Harlem, New York emcee UFO Fev surprise-releasing his twelfth studio LP. Arising slightly over a decade in the past off his full-length debut Round My Method, it wasn’t till 2020 when he noticed his greatest yr but by dropping not 1 however 3 properly acquired initiatives: the Statik Selektah-produced sophomore effort Contemporary Air together with the Termanology-produced debut EP From El Barrio, With Love & the Large Ghost Ltd.-produced third album The Ghost of Albizu. This was all adopted up with Magnum Opus together with the Vanderslice-produced Enigma of Dalí & 4 EPs: The Most Excessive, Prayer, Weed & Music, E Pluribus Unum, Sunsets within the Ghetto & after all the Finn-produced Blood on the Payments. I even loved the Fredro Starr produced Strapped & Pyramid Schemes, though The Ghost of Albizu 2: Albizu’s Revenge already raised the expectations it on paper.
“Street to Redemption” will get the ball rollin’ on The Ghost of Albizu sequel speaking about spending all of it & making it again twice as a result of he’s a hustler with a Jose Santiago hook carried out in Spanish whereas “The Excessive & Mighty” embraces a sample-heavy growth bap course admitting to pondering earlier than he speaks now. “My Folks” loops up some sped-up vocals speaking about Puerto Ricans desirous to be free since he himself has Puerto Rican origins whereas “Scarlet Fever” that includes Pink Inf makes positive they go away no prisoners boasting that no one can stand an opportunity towards them.
Jose Santiago comes again to kill it with the choruses 1 extra time on “Work Arduous, Play Tougher” mixing rap rock & growth bap collectively besides he’s singing in English this time about getting it out the mud off the muscle simply earlier than “Puerto Rock” leaves wack rappers layin’ on their backs & flexing of him opening up his personal lane for Puerto Ricans who’re good on the mic. “Tradition Cypher” jazzily takes us all the way in which again to the South Bronx the place hip hop all began main into “Vengaza” dustily speaking concerning the idea of revenge.
Lil D saves my personally favourite visitor verse of the two through the growth bap & chipmunk soul fusion “Benicio” to kick off The Ghost of Albizu 2: Albizu’s Revenge’s final 6 minutes or so assuring that the plug is aware of his face & he’s been merely working in place as of late previous to “The Cornerstone” ending up the album with 1 remaining jazzy growth bap joint about being emotionally generated relatively than AI generated & a hook homaging “C.R.E.A.M. (Money Guidelines Every little thing Round Me)” by the almighty Wu-Tang Clan.
Loopy to assume it’ll already be 5 years this upcoming Halloween since I first acquired launched to Fev by listening to The Ghost of Albizu and catching as much as each Contemporary Air & From El Barrio, With Love afterwards. And I perceive that some weren’t feeling Pyramid Schemes as a lot as Enigma of Dalí, however most individuals are gonna take pleasure in The Ghost of Albizu 2: Albizu’s Revenge much more because it continues the hardcore/acutely aware themes & jazzy growth bap sounds of the predecessor increasing it sometimes in favor of rap rock & chipmunk soul.
Rating: 9/10