A week after his last release, Currensy returns to drop a record, and it's a solo tape that celebrates his Jet Life Recordings, placing several New Orleans rappers such as TY, G Style, Black Cobain, Alla Fleury and Fendi P: the latter released a tape with Currensy in 2020 spring, the others I have never heard of before.
The production of this half-hour tape is botched, the guys don't have the best rhythms of the year and they don't perform well: the sound is generic jazzy with slow, dry, syncopated, sometimes vibrating or extravagant drums, some virtuous synths and lo-fi beats in the first part of the project. The first five songs are average and the first three are weak, Currensy maintains his light-hearted and effortless delivery, but doesn't hit like in his previous tapes. G Style & Black Cobain offer a light-hearted energy delivery in "Just Came Home" and a confident hardcore style in "Nerves Bad" respectively.
In the second part, the record seems to be back on track with discreet production, light lo-fi jazzy boom baps, honest pounding drums, and effortlessly flowing flow from the New Orleans MCs: the only flaw is "No Lames", where Fendi P spits something lazily on a poor and decadent rhythm (doubling the speed on youtube gives a much better result). Among the many tapes released by Currensy this season, this is the last one to be listened to, never essential. 5/10.
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