This is the 5th extended play from Fresno, California emcee Fashawn. Breaking out in ‘09 his 7th mixtape The Antidote, his profile would begin to increase from there whether it be the Exile-produced debut album Boy Meets World or The Alchemist-produced debut EP FASH-ionably Late & the Mass Appeal Records-backed sophomore effort The Ecology during my senior year of high school. Although his music since for me personally has been hit or miss such as You Owe Us with Interest for example, I did enjoy Carte Blanche fully produced by Little Vic & expected no different out of Lost Pages after finding out about Drega33’s involvement behind the boards.

“Gimme Your Love” chops up a drumless soul sample to get things going by letting everyone who’s sleeping on him know to stay ignorant to his artistic talents whereas “Ma Chérie” turns up the chipmunk soul vibes talking about catching wins with the kind of women he has around him. “Perfect” incorporates a prominent woodwind to ball harder than Allen Iverson while “Shoebox of Rhymes 2” continues with a sequel to his “Book of Rhymes” freestyle off his 5th mixtape 1 Shot 1 Kill.

The song “Missing U” instrumentally takes the chipmunk soul route so he can talk about liquor being the only remedy to this pain he’s been feeling regarding someone in his life who’s no longer here with us & numbing the memories of this person that come with it while “Eastside Gunn” demands his flowers over some bare pianos & reminding us he was carrying big hammers until Pro Tools came into his life. “Mascot” however spends the last couple minutes of Lost Pages talking about his dangerous lifestyle.

Capital & All Hail the King 2 were both ok, but Drega33 solely handling Lost Pages was the most I’ve been excited for Fashawn’s music in a couple years considering the handful of EPs Drega has done with the likes of Tha God Fahim to RJ Payne & FlyG have been elevating him as quite possibly my favorite producer to come out of France recently. Surely enough, I’d put it above Manna & below FASH-ionably Late for a spot amongst the top 3 EPs the Fresno artist has ever made from the drumless sampling to the needed lack of features.

Score: 4/5

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