It's finally here! This Friday, July 3rd, listeners were finally able to connect their speakers to listen to the posthumous album of Pop Smoke: Shoot for the stars Aim for the moon. An album eagerly awaited by rap listeners. Originally scheduled for June 12, the album was postponed. In addition, he benefited from an unintentional advertisement thanks to Virgil Abloh and his awful cover. Undoubtedly the musical blockbuster of the week, focus on the posthumous album of Pop Smoke.
A 5-star cast
Pop Smoke is well surrounded for this project. Out of 19 tracks, 10 of them are featurings. We find the most bankable artists of the moment: Quavo, from the Migos trio, present on 3 tracks, Lil Baby, who is experiencing a phenomenal rise in 2020. We can find among others, Dababy elected hip hop artist of the year at the BET Awards and of course 50 cent who managed the production of the album. In short, it is almost a collaborative album because 1 sound out of 2 is a featuring. The featurings are interesting but remain overall in the same musical palette as Pop Smoke. 
A crossover album
Pop Smoke is an artist who practices Drill Music. A style of music easily identifiable thanks to its scheme of instruments. Bass galore and a saturated electric guitar line. The Dior hit is the perfect example. It is also recognizable by the lyrics. Indeed, it is often violent things that rappers say. Murder, drugs are part of the daily life of the Drillers. Although she remains raw and aggressive in her lyrics, the musical atmosphere of the project is much more varied than in her projects Meet the Woo 1 and 2. Indeed, we feel that he tries a crossover with this album to expand his musical palette. For example, the title Gangstas stands out with its piano melody and dark atmosphere. Or the titles Something Special and What you know bout love, which are clearly RnB ballads. The tracks also sample RnB classics Into you by Fabulous and Tamia, released in 2003 and Differences by Ginuwine released in 2001. With this album the ambitions of the New Yorker are clear, he wants to make an album that pleases the maximum, even if it means abandoning a little the drill music that made him known. 
A beautiful parting gift
Shoot for the stars Aim for the moon sounds like the perfect parting gift. Indeed, it is hard to say that Pop Smoke will no longer release projects, as the latter is of good quality. Many posthumous albums were released after the death of an artist, but had only marketing ambitions to ride the death of the artist. We can mention Lil Peep or XXXtentacion, with his mother trying to capitalize as much as possible on his death. Even if it means producing an album in a hurry with some "unreleased" badly mixed rapper. Let's hope that the entourage of Pop Smoke does not try to follow this same pattern by racing for numbers. Finally, Pop Smoke delivered a qualitative album as a parting gift. Accompanied by the best of American rap, he decompartmentalizes his rap and tries several styles. Conclusive attempts that allow him to achieve a very good crossover. Although some regret that there is not enough Drill sound in the album, the majority of the public will happily find its account in Shoot for the stars, Aim for the moon.
