Atlanta, Georgia recording artist che releasing his sophomore effort a month after its announcement. Starting as a member of the 4ersona collective under the original moniker murkio before settling on cheRomani+ & later abbreviating it, it wasn’t until more recently where he decided to build a solo catalog for himself by putting out the debut EP 3 over a year ago & followed it up in the form of X or the original version of his 3rd EP Closed Captions a couple summers ago. Crueger that same Halloween showed more of a Chief Keef influence & is saying Rest in Bass nearly 11 months since his highly acclaimed rage debut sayso says.
“Slam Punk” was a rage-inducing opener talking about a girl calling him “Based God” shouting out none other than Lil B whereas “Rolling Stone” turns up the hypertrap vibes talking about having the Devil on his shoulders telling him to go. “On Fleek” puts his vocal range on the forefront advising the opps to call it keeps leading into “Lip Filler” talking about being so dangerous that he could possibly die young.
Former 4-time WWE world champion, 3-time WWE United States Champion, future WWE Intercontinental Champion & 5-time WWE tag team champion Sheamus gets referenced on the 2-parter “Hood Famous” posting up with felons just before “Bossupp” incorporates another beat switch referencing both WWE Hall of Famer, former 6-time WWE world champion & WWE Intercontinental Champion Randy Savage and the inaugural 4th Rope World Tag Team Champion & current 4-time TNA World Tag Team Champion Jeff Hardy of The Hardy Boyz.
“Marceline” keeps the rage beats coming likening his girl to the character from the Discovery Global-owned Cartoon Network series Adventure Time because she only comes out during the evening leading into “Die Young” produced by gyro talking about not wanting to grow old & going out in the fast lane. “Hellraiser” by OsamaSon looks to stir up some shit & CXO going for an experimental trap direction instrumentally, but then “Dior Leopard” hits us with another 2-part song talking about relapsing on drugs.
xaviersobased continues the 2nd half of Rest in Bass joining che during “Mannequin” homaging the late great Kobe Bryant bagging 24 hoes together while “Black Swan” splits itself in half again talking about being uncancellable & turning up at Summer Smash last month. “MDMA” makes several callbacks to sayso says speaking up regarding his lifestyle of recording in the studio & doing ecstasy while “Never Too Young to Die” featuring Chuckyy talks about being on top instead of middle men.
“Eardrummer” kicks off the final leg of the LP on a cloudier note thanks to Ginseng addressing his consistency & rise to fame while the distorted “Doe Deer” talks about simultaneously being a monk & a punk. “Stagedivin’” discusses making the mosh pit at the rave even bigger dying on the hill of not fucking with pigs while “Ba$$” samples “Lemon Glow” by Beach House finishing the album by talking about doing drugs & not wanting to leave.
Starting the Christmas Day deluxe run, “King of Rock” gives the audience more bass taking about shooting at opps & arguing the rights for that very title while “Make Out with My Choppa” boasts of poppin’ 100 bottles for 100 thots kissing a firearm. “Holy Moly” talks about drugs having him moving in slow motion & never running out of bread while “Die Hard” divides itself into 2 halves homaging the iconic action film that people to this day debate whether or not it’s a Christmas movie.
“Cutthroat” talks about pulling up to a meeting high as Hell & keeping that very attitude while the self-produced “Monster” confesses to sippin’ lean like he’s sick, going beast soon as he pops some ecstasy. “Dirty Sprite” comes through with another 2-parter talking about drank once again while “Serve da Ba$$” references former IWGPヘビー級王座, 10-time WWE world champion & former UFC Heavyweight Champion in both TKO Group Holdings divisions Brock Lesnar.
We have che talking about putting in the work much like one of Rihanna’s biggest hits “Work” off her magnum opus ANTI on “RiRi” & once the distorted “Whippin’” featuring OsamaSon reunites 2 of the biggest artists in rage currently 1 last time admitting that both of them are still up in the kitchen like they’ve always been, “What’s Love?” talks about wanting to be told what genuine affection feels like & yearning for his girl to stick around with him until the evening.
“Freak Neek” shouts out the late Black Sabbath frontman & WWE Hall of Famer Ozzy Osbourne who tragically passed away earlier this summer although there’s a homophobic bar at the very beginning of the verse that made me raise an eyebrow while “UAV” talks about his preference of sleeping with his lover instead of taking ecstasy & cooking opps. The final bonus track “I’m Sorry” appropriately finishes one of the most beloved rage albums of 2025 apologizing for falling in love, only wanting a Mercedes.
Ditching the secondary digicore & electroclash influences of sayso says, Rest in Bass hones in deeper on the experimentally hardcore rage sound of his debut last summer perfecting in his own way that makes it feel refreshing when it began to seem that the style was getting played out & taking heavier inspiration from Playboi Carti’s sophomore effort Whole Lotta Red celebrating it’s 5-year anniversary this Christmas by having che pushing this style of trap forward.
Score: 4.5/5
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