Lafayette, Louisiana recording artist Summrs preluding his upcoming 10th album Tale of da Raven with his 15th EP. Starting out as a member of the Goonie-founded SlayWorld collective, his presence has been known predominantly in the plugg scene by constantly dropping projects whether it be his last EP What We Have or even the Fallen Raven LP, both of which I highly recommend listening to if you wanna get into his music. Stuck in My Ways & Ghost were cool, but Rino brought back the plugg elements that Ghost lacked on the official What We Have sequel What We Didn’t Have last September prior to B4daRaven.
To start the EP, “Curbside at The Ritz” goes pluggnb talking about people throwing apples in the trash if he was passing them out back then whereas “Made Man” works in some heavier synthesizers flexing that he’s a soldier & the man with a plan. “Situationships” has a playfully cloudy tone to it referencing a bunch of women that he was previously with all by name, but then “Sneaky Link / Love That For Us” is this incredibly sequenced 2-parter telling a hoe who think she’s Sexyy Red that they ain’t ever done. The song “Drank n Sex” is this fun ode to lean & intercourse while “In Our Favor” continues the pluggnb vibes pointing out the people that need a savior just before “Brioni Shawl Colla / Catfish” concludes the EP with another 2-parter except he’s really talkin’ on this bitch.
B4DaRaven very much carries on the plugg/pluggnb elements that What We Didn’t Havereturned to after Stuck in My Ways & specifically Ghost lacked in that particular style. If that indicates anything to me, it’s that Tale of da Raven could very much be a spiritual successor to Fallen Raven of sorts. The production during it’s 19 minute duration is consistently chill as the last album was & the performances from Summrs himself are as strongly catchy similarly to the sequel to his best EP. However long the album takes, this prelude off in the meantime will hold off until then no problem.
Score: 4/5
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