Love, Peace & Trauma by Joell Ortiz
01. PTSD
02. Ambidextrous
03. Undefeated f. Blakk Soul
04. Make It By
05. On My Own f. KXNG Crooked & Grafh
06. The Crosswalk
07. Never Forget f. Locksmith
08. Thy Neighbor f. Nucci Reyo
09. Can’t Live Without Your Love
10. The Yaowa
11. Wandering f. dylvn
12. Smile
13. Pen, Pad, & A Dream
Its wild how this feels like he did it without ease, while I was struggling to keep up with the content, the punchlines, the flows, the features, beats, honestly everything. Everything on this went hard, the production is top tier, with all the bop to get a New Yorker through the rest of the year. The features all showed up and matched the energy, just doing what they do but adding a bit of extra seasoning out of respect for the legend. Then you have the start of the show, just easily mixing in food with medicine, never shying from his own experiences, his love for NY, haymakers, punches in bunches and just the fact that he fucking does this. Its a shame we are passed the era’s of top 5’s and everyone’s favorite rapper but real hip hop fans know that this man at minimum is on everyone top 20 list, and by everyone I mean fans and rappers. Throw this on for a complete hip hop experience with dope pacing. In rotation.
Project: 9.5/10 || Art: 7/10 – John D.