The Alchemist - This Thing of Ours, Vol. 2 EP REVIEW
This is the time for me to say that Bruiser Wolf is fucking hilarious and you should check out his debut album, Dope Game Stupid, if you haven’t yet.
I’ve covered The Alchemist so much at this point that he doesn’t really need an introduction. He’s pretty easily one of my favorite producers of all time and has become incredibly prolific within the past couple years, having worked with some of my favorite rappers right now like Armand Hammer and Freddie Gibbs, among many others. Now, he drops the sequel to his EP from earlier this year, This Thing of Ours, Vol. 2, and includes a whole new set of collaborators. Mavi, MIKE, a few members of Danny Brown’s Bruiser Brigade crew, and Vince Staples show up here. Let’s get into what’s in this box here.
Unlike his past EPs (including the last TToO EP), this doesn’t include any of the instrumentals of separate tracks. As someone who's always liked Uncle Al’s production, it hurts a little bit, but that doesn’t hurt my full enjoyment of the album. What I enjoy about this is that there are much less recognizable names. Well, recognizable to the mainstream at least. Mavi has one of his best performances yet on “Miracle Baby” and the Bruiser Brigade crew hold their own on “Flying Spirit” and even ZelooperZ all on his own on “Wildstyle.” I always love some good MIKE content, and he delivers on “Lossless,” while Vince Staples ends up bringing the project to a high note of a closer. On the production side, come on. Would you really think Alc would falter with the beats? He’s fantastic as always. I do think that this is better than the first This Thing of Ours installment and is an absolute blast.
9/10
Listen here
YouTube Music
This Thing of Ours, Vol. 2 is an ALC Records release.
I’ve covered The Alchemist so much at this point that he doesn’t really need an introduction. He’s pretty easily one of my favorite producers of all time and has become incredibly prolific within the past couple years, having worked with some of my favorite rappers right now like Armand Hammer and Freddie Gibbs, among many others. Now, he drops the sequel to his EP from earlier this year, This Thing of Ours, Vol. 2, and includes a whole new set of collaborators. Mavi, MIKE, a few members of Danny Brown’s Bruiser Brigade crew, and Vince Staples show up here. Let’s get into what’s in this box here.
Unlike his past EPs (including the last TToO EP), this doesn’t include any of the instrumentals of separate tracks. As someone who's always liked Uncle Al’s production, it hurts a little bit, but that doesn’t hurt my full enjoyment of the album. What I enjoy about this is that there are much less recognizable names. Well, recognizable to the mainstream at least. Mavi has one of his best performances yet on “Miracle Baby” and the Bruiser Brigade crew hold their own on “Flying Spirit” and even ZelooperZ all on his own on “Wildstyle.” I always love some good MIKE content, and he delivers on “Lossless,” while Vince Staples ends up bringing the project to a high note of a closer. On the production side, come on. Would you really think Alc would falter with the beats? He’s fantastic as always. I do think that this is better than the first This Thing of Ours installment and is an absolute blast.
9/10
Listen here
YouTube Music
This Thing of Ours, Vol. 2 is an ALC Records release.
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