Gladwin, Michigan recording artist ИF dropping off his 3rd EP. Coming up 15 years ago off his debut mixtape Moments, he eventually signed to Capitol Records & made his full-length debut during my senior year of high school with Mansion. This was followed up with Therapy Session & Perception, the latter of which spawning his biggest hit “Let You Down”. Coming off The Search & Hope however, he’s decided to face Fear head-on as we reach the halfway point of November 2025.

The self-produced title track opens with him talking about his OCD being worse than ever and asking God, if this fire and his life was started by Him & after “Home” finds himself pretending this chick’s actually here leaving a voicemail and telling her to call him back, “Who I Was” featuring MGK brings 2 of the corniest artists together talking about everything they care for being burnt up in front of them.

“Gimme a Reason” talks about forgetting what the hustle & struggle was like despite the cosign from UFC fighter Michael Chandler while “Sorry” featuring James Arthur starts the final moments of Fear with both of them coming together for a pop rap crossover apologizing to exes for the way things ended with them & not trying to start any more issues than Necessary. “Washed Up” concludes the EP regressing to a more negative mindset that was seen prior to Hope.

Unfortunately as much as I really want to like ИF’s music, Fear merely faulters at an attempt to shift towards singer/songwriter with minor elements of conscious hip hop along with pop rap & folk pop. There’s not really a whole lot for me to complain about in regards to the production since it’s merely decent at best, it’s that some of the lyrics can be irritatingly corny & the flows aren’t really all that interesting to me either personally.

Score: 1.5/5

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