Multi-genre powerhouse Dax drops his sixth studio album “Anger Management” – 12 tracks under Records/Columbia that reframe anger as a source of purpose rather than destruction.
The concept is more than a provocative title. Dax built his career on emotional honesty and fast-paced lyrical delivery, and “Anger Management” leans fully into both. The album’s core philosophy – that a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor – runs through every track. So the project does not ask listeners to suppress difficult emotions. It asks them to channel those emotions into something useful. That framing gives the album a coherence that most anger-themed projects miss entirely.
All 12 songs were written solely by Dax. That level of creative ownership matters on a project this personal. Every word came from inside his own experience rather than a writing room. Six of the tracks are brand new – “Trauma,” “The American Dream,” “Your Feelings,” “Happy Wife Happy Life,” “Gave You The World,” and “Comfortable Being Alone” all arrive fresh. But fan favourites “God Can You Hear Me?” “Man I Used To Be” and “Caught You In The Bed” give the album its commercial anchors.
The production blends conscious hip-hop with acoustic country elements – the same genre-crossing approach that made “Lonely Dirt Road” go viral and “Dear Alcohol” cross 350 million streams. But “Anger Management” feels more fully realised than those individual singles. The sequencing moves from aggression through grief through self-reflection before closing on “Comfortable Being Alone” – an arc that actually earns its emotional resolution.
Stream “Anger Management” and rate the album in the comments – which track hit you hardest?
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