Joint effort for Xavier Beard (former Raider Klan) and Jeffrey Harper, rappers both natives of Memphis, Tennessee. Twelve-cut album, 29 minutes, looks more like something between a long EP and a short mixtape, rather than a real LP (it would be the first one for Beard, the third one for Harper).
"Undefeated" has the best rhythm of the project and a delivery style from Xavier Wulf that is better than most of his contemporaries in the trap scene, but it's still a bit weak cut: if Wulf is good, Idontknowjeffery sounds bad, he adds little to tracks and takes away a lot. It's a shame because few of the other eleven songs have a similar production: the beats are poor overall, simplistic trap, with a slow snare drum, often light, but sometimes also annoying or pounding and therefore unlivable.
When the rhythm is acceptable, there is a decent sample and Wulf finds a relevant style, the most satisfying results come out ("Murder He Wrote", pounding drum, sad and gloomy piano sample; "One Punch Wolf", splendid sample tense and jazzy, good smooth hardcore delivery by Wulf, in an energetic tune), however, these ones are few exceptions to the norm: the record suffers in the middle section, where it accumulates bad samples, tight snare drums and a lazy deliveries from the performers.
Deeply erratic and ultimately unpleasant effort, recommended for Wulf fans only. 5/10.
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