Los Angeles, California emcee/producer A-F-R-O operating it again with Stu Bangas for his newest LP. A protege of R.A. the Rugged Man after successful the Definition of a Rap Circulate contest, his Duck Down Music Inc.-backed fifth EP A-F-R-O Polo produced by Marco Polo launched himself as a promising up-&-comer inside the underground. The Drawing Board alongside The Unhealthy & the Ugly: The Items All the time Die First and Crimson Fury have all testified to his vengeful return in current reminiscence, preluding his upcoming 14th EP No Extra Endurance with The Unhealthy & the Ugly II.
A sequel to “Misplaced Souls” off the unique Unhealthy & the Ugly begins assuring that he nonetheless sees the finer issues regardless of having glaucoma whereas “Pack It In” mixes sampling with kicks & snares calling again to the Home of Ache single “Soar Round” in that battling him’s a sin. “Carry Ya Greatest Military 2” that includes One Be Lo dustily picks up the place the predecessor left off final Halloween main into “Mastermind” that includes Wordsworth speaking about life ain’t a recreation to them.
“Use Your Mind” pushes in direction of the top of the first half advising one to assume previous to stepping as much as the microphone simply earlier than “Conductor” hops over an organ-inflicted growth bap instrumental to speak about conducting poetry at any time when he’s within the sales space. “Man of God” that includes MotionPlus finds the two talking being past blessed with their lives & having no tolerance in direction of disrespect whereas “My Saloon” talks about pouring up lyrical brew & not permitting any punk muhfuckas in his bar.
We get some pianos & a drum machine on “The Fast & The Lifeless” addressing the kind of rappers who assume they slick by busting their rhymes with velocity after they’re actually not whereas “No Regrets” that includes 4-IZE talks about dwelling life with none regret. “D’Amalfi” produced by Younger Bangas marks the one observe that Stu didn’t produce soulfully discussing being on this grind, however by no means thought he’d nonetheless be dreaming.
“Pandemic Posse” that includes Blaq Poet, EKYM1536, Emsee Prospekt, Horror Metropolis, MotionPlus & Pulse Response takes up the subsequent 6 minutes correctly introducing themselves collectively whereas “Glistening” asks all of the celebration folks in the event that they’re nonetheless listening to him rock the stage. “Stairway 2 Heaven” finishes with some rap rock undertones explaining that God instructed him to make use of his thoughts as a weapon.
The Unhealthy & The Ugly II is likely to be just a little extra heavier on the options in comparison with the unique that got here out final Halloween, however I’d definitely put it above Crimson Fury by solely slight margin as a lot as I extremely loved that conceptual self produced lengthen prolonged play 5 months in the past. The manufacturing virtually totally dealt with by Stu Bangas after all recaptures the flawlessly uncooked vitality of The Unhealthy & The Ugly, with A-F-R-O’s pen leveling up when it comes to gruesomeness.
Rating: 8/10