Flint, Michigan rapper Baby Ghost hitting us with his 4th EP. Notable for being one of the earliest signings under Rio da Yung O.G.’s independent M.I.N.E. Entertainment, he made his full-length debut in the summer of 2020 with Emotionless & the debut mixtape Cut the Light Off a couple months later. Other than his well praised sophomore effort Gho Krazy & its sequel, he also has a couple EPs under his belt in the Mislead series with a trilogy chapter on the way. We only got Gho Krazy II a few months ago & looks to make the call for his mentor’s freedom even louder.

“3Hunna Blackout” brings the 808s in for Ghost to talk about fanning out those who run up on his block whereas “Wham!” breaks down his lifestyle recalling not hesitating the first time he ever shot somebody. “Fa Fa Fa” has a general Detroit trap sound showing off his gang ties for almost 2 & a half minutes while the title track blends synthesizers & 808s to talk about him wanting Rio home as much as the rest of us do too.

We get some bells & more 808s on “Circle Pink 10’s” warning to keep his name out your mouth unless you want your brother’s head tapped just before “Wyg Gang??” asks to stop advocating for his bitch made opps to be freed & killing someone who tried to slide on him. “Smoking Her Brother”  brings the synths back in the fold letting his bitch do whatever because he don’t give a fuck leading into “He Know He Smoked” featuring Homi Michel marked the only collab of the 3 I didn’t care for in my respectful opinion.

“Gang Baby” cautions that you’ll catch a headshot tryna creep up on him while “EBK” featuring Babytron finds the duo trading verses with each other excellently for 102 seconds. “WWI” poses the question of why he should trust you when his big cousin snitched & “Blitz” featuring Babytron ends by finishing what they started on “EBK” except they both share 2 verses each instead of the back-&-forth execution of the previously mentioned collab.

Mislead 2.5 was massively disappointing considering that the first 2 entries of the series are on par with the Gho Krazy saga, but Free da Yung O.G. makes up for the last EP with one that joins Mislead & of course the sequel in being the finest. Aside from both crossovers with Tron making up for “He Know He Smoked”, I love that he dedicated to his mentor similarly to what Peezy did on Free Rio a few years back.

Score: 4/5

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