The Good:
Hol' up! Eddie B's new mixtape is pretty great, with some top notch instrumentals and some seriously clever lyrics, but there's more important matters at hand.
Chief Keef released a mixtape on Saturday entitled Almighty So. I was going to review that no matter what today, and I still will, but today, Chief Keef did something so unbelievable even for him, I just had to write about it.
Just six hours ago from the time of writing this, Sosa himself took to Instagram and took a screenshott of a note that read, "Getting myself ready to get locked up ! Love everybody that rocks with the So & Da Glo." What?
An hour later, Keef took back to Instagram, informing his followers that he was headed to court to turn himself in.
Then he shared this beautiful picture, which had the caption, "Outside The Court House Turnin My Self In But Fuck It I Got Niggas Facing More Then That ! For Shit Like killin Police officers."
Let's not focus too much on the fact that Chief Keef has multiple friends who are in jail for killing cops or that, at 18, this is not the Chicago rapper's first trip to the big house. Instead, let's look at how he went about this "announcement" of his.
It's honestly fascinating. Keef is using the surprise social media tactics that others are using to announce new singles, mixtapes or even albums. Plus, he's being alarmingly casual about this whole thing.
It's this kind of stuff that gives rap a bad name. The glorification of misbehavior and tomfoolery (yes, I purposefully tried to sound like a stay-at-home parent) is exactly what keeps rap from reaching higher levels of brilliance.
If Chief Keef is one of the biggest rappers in the world right now and he's pulling these stunts, what does that say about hip-hop as a whole?
And yet, I can't help but walk away kind of impressed. He released a mixtape three days ago. And this was less than three months after releasing the tape Finally Rich. He didn't have to do this so soon. And yet as his jail date neared, he decided to drop a whole new collection of songs for the fans.
This can be read in multiple different ways. One, this was just a weird coincidence. Two, he dropped this tape so that interest in it would rise as soon as he went back to jail. Three, he did this all for his fans. Aside from the first option, this stunt of his makes it seems like he actually knows what he's doing.
Since then, it's been revealed that Chief Keef is going to jail for a probation violation involving marijuana and that he'll only be there for twenty days tops. This seems like a very small amount of time to get this much detail, but I find this decision of Keef's to be fascinating no matter the results. And I'm writing this blog, so I can do whatever I want. (Bang! Bang!)
Now let's get to the review.
The Bad:
Chief Keef - Almighty So
I think I can probably skip the intro about who Chief Keef is considering I just wrote multiple paragraphs on the dude, which is good because I'll probably just get carried away if I continue to do so.
Almighty So is classic Chief Keef. And by that I mean I can't really understand him and when I can, it's not really worth it.
Take the song "Ape Shit" for example. He opens up the song by saying "girl" multiple times and rhyming "house" with itself. And I'm pretty sure he spends the rest of the song with peanut butter in his mouth because it's all just noise to me. Luckily, the beat isn't too bad. It's a bit generic for the most part, but there's this sample of a voice saying vowels that's heavily distorted and used throughout the song that I kind of like.
Another pretty decent beat paired with poor lyrics is "I Kno." It's kind of got this bubbly yet epic feeling to it, using synths and strings to give it this joyful feeling. But it also provides the answer to the age old question, "Could Chief Keef get any worse?" The answer is apparently yes, through Auto-Tune.
Surprisingly, Chief Keef shows a kernel of intelligence in "Self" when he opens up saying, "They want the old Sosa / For what though? / That's a crazy low down dirty cut throat." This makes it seem that even Chief Keef is aware that some parts of his past are nothing to be proud of. However, he quickly goes back to rapping about money and lean.
I don't think Chief Keef will ever be good. He can occasionally create a true banger. In fact, I will admit that I've been known to bump to "I Hate Being Sober" from time to time. There are some songs on Almighty So that I could imagine listening to when I'm in a more ig'nant mindset, but they're still plagued with Sosa's horrible flow and lyricism.
So, I guess in conclusion, it's safe to say Almighty So is on the list of "shit I don't like." *drops mic* *jumps into crowd* *surfs crowd for an infinity and a half*
-X-Prime, dropping the mic for now
@XavierVeccia
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