Jersey City wordsmith Ransom dropping his 14th EP per week following its announcement. Coming up as 1/2 of the short-lived duo A-Team alongside Hitchcock, he branched out on his personal in 2008 following their disbandment starting with the full-length debut Street Cinema & the Statik Selektah-produced sophomore effort The Proposal. But it’s been secure to say these final couple years have been his largest to date whether or not it’s the 5 EPs that he put out produced by Nicholas Craven, 7 based mostly across the 7 lethal sins or Heavy’s the Head produced by Big Ghost Ltd., the Rome Streetz collab album Coup de Grâce and even his final couple initiatives Chaos is My Ladder, Director’s Cut 4 & Deleted Scenes 2. Lavish Misery produced by Harry Fraud was a step above Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child and MadeinTYO producing Smoke & Mirrors final summer time was an thrilling shock, coming off The Reinvention produced by DJ Premier this Halloween to confront The Uncomfortable Truth with Conductor Williams.
“Clairvoyance” ferociously breaks the gate down speaking about his skill to understand occasions sooner or later whereas “Blood Stains on Coliseum Floors” works in a crooning soul pattern posing the query of why one would imagine in religion when each single prophecy he’s conversant in has been ignored. The solely single “Bomaye” drumlessly references the Rumble within the Jungle between George Foreman & WWE Hall of Famer Muhammad Ali simply earlier than “Temple Run” that includes J. Arrr talks about not reaching their full potentials.
To start the 2nd half, “Late Replies” retains chopping up the soul samples apologizing to the love of his life for responding to her calls & texts later than he usually does main into “The Human Animal” talks about folks making an attempt to move batons within the midst of racing demise. “Flowers & Tombstones” that includes J. Arrr reunites the pair 1 final time over a drumless beat to position blossoms on these analytics’ gravesites whereas “Trigger or Trigga” soulfully ends the EP speaking about folks falling sufferer to set off works.
Wouldn’t have anticipated The Uncomfortable Truth to drop so quickly after The Reinvention virtually 3 weeks earlier however unsurprisingly, it’s one other one of many biggest prolonged performs all through Ransom’s entire total catalog. Conductor Williams’ manufacturing leans heavier in direction of the drumless aspect of issues contrasting Preemo’s signature increase bap sound of The Reinvention on Halloween & the lyrics are extra soul baring, bringing alongside J. Arrr for a pair appearances as an alternative of holding it down by himself once more.
Score: 9/10