I think ppl just wanna hear a more diverse project. COTI 1 and 2 sound wise aren’t that far off from the FNO series. You can put his last 4 projects on shuffle and not really hear too much of a difference
He clearly ain’t tryna give us too many of the “fell in love” tempo style tracks, but I think ppl are mostly ready for him to work with better producers and be mixed better where you can hear him clearer on his own projects
If he sticks to his routine of dark grimey shyt but did it over Harry Fraud and Alchemist beats, I bet it’d get way more praise
And I saw someone earlier explaining banks prolly wants that dirty sound.. he prolly does but there’s more to it. Common replies I see are at certain points you can’t understand what he’s saying. He definitely needs his vocals mixed better. Like I said in my previous post, listen to how he sounds on Vado’s features clarity wise compared to his own projects