Tha God Fahim still dumpin’ with his 24th LP. Starting as an affiliate of Griselda Records as well as being 1/3 of the Dump Gawds alongside Mach-Hommy & Your Old Droog, we also can’t ignore the massive discography that he’s managed to build for himself, some of the standouts include Breaking Through tha Van Allen Belts & Dump Assassins. But dude has been on a CRAZY ass EP run in 2023 with the standouts being the Camoflauge Monk-produced Dark Shogunn Assassin, the Nature Sounds-backed Iron Bull & the Nicholas Craven-produced Dump Gawd: Shot Clock King series, the Oh No-produced Berserko, Fahim’s last EP Dump Gawd: Rhyme Pays produced by Mike Shabb, Tha Supreme Hoarder of All Pristine Wealth, Supreme Dump Legend: Soul Cook Saga produced by Cookin’ Soul & & more recently Machine Gun Vocabulary produced by Cartune Beatz. Over 5 years after Tha Myth Who Never Quit however, we’re now getting a sequel.
The title track sets the tone of what’s to come from the boom bap instrumental to the lyrics about leaving muhfuckas in the background whereas “Aspirations” hooks up a calmer beat explaining that the game never changes & stays the same from his experience. “Make Way” takes the soulful boom bap route flexing his genius when it comes to musical arrangements while “Scholar of Penmanship” continues the sampling of soul music to talk about his legendary status.
“Out of Options” works in another vocal flip boasting that he’s in his artistic prime leading into “Return to Fire” strips the drums completely warning that if anyone sends shots his way, he’ll gonna send them right back where they came from. “Max Ammo” returns to the boom bap talking about being reloaded on ammunition while “Poison Arrows” soulfully calls out the people who getting on their fan shit when he drops the manuscript.
The song “If You Don’t Use It, Lose It” gets the encore of Tha Myth Who Never Quit 2on a symphonically dusty note clarifying that you only make it or get wasted around his parts prior to the intoxicatingly rich “Figure It Out” showing a mature side to the Dump Gawd as he talks seeing things clearer than the way he used to see them in the past. “Tha Choice is Yours” ends the album with 1-more drumless joint hopping over a bare woodwind telling the audience you can choose who you want to be in life.
Less than 2 weeks after Machine Gun Vocabulary dropped, Fahim & Craven link back up for a Tha Myth Who Never Quit follow-up that surpasses the LP we got from the dude earlier in the month. Nicholas Craven’s sample-heavy production maintains the boom bap vibes from the last album with a hint of drumless in the fold & Breadrick Douglas lyrically holding off on letting any guests join him to go harder than he did on Supreme Dump Legend: Soul Cook Saga.
Score: 9/10
