This is the 6th full-length solo album from Detroit, Michigan rapper Stanwill. Coming up as 1/3 of the ShittyBoyz with Babytron & TRDee, he eventually branched out on his own during the COVID-19 pandemic off the solo debut $camwill as well as the sophomore effort Gifted & the debut mixtape Van Gundy. He also went Full Auto for his 3rd LP but coming off his 4th one Big $hitter followed by the debut EP Big $hitter: Lost Files & of course Still $hittin’ celebrating it’s 1-year anniversary last weekend, it makes sense for him to clarify that he’s 4ever $hittin’.
“Neverland” start off with a bit of a psychedelic plugg vibe talking about being the weatherman whereas “Paramount” works in some pianos to discuss the only thing that he’s really concerned of is the paper. “Standing Ovation” takes the spacious trap route instrumentally to talk about playing the dirtiest game while the synthesizer infused “Live & Learn” humorously boasting that his wrist 41 & the cougar bitch he bagged being 42 providing the clique scoring 2 pointer.
Tay B joins Stan for “Be Fr” gives off a suspense-raising Detroit trap flare to the beat talking about both of them always keepin’ it 100 leading into “Cockadoodledoo” mixing 808s & pianos flexing that he can do this shit in sleep every single day of the week. “Smithereens” brings back the plugg influences that we heard at the very beginning so he can talk about those laughing at his losses cheering for his victories, but then “Sexyy Red” featuring T Bone go back on forth on a Detroit trap instrumental wanting bitches similar to the rising St. Louis trap star.
“Whack-a-Hoe” hooks up these orchestral elements with 808s saying that if the money makes the world go round, then he’s the reason that Earth’s spinning prior to Certified Trapper dropping off the worst feature throughout the entire album on “Brothers” despite the synth-trap beat & the lyricism talking about riding & dying for their brothers. “Make It Last” going for more of an electronic trap approach with the instrumental likening his squad to a marching band with the AR drum attachments while “AR in My Goose” returns to the Detroit trap sound cautioning to duck before he taps you in the head.
My favorite feature on 4ever $hittin’ is easily TRDee on the luxurious “Simple” talking about how simple this shit really is to them prior to “Bases Loaded” in actually serves as a solid freestyle over the “They Losing Me” by Big Homie Dre Cash beat. “Chop Suey” featuring Drego contains the LP’s 2nd best guest appearance eerily talking about the barking gonna be dead if they end up biting that is until “Ahh Haa” gets back in his Detroit trap shit laughing at one of his brodies shooting an opp.
“Nonstop” kinda has this chill mood to the instrumental refusing to stop since time is money after while the west coast flavored “Los Santos Customs” makes reference of the Grand Theft Auto V & Grand Theft Auto Online vehicle customization & repair shop of the same name. “Crunch Time” couldn’t of been a better choice of a climactic closing track to the album talking about chillin’ with a bitch that don’t know English for so long to the point now where he speaks in Spanish to the plug.
I’ve been covering both Babytron & the ShittyBoyz as a group for over 3 years already, but had yet to do Stanwill up until now & I’m confident that you’ll see a TRDee review at some point too except we’ll cross that bridge when we get there. As far as 4ever $hittin’ is concerned, his EMPIRE debut is the most that I’ve enjoyed a solo project from him since $camwill when the world was on lockdown. Only a couple features stood out, but I love that he tries out some new sounds albeit primarily sticking to the Detroit trap wheelhouse.
Score: 4/5
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