Washington, D.C. emcee/producer Ankhlejohn teaming with Cookin’ Soul for his seventh mixtape. Breaking out off his Massive Ghost Ltd.-produced sophomore effort Van Ghost, he’s given the underground a complete of 6 full-length studio albums in addition to 27 EPs & his final 6 tapes in nearly a decade. Different favorites of mine in his discography embrace the Navy Blue-produced As Above, So Under & the Rome Streetz collaborative effort effort Genesis 1:27. I used to be nevertheless fascinated by listening to The Michelin Man after his verse on Gangrene’s comeback effort Heads I Win, Tails You Lose.

“Landlord Member” units the tone by hooking up this gospel pattern to speak about being the type of father that truly lives along with his kids whereas “Rump with Me” takes the increase bap route instrumentally asking if anybody on the market desires smoke with him. “The Hell Pit” goes drumless speaking about everybody already figuring out the cope with him for these previous a number of years main into “Lance Vance” that includes Premo Rice praising God for protecting their affairs so as.

As for “Deuteronomy 28”, we’ve Cookin’ Soul persevering with to strip the drums as soon as once more making approach for Ankhlejohn feeling like Onyx telling everybody to do the data simply earlier than “Seed of Chucky” that includes Tony Shhnow marks the soulful collaboration I by no means thought I wanted to listen to. “Sturgeon Eggs” returns to the increase bap placing his road life on full show lyrically whereas “Midway” that includes Mike Shabb sees the two leaving y’all shot within the mouth.

“Riga Mortis” formally begins the ultimate moments of The Michelin Man referencing WWE Corridor of Famer, former 6-time WWE Champion, 2-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, 2-time WWE United States Champion, 5-time WWE Tag Workforce Champion & NWA World Tag Workforce Champion Stone Chilly Steve Austin who’ll hopefully support the present WWE Champion Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania XLI subsequent month previous to “Really feel the Breeze” ending us off on a jazzier be aware making his mom proud along with his phrases.

A few of LORDY’s output up to now 7 years has been hit-or-miss & heads I do know who’ve been following him for a similar period of time as me have agreed on that when participating in conversations of his discography, however The Michelin Man simply stands out as Anhklejohn’s most interesting providing of the 2020s elevating Cookin’ Soul’s manufacturing run that started final 12 months & the D.C. artist’s most interesting performances shortly.

Rating: 9/10