Michigan rapper $weet-T quickly following up his full-length studio debut Sweet Talk with a sophomore effort. Introducing himself alongside $kid for the collaborative EPs Monkey Business & Fancy Off Fiends respectively, it wasn’t too long thereafter when Lando Bando signed him to The Hip Hop Lab Records & properly introduced himself with a debut album earlier this spring. Exactly 90 days have passed & the newest ShittyBoyz affiliate is looking to Sweeten the Pot up a little bit.
“Sweet Chaka” starts by peakin’ off the boomers in contrast to those wasting their lives on on the Meta Platforms-owned Instagram whereas “The Whole Pie” featuring Babytron & Brezden finds the trio excitingly trading the microphone back-&-forth with each other. “Peep the Receipts” produced by Danny G & Jakesand cautions that he’ll make anyone obsolete if he & the gang pop out while “Federal Offenses” featuring Certified Trapper makes another attempt at a back-&-forth chemistry although not as great.
$kid reunites with his partner in rhyme on “Otis” throwing it back to the Fancy Off Fiends era a little dismantling their competition leading into “Spot Test” talking about making the pot burst with all the pressure he has on him. “7 Horses” brings $kid back in the fold for 1 more collaboration that I like less than the first one just before “Nebuchadnezzar” references the Discovery Global subsidiary Cartoon Network owned [adult swim] hit series Rick & Morty.
“Seasick” featuring BandGang Biggs links the 2 up to talk about ballin’ in contrast to others barely gettin’ by while “Hot Potato” dismisses those with puny vocabs & making people think he went to a university the way he articulates himself. “Callin’” taps in with Carlo Anthony to talk about the money hitting his line while “Cape Cod” speaks of plugging people in with God & airing out a whole team of broads.
ScrumbleMan’s appearance on “Dionysus” is one of the weaker guest performances on the LP even with them trading verses with one another while “Money Mission” featuring J1Hunnit makes up for it with both labelmates talking about their assignment of getting the bread. “Merlin” boasts that he keeps a 45 auto tucked like he was fightin’ the fascists while “Knockin’” makes reference to both Flynn White & Huell Babineaux from my favorite shows Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul.
“Good Run” pushes towards the conclusion of Sweeten the Pot by referencing future WWE Hall of Famer, former 6-time WWE world champion & 4-time WWE Tag Team Champion Dave Bautista while “Filthy” featuring GlockBoyz TeeJaee kicks off with a nod to EMPIRE Distribution founder Ghazi Shami & later the 2004 NBA Finals MVP Chauncey Billups. Couldn’t forget to mention the line about the Paramount Skydance Corporation subsidiary Nickelodeon hit series SpongeBob SquarePants almost halfway.
J1Hunnit comes back 1 last time for “Block Party” with a bar out the gate referring to former 3-time WWE world champion, 5-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, WWE United States Champion, 3-time WWE Hardcore Champion, 3-time TNA World Champion, ΩCW Heavyweight Champion, 9-time WWE Tag Team Champion, ROH World Tag Team Champion, HoG Tag Team Champion, 2-time ΩCW Tag Team Champion & 2-time TNA World Tag Team Champion Jeff Hardy.
If you’ve ever wanted a spiritual successor to Fancy Off Fiends in the sense that Danny G’s handling most of the production, Sweeten the Pot would be it except it’s the most exciting that $weet-T has sounded by himself. Jakesand & Carlo Anthony’s contributions behind the boards are all on par with Danny’s beats since they’re amongst the best in Detroit sound & even if the guests are a little 50/50, the flows that $weet-T hits us with still makes up for it.
Score: 4/5
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