billi0n – “Revenge” review

This is the debut mixtape from Atlanta, Georgia rapper billi0n. A member of the ØWay collective, he would properly himself last year off his debut EP Heavy after signing to 10K Projects, he would follow it up with both Bravo Bill & then Not Playin’ in the summer, dropping the other 2 extended plays a couple months apart from each other. I also enjoyed his appearances on The XA Tape, returning 7 months after Not Playin’ looking for some Revenge this Friday the 13th.

“Skyrim” begins with him hopping over a hypertrap instrumental referencing the greatest entry across the entire Elder Scrolls franchise whereas “Elite” fuses hypertrap & psychedelia talking about making the baddest bitch pray to God. “Nøt Guilty” continues to hit us with more rage beats talking about his daughter casually chopping shit up with the glizzy prior to “The Grudge” blending some synthesizers & 808s so he can boast that he’s out in New York City.

Meanwhile on “Sleigh Bells”, we have billi0n talking about how all these muhfuckas can get it & he isn’t referring to the bitches at all just before “Jordan Belført” featuring diamond* sees the 2 throwing red & blue tips out the dumper together. “Max It” featuring Yung Fazo leans towards a futuristic trap vibe instrumentally talking about doing whatever it is they’re charged for leading into “Elephant” wrapping up the 1st leg boisterously breaking down his entire lifestyle.

“Sex Symbol” starts the 2nd half talking about a woman who has some kind of twisted power over men & being at the point in his life where’s starting to get fed up with smoking weed while “Impressed” fuses trap & chipmunk soul to explain that his pockets lookin’ stereotypical in as well as having no time to be tender. “10 Floors Up” featuring Diorvsyou & Tezzus finds the trio mobbin’ over an industrial trap beat while “Conditions of Love” talks about being ready to fuck heads up.

To kick off the 4th quarter, “Daydreamin’” chops up a blissful vocal sample admitting that he fell asleep whilst sippin’ paint because he stays dirty while “Spendin’ a Ticket (Adin Ross)” energetically talks about having no problems smacking up anyone who snitches on his crew. “Bonus Freestyle” goes off the top for a minute & a half flexing that he copped a bag without checking the price of it while “Øn the Road” saves the tape’s final verse for Pz’, praying that all the mobsters & killers keep it legitimate with him.

Receiving a co-sign from local trap trailblazer Young Thug yesterday & considering the fact that he’s already signed the Uy Scuti Boyz a.k.a. diamond* & Tezzus to YSL Records already, it wouldn’t surprise me if billi0n joins the label once he fulfills his 10K Projects contract & surpasses all of his early EPs he’s given us prior to this tape in terms of quality. He’s said to drop another LP later this year called Metalhead & if he continues to refine himself artistically like he did after getting his Revenge, then it could be a superior sophomore effort.

Score: 3.5/5

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Tezzus – “##FilthyLikeMax” review

Atlanta, Georgia rapper Tezzus making his YSL Records debut with his 8th EP. Introducing himself with his first few EPs Hard2Kill as well as Hellraiser & Everyday’s Halløween, his debut mixtape Tezzus Khrist last holiday season would significantly elevate his profile locally as did the handful of appearances he made on The XA Tape earlier this year. He’s given us the Søufside collaborative EP with Percaso, Backrooms, King Phønk, I Phønk, U Phønk and Tezzy Pendergrass until Young Thug signed him following 9 Vicious’ departure due to him & Tezzus beefing. Nonetheless, getting ##FilthyLikeMax a couple days succeeding Savior was still a welcoming surprise.

“Animal 🐕‍🦺🐍🐲” starts with an industrial hip hop intro likening himself to a beast whereas “I’m Røyal 👑🤴🏿👑” goes for a rage-inducing vibe talking about his royalty status. “Bacccarat 💁‍♀️🛍️💝” featuring Skaiwater & 1300SAINT finds the trio buying out a while Chanel store over a hypertrap instrumental but once “Krøssed Ø Gang 🚂🚫🖤” featuring billi0n & ShawtyRokk angrily refuses to argue with peasants, “Life øf a Dølla 🕊️❤️‍🔥🕊️” finishes by remembering maxon over a rage beat.

Thug continuing to shift his focus towards rebuilding YSL Records ever since Uy Scuti polarized both critics & fans alike couldn’t have been a smarter move & ##FilthyLikeMax properly introducing himself to the label over 84 hours succeeding his labelmate’s greatest body of work the previous weekend. The production is more prominently centered around the rage subgenre of trap as opposed to Tezzy Pendergrass’ blatant pop rap influence as he & all 4 guests pay tribute to maxon a week after his death.

Score: 4/5

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southsidesilhouette – “Untitled” review

Here we have a brand new mixtape from Atlanta, Georgia recording artist southsidesilhouette. Emerging in the SoundCloud scene of his debut EP Metanoia & later the full-length studio LP Diafora, he continued to build his discography from there whether it be ( ︶︿︶)_╭∩╮ & ♃ or the original Hits followed by the sequel & 2009. The final chapter in the Hits trilogy would drop almost 20 months ago, coming off Dream But Don’t Sleep earlier this spring for a new untitled tape on Halloween.

“Wet ‘Em Up” begins with a bit of a rage-inducing instrumental talking about giving no fucks & dying on that hill whereas “Can’t Pipe Down” colorfully reminds us that some people don’t make it that far in this industry. “Pop Out” featuring Tezzarain finds the 2 talking about it being another day instead of a phase just before “Every Other Day” featuring Rollinthrax flexes that their pockets are full of parmesan.

Meanwhile on “New Stick”, we have southsidesilhouette over this swampy trap beat talking about his new gun coming with a kick while “Yes” asks where the safe is so he can break the bank. “Die Lit” embraces a bit of an ethereal trap vibe to the beat talking about having everything he needs while “Changes” featuring Diorvsyou & 6bill psychedelically links up to speak of doing everything by themselves.

“Face the Music” starts the last act of Untitled with a glitchy rage instrumental talking about giving ‘em the belt when it’s time while “Loading” featuring Rollinthrax reunites both of them so they can discuss trying to take this shit off the map. “IDH8ME2” nears the end with a pluggier flare responding to his detractors while “Long Time” featuring Rollinthrax soulfully talks about it taking forever for them to get where they are.

Only dropped a half hour late, but at least Untitled didn’t wind up being delayed because I actually enjoyed this mixtape more than the Dream But Don’t Sleep EP. The monotony of the latter is broken off completely by the inclusion of all 4 guests, I feel like there’s more going for the production than this past spring although I’d love to hear him work with Internet Money Records or Vanguard Music Group again & southsidesilhouette’s flows remains amongst the most unique in the modern underground trap scene.

Score: 4/5

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Tezzus – “Tezzy Pendergrass” review

Here is the 7th EP from Atlanta, Georgia rapper Tezzus. Introducing himself with his first few EPs Hard2Kill as well as Hellraiser & Everyday’s Halløween, his debut mixtape Tezzus Khrist last holiday season would significantly elevate his profile locally as did the handful of appearances he made on The XA Tape earlier this year. Coming off his new Søufside collaborative EP with Percaso as well as Backrooms & more recently King Phønk, we’re finally being tested to Tezzy Pendergrass a couple weeks following the I Phønk, U Phønk prelude.

“Gøtham Løve Støry” gets the EP going with a cloudy pop rap/trap intro confessing that he wants this woman’s affection & continuously making the money whereas “Permanently Stained” talks about shedding tears when looking back at how far he’s come. “Cadillac Whipping” produced by Feardorian flexes that he switches lanes more than his homies switch bitches leading into “Cøme Øn”, which is one of the more lyrically repetitive moments.

Yung Fazo links up with Tezzus on “High Fashiøn” giving a middle finger to the pigs confident that they won’t ever catch the 2 slipping just before “Main Høe” featuring Sk8star & tana finds the trio coming together for a cloudy pop rap/trap crossover talking about the way fame goes. “I See” expresses a desire for all of his opps to drop dead & thanking his mom for raising a star while the pluggy “Gangsta” featuring Pz’ talks about people doing shit for tends.

“By Yøu” starts the final leg of Tezzy Pendergrass heading for an atmospheric direction once again admitting that love never felt so real until he stood by the woman he had in mind writing this while “2night” advises the female she has in mind to stay away from snitches & that he stays strapped in the streets. I Løve U” appropriately sends off the EP by longing for his partner to be right beside him in bed.

Eschewing the rage subgenre of trap from a lot of his earlier material & more specifically the other 3 extended plays that he’s given us in the past 6-7 weeks or so, Tezzus puts his artistic range in the forefront for 25 minutes so he can reveal a sensual side to himself. It was a no brainer Tezzy Pendergrass would embrace a heavier pop rap vibe stylistically & the same goes for the romantic subject matter, but it feels authentically sincere rather than coming off as forced.

Score: 4/5

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Tezzus – “I Phønk, U Phønk” review

Atlanta, Georgia rapper Tezzus ending August with his 3rd EP of the month & his 6th altogether. Introducing himself with his first few EPs Hard2Kill as well as Hellraiser & Everyday’s Halløween, his debut mixtape Tezzus Khrist last holiday season would significantly elevate his profile locally as did the handful of appearances he made on The XA Tape earlier this year. Coming off his new Søufside collaborative EP with Percaso as well as Backrooms & more recently King Phønk, he’s preluding his upcoming blues project by dropping I Phønk, U Phønk exclusively on SoundCloud.

“Who” featuring Baby Osama opens with a rage instrumental from tana talking about their partners calling them to come back home whereas “Woo” gives off an eerie trap vibe to assure that he’s coming for throats. “Lucid Dreams” fuses hypertrap & phonk so he can talk about the realistic dreams he’s been having of fucking this bitch leading into “Heartbreak King” rounds out the EP by dabbling with chopped & screwed.

Only less than 3 weeks away from his said blues project, Tezzus decides to experiment with sounds for a good 9 minutes venturing out from the both of rage & phonk styles he blew up off of to incorporate elements of standard trap along with chopped & screwed. For only 4 songs, it’s still a worthy testament to his bold artistry & knack for going outside of the box.

Score: 4/5

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Tezzus – “King Phønk” review

This is the 5th EP from Atlanta, Georgia rapper Tezzus. Introducing himself with his first few EPs Hard2Kill as well as Hellraiser & Everyday’s Halløween, his debut mixtape Tezzus Khrist last holiday season would significantly elevate his profile locally as did the handful of appearances he made on The XA Tape earlier this year. Coming off his new Søufside collaborative EP with Percaso & more recently Backrooms, there’s still no signs of King Phønk slowing down anytime soon.

“Heroin” gets the party started with some dirty south-esque horns & hi-hats keeping all blues in his pockets along with encouraging the women to get addicted to him whereas the rage-inducing “Scream!” talk about it either being “Øway or no way”. “Bleeds” featuring Percaso finds the pair taking 107 seconds to reflect on making bitch boys shed blood for a bag of weed just before the pluggy “172M” featuring 10KDunkin talks about being showstoppers.

Moving on from there, “Don Dølla” goes for a minimalistic trap direction instrumentally talking about having real problems & the legitimacy of being a crime boss leading into the phonk-inspired “Me & Gang” looks back on the paper plate days when he knew he’d be in the position he’s currently in doing good financially. “Balling” talks about going off so hard to the point where he might as well get himself a jersey while “Damn” finds himself waking up next to a hoe he doesn’t even know.

“In the Hills” featuring southsidesilhouette pushes further towards the conclusion of King Phønk with both of them embracing a hypertrap vibe to talk about going brazy with friends out in the west coast hills & once the raging “20K Bitch” flexes the amount of money he made in only 7 days’ time, “Bones” caps everything off with a dark plugg outro talking about his trust issues.

Tezzus shifts his focus back to the music only 24 hours after being hacked, leaked, lied on & almost having his spirits killed to seamlessly continue this run he’s been on these past couple weeks by dropping off his 2nd EP of the month if you count Søufside separately & one that I find myself leaning towards more than Backroomsmerely 10 days ago. Stronger production based around the modern trap sounds of rage & dark plugg, tighter contributions from the guests & the phonkiest himself delivering angrier performances.

Score: 4/5

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Tezzus – “Backrooms” review

Atlanta, Georgia rapper Tezzus coming off his new Søufside collaborative EP with Percaso only a week ago to put out his 4th solo EP. Introducing himself with his first few EPs Hard2Kill as well as Hellraiser & Everyday’s Halløween, his debut mixtape Tezzus Khrist last holiday season would significantly elevate his profile locally as did the handful of appearances he made on The XA Tape earlier this year. Another weekend later & Backrooms arrives merely hours following its announcement.

“Back” opens with a horn-laced trap instrumental fearing nobody talking because he rules whereas the rage-inducing “Rich Gang” takes a couple minutes to boast his wealth. “50 Cities 50 Nights” featuring Boofinesse works in some 808s to talk about only trusting the money leading into “10th Grade” goes for a hypertrap vibe again calling himself a Guitar Hero the way he rocks stages. “Øh My Gød” featuring diamond* ends the EP with both of them suggesting for others to come to grips with their successes.

Continuing to prepare for his debut album & the sophomore effort done in the styles of R&B & phonk respectively, Tezzus diverts from the Søufside journey that was embarked on merely 7 days ago & releases a 5-pack clocking in at 11 minutes that’s still worth your time even if it it’s a minor step down from Tezzus Khrist. The production here ditches the secondary tread & plugg influences of his debut tape to focus more around trap & rage and the few guests do their job of keeping the same energy.

Score: 3.5/5

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southsidesilhouette – “Dream But Don’t Sleep” review

Atlanta, Georgia recording artist southsidesilhouette delivering his 1st offering of 2025 in the form of his 8th EP. Emerging in the SoundCloud scene of his debut EP Metanoia & later the full-length studio LP Diafora, he continued to build his discography from there whether it be ( ︶︿︶)_╭∩╮ & ♃ or the original Hits followed by the sequel & 2009. The final chapter in the Hits trilogy came out 14 months ago & has returned so he can tell everyone to Dream But Don’t Sleep.

“Pain.” works in some synthesizers & heavy bass to open the EP talking about taking his time of the essence staying ready to in whereas “So Back” turns the rage up boasting that he’s a young prodigy that you might probably catch on the east side. “Haunted House” talks about turning up & having to learn from all the Ls he had to take finally getting his hands on the ball again while “Marching with the Bands” assures he’s living a wonderful life now & shows off his 1 of a kind status.

Finishing the first half of the EP, we have southsidesilhouette getting turnt to the max on “I Been” cautioning about betraying him possibly becoming the biggest mistake of your life just before “World Gone Hate” keeps the hypertrap vibes going telling his girl he can’t get sick of her face. “In My Hands” produced by n9ck talks about the increase of problems as a result of becoming richer leading into “Forever” abrasively suggesting he got the loose screws in his head from his mother.

“Sayonara” steps it up with his flow boasting that he stays making hits on the phone in addition to leaving you where you stand because of him never saying goodbyes & keeping a heater on him putting a cloudy spin on the rage sound, but the lead single “Tattoos” finishes the EP by throwing it back to his earlier material talking about thuggin’ in the street the second he wakes up on top of telling his listeners you can do it too as long as you find it.

Got to catch this guy perform a headlining set in New York with UnreleasedSnip back in November 2022 & that being my introduction to him, it wasn’t hard for me to see what made him so appealing in the underground realm of trap music hearing him do songs like “Untouchable” in person. Finally getting the chance to cover his music 30 months later, there’s no denying he’s grown since that show. Internet Money Records & Vanguard Music Group usually bring in the best outta him production-wise, although Chxncex holds his own weight & southsidesilhouette flows over his sound well enough.

Score: 3.5/5

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Yung Fazo – “Zo” review

Yung Fazo is a 19 year old up-&-coming recording artist from New York City notable for making waves in the plugg & rage subgenres of trap music by releasing a total of 2 EPs & a full-length debut studio album only halfway through the current decade. He dropped off a couplet of tracks last spring & granted it’s only been 9 months since, he’s back with a sophomore effort a little over 26 months after he broke down the internal conflict he was prominently portraying during the course of the last LP.

“B4U” kicks the door down with this rage-inducing opener produced by Ginseng telling his romantic interest exactly how much he adores her whereas “Ed Hardy” references the current TNA World Tag Team Champion in his 3rd reign & inaugural 4th Rope World Tag Team Champion Jeff Hardy of The Hardy Boyz. “Bang Bang” cautions to be careful if you ever step around his parts since he’ll let the chopper sing, but then “All in Motion” electronically switches up his flow to talk about ambition, heartbreak & self-discovery.

Moving on from there, “Bring It Back” works in some catchy synthesizers to discuss the woman he’s currently seeing being different & that he’s been fighting demons trying to move on while “Fuk Love” gets back on the hypertrap vibes pondering if the drugs are really fucking up his soul leading into “Moving On” telling his ex he doesn’t want to do her wrong.

“Me, Myself & I” tells a hoe that he’s gonna blow telling her that he wishes he could love except he’s off that drank while the synth-heavy “Psycho” talks about being insane after a girl that he was seeing observed his psychosis. “Run” throws it back to “Headlines” by Drake acknowledging that he knew he would make bands while “Geeked Up” brings back the rage talking about being geeked.

The penultimate track “Rip My Soul” begins the final moments of Yung Fazo’s full-length studio debut coming clean of the biggest mistake in his life being him giving his heart away being on the go as of late with n9ck & the closer “Kurt Cobain” takes it’s name after the iconic Nirvana frontman feeling exactly like him after a bitch has fucked him up leaving a couple scars after stabbing him in the back in the end.

Compared to his 2022 debut, I find myself gravitating more towards Fazo’s highly-anticipated successor than a lot of what I’ve heard from him until now. The production is heavily built around the rage sound & by the title taking its name from an abbreviation of his moniker, he lets listeners in as to who he is personally.

Score: 3.5/5

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