"#000000 & #FFFFFF" by The Neighbourhood

Hello readers,

After a week of having lack of inspiration to write a new post, I finally found one and here I am, going to write a review about this latest mixtape, #000000 & #FFFFFF by the Sweater Weather indie rock band, The Neighbourhood. Having to achieved their success with the chilling, West Coast track, the band have been embarking on a tour to Europe, Russia and even different states in United States.

While travelling to many places, The Neighbourhood did found some time to record new songs for this long anticipated mixtape. Some of the songs such as Silver, Unfair and Lurk were uploaded onto their SoundCloud months before the release of #000000 & #FFFFFF. For those who are not Internet savys, the title refers to the HTML colour codes for black and white. The Neighbourhood frontman, Jesse Rutherford has been known for his love for HTML and monochrome colours.

#000000 and #FFFFFF is a mixtape which caters to people who are fond of hip hop and rock or maybe 1990s music. Imagine when both genres come together, you have the mixtape. In this mixtape, The Neighbourhood specially invited some underground rappers such as Raury, French Montana and Danny Brown to be featured in some songs. I have to say the rappers are pretty cool, especially the song, #icanteven featuring French Montana. The introduction of the song, NSTYNCT featuring Skeme and OGMaco is a good one, despite the fact The Neighbourhood came in after 3 minutes and 16 seconds.

I can tell you that this mixtape is like being in a concert. I admit that this is the first mixtape I have ever heard since most mixtapes are released by hip hop artists. This mixtape was heavily edited and cut to make sure it sounded like one song which has no ending. Phone Call Interlude is one of those songs I think is awkward cause you can listened to the conversation between Jesse Rutherford and another collaborator on coming home. This takes you to another song, When I Get Back featuring G Eazy which reminds me of every musicians coming a long way from home to stardom.

Dangerous and #icanteven are songs that have repetitive theme of dangerous girl and how she cheats on her partner. I love these two songs cause it reminds me of songs from the radio back in 2007 and 2008. I recommend you, readers to give these two songs a listen. Another song to recommend is Warm featuring Raury, which gives a chilling, "lost in the winter" feeling.

Alright, I shall stop writing here and to end off, I think The Neighbourhood has achieved a goal: Releasing a mixtape of various combinations. Also, to have a mixtape in this season is a perfect timing after a long wait.

As #000000 & #FFFFFF is a free mixtape, you can download or stream on this link: http://www.datpiff.com/The-Neighbourhood-000000-ffffff-mixtape.669129.html.