Celebrating the Valentine’s Day weekend with the 2nd installment of a 12-part EP saga from Flint, Michigan emcee/producer Jon Connor. Someone who’s steadily been holding it down for the final 2 many years together with The Calling, Vinnie Chase & S.O.S. trilogies together with the Best within the World sequence paying homage to a few of Jon’s influences, Salvation, While You Were Sleeping & Unconscious State. He was even signed to Aftermath Entertainment for six years earlier than departing after Vehicle City wound up being shelved, coming off Food for the Soul & 24 produced by KLC of the No Limit Records in-house manufacturing staff Beats by the Pound to drop II nearly a month after I.
Smitti Boi cooks up a victorious entice instrumental within the intro “Don’t Cry” speaking concerning the shit God had ready him for whereas “Random Thoughts” references present 8-time WWE world champion CM Punk claiming the Best within the World’s nickname for himself. “The Acknowledgment” jazzily confesses there’s no simpler approach to attain the next model of ourselves until admitting the bullshit gained’t cease us simply earlier than “For Life For Real” that includes Mickey Factz finds the two speaking about by no means letting anybody discredit you.
“Get It” begins the 2nd half of II suggesting for everybody he’s been watching on the grind to exit & take what’s theirs whereas “Completion” optimistically talks about it being happy with your self for coming this far so we will keep in mind who we’re throughout any arduous occasions. “The Party” takes a pair minutes to vent relating to all of the varieties of individuals he’s been fed up with for a minute already whereas “Be Free” wraps issues up speaking about making peace from inside & shit not altering 5 many years later.
Now I couldn’t inform you whether or not or not Smitti Boi intends to provide the opposite 10 prolonged performs Jon Connor has lined up for the remainder of the yr, however I did take pleasure in II nearly as a lot as I even when the final reception in direction of the predecessor was divided. The manufacturing isn’t any totally different than final month’s EP relating to stylistic selection & Jon’s nonetheless utilizing his God given skills to counter the unfavorable vitality our world experiences each day with positivity.
Score: 7/10