Flint, Michigan emcee/producer Jon Connor returning for the third installment of his ongoing 12-part sequence of prolonged performs. Somebody who’s steadily been holding it down for the final 2 a long time together with The Calling, Vinnie Chase & S.O.S. trilogies together with the Greatest within the World sequence paying homage to a few of Jon’s influences, Salvation, Whereas You Had been Sleeping & Unconscious State. He was even signed to Aftermath Leisure for six years earlier than departing after Automobile Metropolis wound up being shelved, coming off Meals for the Soul & 24 produced by KLC of the No Restrict Data in-house manufacturing workforce Beats by the Pound to go on a 3-peat with Smitti Boi.

“Black Messiah” aggressively comes out the gate talkin’ about fightin’ & throwin’ fists till his arms will get drained whereas “No Smoke” takes the lure route instrumentally explaining that BabyChiefDoIt utilizing AI to write down his raps must be the dumbest shit he’s ever heard. “So Far Gone” goes for a little bit of a increase bap vibe speaking about public opinion altering solely while you’re lifeless whereas “Warfare” apocalyptically confesses to feeling like we’re at battle.

Reaching the midway level, “Good Cash” addresses a girl who claims to be stripping to make it out the hood besides she’s nonetheless doing it even after changing into rich main & after “To the Younger Girl on the Barber Store” melodically speaks on to a feminine who isn’t receiving the love she desires promising it’ll all be okay, “Come Over” goes for a acutely aware rap rock route desirous to elevate the feminine he’s speaking about & leaving the previous model of her behind.

“Look the Different Means” begins The Artist Yahn Freeman III’s encore soulfully discussing an expertise he had the the opposite day the place he bumped into somebody he personally knew & they finally turned their heads after saying one thing whereas “Silent Conversations” returns to the increase bap telling everybody who’s tuned in to maintain going it doesn’t matter what. “Issues You Can’t Management (For TTT)” soulfully ends the EP speaking to a younger king who ought to play this when misplaced of their ideas.

So we’re virtually 1 / 4 means via 2026 already & of the three entries to return out of this entire saga thus far, The Artist Yahn Freeman III makes enhancements above The Artist Yahn Freeman II & dethroning the 1 that started all of it to change into the strongest. It’s beginning to look more and more probably that Smitti Boi can be producing the entire sequence & I can’t complain as a result of the manufacturing’s extra assorted than the opposite 2 installments, backing the messages Jon’s portraying via his rhymes are typically extra pressing than it’s predecessors.

Rating: 8/10