Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, known by his stage name Logic, came out with his third studio album “Everybody” on May 5, 2017. This album was widely anticipated for months and was received with immense excitement by Logic’s fans.

This album isn’t your typical modern-day rap album. This is a concept album, meaning that there’s a story-line between the album and every song is designed to build on the last in order to progress that story line.

In this case the main focus is of a man who is killed on his way home from work and he’s taken to a space beyond time and existential intelligence, not heaven but a waiting room. He encounters God in this space and discovers that he is every person who has ever lived. While this idea may sound ridiculous when listening to the album you slowly piece it together in your head.

This differs from the style of many current rappers who focus on individual songs that are independent from others on the album. They have no relation or common ideas to each other. The best comparison to Logic’s most recent work, in terms, of its style is “4 Your Eyez Only” by J. Cole, in terms of each song building off each other to tell a story.

The album digs into important societal issues such as race and mental health . Logic often references his trouble dealing with being biracial, describing his situation of Caucasians treating him in a racist manner for being black, while he was rejected by the African-American community as an outsider. He was caught between the two races with no place to fit in.

On the song “Anziety” Logic details his battle with anxiety and how it’s impacted his daily life. It’s a song that digs into the unpredictable and inexplicable nature of anxiety. The song not only serves as an illustration of his battle with anxiety but also as a message of motivation and positivity for listeners who are also dealing with the issue.

In my opinion, the best song on this album is “1-800-273-8255” which features Alessia Cara and Khalid. This song mixes the free flow of Logic’s rapping along with his crafty lyrics with the beautiful compliment of Alessia Cara and Khalid’s vocals to achieve a perfect mix of rapping and pure singing. The song delves into Logic’s struggles with finding a place in society not only racially but also finding just a home to live in as a youth. He progresses from an individual with no will to live, to an individual focused on making the best of their living situation and finally wanting to live in the course of the song.

This is the type of album that is best to listen to all the way through. If you listen to just a song you’re not allowing yourself to experience the full impact of the album. The songs are meant to connect to each other, so listening to one song by itself can be confusing and leave out a significant understanding to the message of the song.

Make sure to check out the cover art because it’s one of the best album covers you’ll see. It’s modeled after the Last Supper with various artists, famous people and friends of Logic surrounding a robot at the center of the table. It mixes the past, with the Last Supper scene, with the future, the robot and outfits of the people. It’s one of my favorite cover arts of all time.

“Everybody” is a quality album that tells a captivating story from beginning to end that requires complete focus on the music, while incorporating great beats and well-crafted lyrics. While I loved this album, I thought at times that it spent too much time on the same issues of race and mental health throughout the album.  I felt that some ideas that were stated in songs were restated multiple times in other songs. However, that doesn’t take away from this album being a terrific work of art that everyone should take the time to listen all the way through.