Spitta Stagnated
3
By Dayonefanrighthere
It's always so difficult to try and give critical feedback on new Curren$y projects, because most of his fans and entourage are in their own cloudy world of weed smoke and lowridres. Which to be clear, is absolutely fine. It's what gives his fanbase their culture, and his Jet Life company its vibe. It only becomes a problem when the fans begin to accept mediocrity and Spitta's fellow Jet Lifers themselves become smoked out yes men.
With this new project, two giant names come together to bring you a short EP's worth of music. Lex Luger, the once trap master now mostly working behind the scenes, and Spitta Andretti, the main character of the live action Jet Life motion picture series TV show, that somehow seems to have gotten stuck in a repeating season with alternating actors.
This is not to imply the music on this EP is distasteful or unsavory, as it is quite the opposite, however it certainly does not live up to the expectations of anyone who's lived through Rap and Hip-Hop's evolving soundscapes for the last couple of decades. That is, anyone who isn't completely caught up in that aforementioned weed smoke and lowriding.
While at one time, Lex Luger managed to churn out new and exciting trap instrumentals for the likes of Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Kanye West and even Snoop Dogg. This EP exemplifes how his current productio has fallen victim to the problem surrounding the saturated trap sound that has taken over Hip-Hop. It sounds like it could be produced by anyone nowadays. Once again, this is not to take away from those saying, "Lex has still got it!" He certainly does, it's just now everyone else does too.
Curren$y, on the emcee side of the fence, brings us the same quality bars and flow that has dominated the bulk of his projects since the time following 2015's Cathedral mixtape. With no lack of his forced signature "Jet La-La-La-Lifes" and verse preceeding hook repitions, he manages to make even his newest project sound a few months to a full year old. The scary realization sets in approaching the end of the mixtape that Curren$y's flow and handling of worldplay acutally gets outshined by OJ da Juiceman. Coming from an OJ fan, that's not surprising or negative, but it's something profound to see that Spitta fails to bring any new ideas to the table when the project's one and only guest does.
All in all it's a fine EP that simply won't quite manage to supplant itself in Spitta's catalouge as it should, because both of the masterminds behind the tape seemingly don't tend to mastermind much at all anymore. To think of how Curren$y's rap style used to alter every now and then, easily tracked by the frequency of each catchphrase: "FS Jets in the house, fresher than anybody else in the house." - "Jet's ni**a now where haven't we been yet, f**kboys wondering where they b*tch went." - "Jet Life to the next life." - and now the everlasting "Jet-La-La-La-Life." ... it's enraging to see Spitta so stagnated.
