Richmond, California emcee Juganot da Beast returning nearly 2 years after the sophomore effort Lovelly’s Child Boy for his third full-length studio LP. Rising within the fall of 2019 off the debut EP P.O.M.E. (Product of My Setting), he adopted this up a yr later with the debut album Pennsylvania Ave in addition to the Love is Ache mixtape & the beforehand talked about Lovelly’s Child Boy. I had the pleasure of assembly Juganot myself at Astronomicon 7 a number of months again & I used to be actually flattered by him telling me how comfortable he was that we bought to hyperlink up, so I made a decision to offer Purgatory a pay attention

“Guillotine” is a trunk-rattling opener explaining that they don’t perceive precisely how totally different he’s out right here whereas “Maintain Me Down” kinda offers me a dreary lure vibe instrumentally confessing that he’s been going by way of it for some time now. “U Ain’t Mobbin’” radiates a grim ambiance dissin’ all of the fakes who ain’t actually ‘bout that gang life, however then “Not My Drawback” that includes Swanky Wealthy cloudily talks about bitches not being one thing they need to fear over.

We get some pianos & hi-hats woven collectively for “The place Jug At?” addressing those that been on the lookout for him for a minute simply earlier than the standout “None of Y’all” that includes his cousin G-Mo Skee will get on the growth bap tip because of Eminem’s present hypeman mR. pOrTeR of prior D12 fame making it clear they ain’t fuckin’ with none of those muhfuckas out right here. “Previous College 50” retains the kicks & snares collectively impressed by classic 50 Cent flexing that his pedigree is as Beast as 14-time WWE World Champion & the Endeavor-owned TKO Group Holdings division’s CCO Triple H main into the sleek “Holla at You” getting romantic topically.

“You Can Be Touched” offers off a little bit of a mobb flare to the beat telling y’all he don’t give a fuck about what number of our bodies you’ve dropped & that it was an epic fail making an attempt to even kill da Beast to start with whereas the guitar-driven “Letter to My Youthful Self” sends a message to Juganot of the previous. “O.G.” futuristically refuses to relaxation together with his thoughts on the cash whereas the violin-laced “I’m Him” produced by Nobe discusses being on a brand new stage. “Everyone’s a Killer” fuses g-funk & horrorcore calling out the pussies who began rapping & the jazzy “Letter to Heaven” ends promising to remain to himself.

G-Mo’s been my favourite MC to return out of the Wealthy for over a decade now since his verses on “Lunchtime Cypher” & “Innermost Hate” and Purgatory if something reveals itself because the strongest physique of labor that Juganot da Beast has ever put his coronary heart & soul into, which is why I hope he doesn’t give up making music after this. The manufacturing ranges from lure to growth bap, g-funk, horrorcore, jazz rap, mobb music & cloud rap backing Juganot’s most passionate lyricism so far.

Rating: 8/10