Another extended play albeit the 5th overall from Chicago, Illinois emcee & ATIP Records founder Giffy Pluggo. Emerging a few years ago off his debut mixtape Paid Leave & its sequel, he would later put out an expanded version of his debut album Los Pluggos followed by Pluggo’s Birthday & Douda respectively. The latter mostly produced by Myles Grayson & becoming the most beloved entry in his discography thus far, coming off both Luxury Manifesto & The Layoff: No Hooks to drop off a Get Back Pack.
“How It Feels” begins with an intro reminiscent to JAY-Z’s early output from the late 90s to the early 2000s whereas the title track produced by Myles Grayson could be favorite one here from the jazzy boom bap instrumental to vengeful hunger in Giffy’s performances. “What You See” soulfully kicks off the 2nd half blending jazz & rap talking about others seeing the fame on him while “Sacrifice” sends off the EP aims to create a balance between being educated & rapping.
Wasn’t anticipating Giffy Pluggo to hit us with another EP so soon since he already announced Paid Leave 3 was on the way during The Layoff’s outro, but I suppose it shouldn’t have been that much of a surprise since The Get Back comes right after & it’s goal of expanding on him being laid off from his regular occupation accompanied by a set of variety of beats exploring the sounds of boom bap, jazz rap & trap singlehandedly rather than having any guest appearances.
Score: 3.5/5
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