That is the 4th EP from New Orleans, Louisiana emcee REi the Imperial. Identified for his vibrant storytelling & witty lyrics, he emerged in 2009 off his debut mixtape Spaceships & Satellites adopted by one other tape Worst Rapper Alive & the full-length debut Rise of the Rejects roughly 8 years later. He has since adopted this up with the sophomore effort Origins, his third album Respect How I’m Comin’ & his first 3 EPs 1-833-DOWNBAD in addition to Worst Rapper Alive 1.5 & Worst Rapper Alive 2. It’s solely been 16 months for the reason that latter & Conductor Williams is being introduced in to provide Operation: Flamethrower to excessive anticipation.

After the “Mission Briefing” intro, the primary track “Spirit of Excellence” is a psychedelically drumless opener reflecting on success going from across the nook to his pores whereas “Title Shot” soulfully talks about the way you gotta hold going because you’re gonna lookup & be up at some point. “Panduricane” cloudily suggests Pootie Tang needs to be the CNN correspondent to the pandemic/hurricane combination main into “Imperial vs. Bowser” dustily blacking the fuck out within the sales space.

“Thelma Evans” chops up the soul samples once more paying tribute to his romantic curiosity whereas “Child Charmander” takes the uncanny growth bap route instrumentally likening himself to a youthful model of the titular Pokémon. “Jessica Rabbit” jazzily tells her he doesn’t wanna play her since household comes first whereas “Sunzilla” hooks up a grungy rock flip getting hardcore lyrically. “Auntie Rita” that includes LG & Previous Orleans ends the EP with the trio over a soulful beat speaking love once more.

I vividly bear in mind this man contacting me a number of years in the past on Instagram & quick ahead current day, he simply put out one of the best EP of his complete profession. Conductor Williams’ manufacturing is extremely constant high to backside & noticeably stronger than the instrumentals on REi’s earlier work, paving the best way for the Reject Society chief to take his storytelling & witty bars to newer ranges past.

Rating: 9/10