Right here is the 18th mixtape from Buffalo, New York emcee Benny the Butcher. Being within the sport for two a long time already, it wouldn’t be till 2016 the place he alongside his cousins Westside Gunn & Conway the Machine would take the tradition by storm off tasks like Tana Discuss 3 & The Plugs I Met. Harry Fraud got here in for a sequel to the latter following the mature Burden of Proof & lastly, Tana Discuss 4 took it again to the basement just a few years again. We acquired Summertime Butch final August & solely a pair months following Excelsior, a sequel to Summertime Butch has arrived.
“Jasmine” that includes Westside Gunn produced by Daringer after the “Summer season Feelin’” intro was a drumless intro speaking concerning the state of rap being the identical since 2Pac acquired killed virtually 3 decade in the past whereas “Hood on Hearth” that includes Bruiser Wolf finds the two coolin’ down their respective streets after they began getting scorching. “Informed You So” talks about proving everybody who doubted him fallacious over a Mike WiLL Made-It instrumental whereas “Summer season ‘25” after the “The place’s Butch?” skit orchestrally boasts that you could find him exterior.
G Herbo joins Benny on the cloudy lure crossover “Why Would I?” desirous to discover a purpose for forgiving the individuals who’ve switched up on them as their recognition in music continued to develop simply earlier than “77 Membership” retains giving the center finger to naysayers calling him washed speaking concerning the analytics by no means mendacity. “Gold Plated Leica” that includes O.T. the Actual brings the pair collectively to flex their dope line from Pittsburgh to Austin whereas “Within the Wall” that includes Bun B will get again on the lure vibes due to Cory Mo speaking about having drug cash for everybody.
“Pandoras” that includes Duckman & Elcamino begins the final 5 minutes or so of Summertime Butch 2 with the trio citing the actual fact B$F’s been making the entire rap sport play observe the chief all decade up up to now attempting to save lots of just a few whatever the All people Can’t Go lesson whereas “Lo Lo’s” sends off the tape with a Bink! heater advising to belief what you see & let your eyes be the proof.
The unique Summertime Butch EP nonetheless stays probably the most polarizing entry in Benny’s discography over 11 months because it initially got here out as a result of a big crowd of individuals felt like he was on autopilot that complete time, however Summertime Butch 2 clears each the predecessor & Excelsior because of extra consistency inside the manufacturing & a tighter checklist of friends in comparison with the earlier EP he gave us over a pair months in the past.
Rating: 8/10