his career. He’s most known for his album Freudian, which was released in 2017 and was nominated for three Grammy awards. Freudian is one of my favorite albums of all time. His most recent album, Son of Spergy, was inspired by his reconciliation with his parents after an argument with his father about music when he was 17 that caused him to leave home and briefly become homeless. Shortly after, he decided to pursue music. He talked more about this story in his interview with The Star and in a Billboard cover story interview.

Son of Spergy, Caesar’s fourth studio album, was released on Oct. 24 and includes 12 songs. It’s an R&B/Soul album, and it debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums Chart. It includes features from artists Blood Orange, Sampha, Yebba, Devonte Hynes, 646yf4t, and Norwill Simmonds. I wanted to review this album because Daniel Caesar is one of my favorite artists. I discovered him a few years ago after listening to Freudian, and ever since then, I’ve listened to him multiple times a day. He’s an amazing lyricist, his songs are very catchy, and I just never get tired of his music. 

My favorite songs on the album are track no.6 “Who Knows” and track no.10 “Emily’s Song”. I love these songs because they’re very slow, calming songs, and they’re such good options of songs to listen to when studying. And they’re just very meaningful songs.

“Who Knows” has such a deep meaning about relationships, and it’s a song that I can actually listen to without getting tired or bored. It’s about insecurity in a relationship stemming from a belief of not being good enough for your partner, but finding comfort in how deep your love is for them. Lyrics that show this are “I’ll probably be a waste of your time, but who knows?” and “I know that I’ll love you always.” I feel like this song can be relatable for a lot of people in relationships and maybe even a source of comfort.

I like “Emily’s Song” because it’s very calming, and it also has a deep meaning about bittersweet feelings about a relationship ending, even if it was the right thing to do. I really love how the lyrics make the meaning very obvious, and no overanalyzing has to be done. 

I don’t necessarily have songs I dislike from this album, but there are songs I wouldn’t choose to listen to regularly. For example, track no.1 “Rain Down (feat. Sampha)” and track no.12 “Sins Of The Father (feat. Bon Iver).” 

I wouldn’t choose to listen to “Rain Down (feat. Sampha)” because its genre is worship music, and worship music is not the usual type of genre I would listen to. It’s still a good song, but it’s just not my favorite genre, and I cannot see myself choosing to listen to this song over the other songs in the album. I also wouldn’t listen to “Sins Of The Father (feat. Bon Iver)” because of how long the song is. I think it’s a pretty good song. It’s just very lengthy, and I cannot see myself sitting through seven minutes of any song.

Overall,l this album was very good, and it exceeded my expectations because I was expecting a pretty good album, but I didn’t expect it to be this good. All of the songs had their own individual deep meanings, the songs weren’t repetitive, and this album is just such a good choice for someone who enjoys R&B. 

My overall ranking would be 8.5/10, and I could see a lot of teenagers and adults enjoying this album.