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 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 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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