JPEGMAFIA - EP2! (Quick review)

 

Experimental rapper JPEGMAFIA is back with a new EP, aptly titled EP2! The release is the second part of his EP drops following on from EP! last year. Peggy first raised eyebrows back when he dropped his debut album Black Ben Carson, which was a decent release but not anything too amazing. It was when he dropped his second album Veteran and third album All My Heroes Are Cornballs that he really came into his own artistically, finding his stride in the more experimental and glitch sides of hip hop.

This new EP sees JPEGMAFIA continue pushing boundaries but with a lot more focus on singing like we saw him experiment with on his last album. The EP clocks in at just over 15 minutes and only has 7 tracks, but there are some huge bangers in the track list. In true Peggy fashion the song called INTRO! Isn’t actually the intro to the EP and instead is the second track. The song FIX URSELF! has a really great flow and a great instrumental, LAST DANCE! Is the EP’s opener and features this moody dystopian sounding beat with Peggy contributing some futuristic sounding bars on top of it. THIS ONES FOR US! is kind of like Peggy’s version of an RnB track, however the music sounds ripped from a horror movie and has this demented feel to it, the whole track has a creepy atmosphere and Peggy excels with some great bars here as well. The final track on the EP, FEED HER! is a more low key choppy song, it’s a lot more toned down than Peggy’s usual intense blasts of music, some great sung vocals carry the song as these bass sounds get more intrusive.

JPEGMAFIA has been going from strength to strength in the last few years and I guess he’s putting put these EP’s instead of an album, quality wise the songs are still as good as ever but would be great to see another full project from Peggy sometime soon. If you’re a fan of JPEGMAFIA I highly recommend checking out both this EP and his previous one EP! from last year.

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