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iyrus – “III” review

Up-&-coming Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rapper & producer of Nigerian descent iyrus is back for the final installment of his ongoing extended play trilogy. Emerging in the summer of 2024 after doing an On the Radar freestyle, he would later introduce himself more properly last spring off his debut EP Resurgence until continuing to make waves with I & II. It’s only been a couple of months since the latter began turning more heads & III has dropped exclusively on his SoundCloud page.

“Scarlett Johansson” begins with him looking to turn up the streets whilst driving a trackhawk Jeep over a sample-based trap instrumental whereas “Igbo Man” turns up the rage so he can talk about the way he’s been living. “Noise” featuring diamond* finds the 2 boisterously boasting their top shotta statuses leading into the self-explanatory “Make Money” talking about waking up every single day to stack up his bread.

Wrapping up the 1st half, “oK” discusses walking off the stage & going back to his hood a lot similarly to Miley Cyrus prior to “Blessed in Hell” incorporating some heavy 808s to talk about his confidence of always doing all of this without needing any help. “Spam” featuring Zukenee claims to be damned if they fall off harder than Lil Xan when both of them are more talented than he ever was while “Big Red Dog” talks about paying the cost of any artist wants to be at his level.

“Get Money” winds down III’s final minutes flexing that he’s been letting his expensive habits get to him, coppin’ an expensive palace out in Calabasas over more rage beats & once “Kunta Kinte” talks about going from middle schoolers insensitively calling him the main character of Roots: The Saga of an American Family during his adolescence to the one their bitches want, “Pablo” ends the EP talking about feeling like Gregg Popovich whenever he’s in Texas & the reputation he has in his own hometown.

Local artist slayr has been making a lot of waves this month because of his 2nd mixtape Half Blood being reissued, recently joining ApolloRed1 & 9 Vicious in the studio last weekend. iyrus on the other hand already began revealing his artistic potential back in January although it hasn’t been fully realized this, continuing to flourish throughout his 4th extended play. I can appreciate him taking a backseat in terms of production compared to its predecessor like I to focus more on lyrically spazzin’ alongside both guests.

Score: 3.5/5

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iyrus – “II” review

Here we have the 3rd EP from up-&-coming Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rapper & producer of Nigerian descent iyrus. Emerging in the summer of 2024 after doing an On the Radar freestyle, he would later introduce himself more properly last spring off his debut EP Resurgence & followed it up 8 months afterwards with his previous EP I. A couple months later, he’s looking to continue where he left off less than a couple weeks from Thanksgiving, the east coast trap rapper looks to pick up right where he left off preluding a debut album with II.

“2hollis” is a rage-inducing intro talking about tucking a switch inside his jeans similarly to the Chicago underground sensation of the same name whereas “Everyday” thunderously flexes that he runs up bags on a daily basis. The self-produced “I Luv Botched Bodies” talks about stealing women so he can get his rocks off & after the hypertrap-tinged “Butt Naked Nasty” continues to address themes of lust, “Lead da Way” reaches the halfway point cashing checks at Dolce & Gabbana.

Continuing the 2nd leg of II, the song “S.I.S.” (See I’m Saying)” energetically talks about making waves as well as changing the game while “Habibi” shits all over DDG & Blueface’s latest single they dropped the weekend earlier. “Das Strange” has a pluggier atmosphere to it trying to figure out how many bitches he could fit inside his Range Rover just before the closer “Erd Tee” talks about dressing a woman he’s known since childhood who sees the vision now that both of them have grown up.

So far throughout this whole trilogy of extended plays, II expands beyond the predecessor 8 weeks ago & it wouldn’t surprise me if iyrus was eventually signed to Lil Uzi Vert’s newly founded Cor(e) imprint soon as he gains enough traction within the next year or so. The trap, rage, plugg & cloud rap production’s starting to become increasingly more detailed & he makes his best case so far in terms of why he should be mentioned amongst the greatest to come from the City of Brotherly Love.

Score: 3.5/5

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