This is the 5th studio LP from Lafayette, Louisiana rapper, singer/songwriter & producer Autumn!. Gaining traction off all 19 of his previous EPs & a full-length debut on SoundCloud since 2018 prior to signing to Victor Victor Worldwide & Republic Recordsright following the Not Much Left EP, he made his major label debut nearly 3 years ago with his sophomore album Antagonist! as well as following it up with the last 2 installments of the Golden Child trilogy & Midnight Club. Wick delivered a sequel to Solitary last spring, You Never Was Mine in the summer & ##B4B2MR in the winter. To end the 1st quarter of 2025, it’s time for him to go Back 2 My Roots.
“Replica!” sets the tone of what’s to come excellently with the self-produced plugg instrumental talking about the only thing he copies is Margiela whereas “Brainrot!” named after a term I feel like out-of-touch people use to call dank memes rocks Balmain showing respect to the late Lil Keed. “Passenger Princess!” keeps the plugg vibes going for a love song about his glock leading into “Sunburn!” sampling “Plastic 100°C” by Sampha & shouting out Summrs only having Burberry material on his end.
As for both “Something New!” & “Laws of Power!”, we have Autumn! taking a couple ##B4B2MR highlights & placing them on the final version of the album just before “Upper Echelon!” maintains the plugg sound talking about seeing the limelight. “Louie V Everything!” featuring Summrs on the remix expresses their love for Louis Vuitton referencing the Rockstar Games-owned Grand Theft Auto V protagonist Trevor Philips, but then “1 Way 2!” throws it back to the Antagonist! sequel aesthetically.
“Still the Same 3!” continues a trilogy that began with his breakout single stuck in a place he wants to forget while “Both Ways!” talks about his hoes being bisexual. “Did It Again!” a lot like “Something New!” & “Laws of Power!” reappears after being on ##B4B2MR while “Count It Faster!” talks about stacking his racks up. “Free Promo!” flexes his brother moving in slow-mo because of the lean while “Stuck in a Loop!” admits to the way he feels at times. “When I Pray” finishes Back 2 My Roots waking up with money on his mind.
##B4B2MR promisingly had many including myself thinking that Back 2 My Roots would be a return to form for him considering the mixed reception of You Never Was Mine almost 9 months ago & I personally would tell you that it’s the most I’ve enjoyed his music since Golden Child 3! exactly 3 years to the day it dropped. It’s primarily self-produced other than a couple tracks delving back into the plugg sound that made him blow up & he’s more focused than some of his recent output.
Score: 4/5
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