Ukrainian-American lyricist Your Old Droog’s dropping off his eleventh EP albeit the 2nd & remaining one in 2025. Breaking out by his self-titled debut, many truly first thought he was an alter ego of Nas on condition that their voices are considerably related. He ultimately grew to become a legend in his personal proper off later tasks corresponding to Packs in addition to It Wasn’t Even Close, TIME & the Nicholas Craven-produced YOD Wave. I didn’t assume YOD Stewart, Yodney Dangerfield, The Yodfather & The Shining had been as nice for my part though they most definitely had their highlights & Movie the summer season prior grew to become an outline of his life on wax. 4 complete weeks since anything is possible & YOD Serling has arrived solely lower than per week away from Christmas.
“Suspects” produced by Edan begins by chopping up a chipmunk soul pattern so YOD can vividly inform the story of a theft happening & after “Pitstop” takes the increase bap route instrumentally speaking about nonetheless having fun with the less complicated issues every time he query why he got here again on the town, “Ghostwriter” goes drumless due to Edan as soon as once more recalling an artist who reached his apex & went on to make use of ghostwriters.
The track “Victims of the Streets” runs it again with Edan for the final time persevering with to indicate off the latter’s ear for sampling & Droog remembers those that misplaced their lives within the hood due to poverty whereas “Freekazoid” sends off the EP going for a rugged increase bap vibe due to Okay-Nite 13 referencing the underrated mid-90s animated sequence Freakazoid! owned by Warner Bros. & Amblin Entertainment.
Originally introduced in May of 2017, it may very well be thought of a Christmas miracle by individuals like me who’ve been carefully taking note of Your Old Droog since my senior 12 months of highschool when his eponymous debut was made that YOD Serling has lastly arrived & come to desire it greater than something’s potential. 60% of the manufacturing preludes YOD’s subsequent full-length set to be totally produced by Edan & the lyricism focuses extra round his talents to inform tales.
Score: 8/10