Whyceg is a producer, audio engineer & recording artist from Atlanta, Georgia who properly introduced himself to the underground 13 months earlier off his inaugural extended play Grey Areas. His popularity had been growing within the last few months due to producing for the likes of Smokingskul as well as Lil Tony & 2sdxrt3all, the latter of whom dropped his 2nd EP Stop Holdin’ Nuts a month ago. The follow-up to Grey Areashowever had me more intrigued after looking at the credits & seeing beatsmiths I’ve been a fan of for a minute making their own contributions.
“Yung N***a” produced by n9ck & ReidMD of Vanguard Music Group boasts of having the ability to turn nerds in a dancers over a plugg instrumental whereas “Wit Me!” refuses to beef with peons because they don’t see shit. Nick Mira & Rio Leyva from Internet Money Records team up behind the boards for “Stuck” giving a fuck less of what the police think about him while “Lapped ‘Em” runs circles around his opponents over a Hariroc instrumental.
SOULJASPIRITS goes for a cloudier more vibe to the beat on “Bad Habit” admitting that he’s fallen out with so many people to the point where he doesn’t know who to trust anymore prior to “Double It” talking about pulling up with a black chopper & he isn’t referring to an Uber ride when he says that. “Hit Me Back” works in some rattling 808s so he can laugh at a dude who’s so broke that he can’t even go rack-for-rack with him while “Sippin’ Red” talks about the consumption of lean & staying in the field throwin’ racks like it’s a game of football.
The self-produced “Locked-N” starts Cegular’s last leg talking about being too tapped in for him to tap out & running it before he’d fall off while “Hungry Like” lets it be known that he can’t relate to anybody who ain’t making the same amount of money he is or isn’t hungry as he is. “Not on This Planet” rounds out the EP with an atmospheric outro talking about standing on business ever since he was young, having to wake up & get the bag every morning because he had it out the mud.
Between this & Grey Areas, I can confidently tell you that Whyceg comes off fully producing 2sdxrt3all’s breakout project earlier this summer to elevate himself as a rapper & putting it all into Cegular ensuring that it would become the greatest thing he’s ever made as a solo artist. The trap/plugg production is significantly more consistent than it’s predecessor was last summer, once again holding the microphone down all by himself for less than a half hour & delivering sharper performances.
Score: 4/5
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