Detroit rapper WTM Solid putting out his long-awaited debut studio album. A member of the WRLD Tour Mafia, he also embarked on a solo career of his own beginning a couple years ago with the debut EP Originatour followed by both Matter of Time & What’s the Difference?. The most recent EP in his catalog Bigg dropped last spring shortly following Tourmania II & became my favorite of the 4 that Solid has put out. 9 months later, he’s ready to take his career to the next level on Imagine That.
“Nobody” sets the tone of what’s to come with a sample-driven trap opener flexing that no one can fuck with him whereas “Umbrella” maintains a prominent Detroit trap sound instrumentally talking about it being go-time after being pissed off. “Richer Than Them” featuring Warhol.Ss brings the 2 together so they can discuss working too hard to lose everything for nothing while the synth-based “Ballin’ a Bitch” talks about understanding the way shit get sometimes.
As for “Can’t Relate”, we have Solid maintaining the Detroit trap vibes breaking down the fact that nobody around him is fake & getting his shit together just before “Not My Hoe” talks about being a God & assuming that he probably got resurrected. “Joaquin Guzman” uncannily suggests to feed your family instead of that nonsense if you really wanna be gangsta leading into “Lani” confessing he wants to put Rick Owens on his daughter.
“To the Max” featuring Rafa & Samuel Shabazz finds the trio joining forces to dabble with plugg a bit interestingly taking shots at people tryna be them when they can be themselves while “Girls Around the WRLD” puts a heavy chopped & screwed effect on his vocals even with the Detroit trap beat. “Krusty Krab” asks what the fuck $20k is when he’s a trillionare while “Best of You” featuring WTM Re clarifying that they can’t tell you of the shit they involved in.
To get Imagine That’s final leg going, “Now You Get It” wants to know why every song that wins of these muhfuckas be making lately be about a specific opp in mind referring to himself as rightfully being fresher while “No Tomatoes” talks about keeping your shit away from him since he don’t fuck with flukes. “Venom” laughs off the stupidity of people nowadays calling them wack on the mic anyway & “Toast Up” featuring CL4Y ends the album talking about being a different breed.
All 4 of the EPs in WTM Solid’s discography has all been building up to this point & with Bigg showing considerable improvement above its predecessors, I was confident that Imagine That was going to take it even higher & that’s exactly what it does. I find the production to be on par with the EP that came out last spring & lyrically, Solid goes even harder than he did 9 months ago.
Score: 4/5
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