Lost In Translation: French Montana's Album Is Really Crazy

After being anointed one of the new faces of NYC hip-hop, BX representative French Montana has a boatload to live up to. With his long awaited and recently anticipated album Excuse My French in stores now and singles like “Pop That” and “Coke Boy” shaking the club across the country, the stakes are high for his Bad Boy debut.

RELATED: Listen To French Montana’s ‘Excuse My French’ Before Its Release

But what about the message in the music? We at The Urban Daily decided to provide a quick analysis of the first few tracks for our readers and provide a psychological analysis of the Cocaine City Records CEO.

Intro, “Once in A While”

Subject French Montana projects the confidence of a mentally healthy and robust inner-city male. Over a quite robust track, Mr. Montana describes his long journey to the top of his field of music and how he has managed to persevere through many obstacles inflicted on him on by individuals who take pleasure in seeing the failure from others in general and him specifically.

He pays homage to his predecessors by borrowing lines from other successful alpha males such as 50 Cent, Kanye West and Snoop Lion (formally known as Snoop Dogg & Snoop Doggy Dogg. (“I can’t die, my boo is bout to have my baby…”)

Diagnosis – Amnesia = Amnesic patients also retain substantial intellectual, linguistic, and social skill despite profound impairments in the ability to recall specific information encountered in prior learning episodes.

2) “Trap House” ft. Rick Ross & Baby

On track two, Mr. Montana is joined by associates Rick Ross and Baby. Everyone doing well in life has a tendency to attract speculation about the moves they’re making. Apparently for French and his associates, the source of that gossip is coming from houses that hold an abundance of narcotics. This calls into question his mental stability because Mr. Montana has chosen to associate with an adult male who refers to himself as “Baby” but he is aware enough to bring in a former corrections officer to speak about criminal behavior. Mr. Montana warns: “The hardest part of the business. Is minding your own.” Although we were not aware of it before, it would seem that even drug dealers like to chat around the old water cooler.  Moving on…

Diagnosis – Narcissistic Personality Disorder =Being excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity.

3) “Ain’t Worried Bout Nothin”

Now despite what you heard in the last song, about the apparent gossip he’s experiencing, French wants everyone to know, he’s really not concerned with the possible repercussions of such talk as pertaining to possible physical harm. Mostly because he keeps a special method of protection in his car. Or as he refers to it, he’s “Ridin round with Nina….”

Diagnosis – Mania =Grand or extravagant style, or expanded self-esteem; pressured speech; talks more often and feels the urge to talk longer; ideas flit through the mind in quick succession; over indulgence in enjoyable behaviors with high risk of a negative outcome.

4) “Paranoia” Ft. Young Chop

Now as far as the message in the last song, French will need you to disregard that completely for the hook in this current song to be relevant. Or you just have to acknowledge that although he has previously claimed to have no concerns, between songs French has gained so many concerns that he is now paranoid.

Diagnosis – Paranoid Personality Disorder =Pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others. Individuals with this personality disorder may be hypersensitive, easily feel slighted, and habitually relate to the world by vigilant scanning of the environment for clues or suggestions that may validate their fears or biases.

5) “When I Want“

It would now seem that although Mr. Montana has previously expressed a level of paranoia, he now makes the bold proclamation that he does indeed do whatever he desires at all times. Similar to the previous song, you will need to ignore the last message or accept one of the following possibilities: Either Mr. Montana is attempting to psychologically bolster his own confidence by convincing himself that he is in fact not as paranoid as he previously believed, or that a certain level of schizophrenia has set in, which judging by his previous actions makes this the more likely of the two.

Diagnosis – Impulse Control Disorder =failure to resist a temptation, urge or impulse that may harm oneself or others.

We would like to recommend that Mr. Montana look into psychological help and congratulate him on indeed making a “crazy album.”

If you want to hear more and draw your own conclusions “Excuse My French” is out now on iTunes and Amazon.

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