On 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time, Big K.R.I.T. mines emotional depths and exorcises personal demons with a lucidity and sincerity seldom heard these days on contemporary hip-hop records.
The Mississippi quadruple threat is back with an epic double album that puts him at a new level.
Thanks to 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time, Justin Scott has once and for all ensured that his musical legacy is worth remembering.
It's enthralling on a sonic level, but K.R.I.T. keeps up lyrically, his flow more than malleable enough to fit with the jazzy groove.
Big K.R.I.T. has managed to rise to the occasion and return to form with 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time. The opus is dominated by the reflective introspect and soul-searching that first made rap fans disciples of the Mississippi spitter and lacks the contrived attempts at radio airplay that littered his previous offerings.
K.R.I.T. is operating at the top of his game here, and the South has finally been recognized for its considerable hip-hop bonafides. But 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time still feels decidedly average.
4eva Is a Mighty Long Time is a mighty long album, at 20 songs and two brief skits, but K.R.I.T. clearly has a lot to say, and he expresses it with vigor and passion on this ambitious work.
Let me smack some qualifiers on here to justify this album's greatness. We're talking about:
>The best album in Big K.R.I.T.'s discography.
No fucking slouch here. His mixtape run from 2010-2014 was absolutely sensational, dropping quality project after quality project and never skimping on Dirty Souf and food for soul. Rare moment of insane quality AND quantity. To be better then K.R.I.T. Wuz Here is already impressive - to be better then Return Of 4eva is insane. Yet this album does ... read more
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Easily one of/the best double albums hip-hop has to offer, and one of the best hip-hop albums of the 2010's. The 3rd act of this album is simply incomparable.
This is the type of album that cements an artist into legend status, and should be seen as one of the greatest and most consistent double LP's in hip hop history.
Favorite track: Bury Me In Gold
The fact that he released 22 tracks and all of them are great. The 2 discs makes it co-hesieve. It's AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
1 | Big K.R.I.T. 2:52 | 92 |
2 | Confetti 3:18 | 91 |
3 | Big Bank 3:44 feat. T.I. | 95 |
4 | Subenstein (My Sub IV) 4:03 | 94 |
5 | 1999 3:42 feat. Lloyd | 81 |
6 | Ride Wit Me 3:34 | 87 |
7 | Get Up 2 Come Down 4:37 feat. Cee-Lo Green, Sleepy Brown | 90 |
8 | Layup 4:20 | 83 |
9 | Classic Interlude 0:53 | 83 |
10 | Aux Cord 3:15 | 89 |
11 | Get Away 4:57 | 94 |
1 | Justin Scott 4:00 | 93 |
2 | Mixed Messages 4:26 | 93 |
3 | Keep the Devil Off 5:10 | 90 |
4 | Miss Georgia Fornia 6:00 feat. Joi | 90 |
5 | Everlasting 3:23 | 84 |
6 | Higher Calling 3:53 feat. Jill Scott | 86 |
7 | Weekend Interlude 0:48 | 80 |
8 | Price of Fame 4:14 | 90 |
9 | Drinking Sessions 5:11 feat. Keyon Harrold | 92 |
10 | The Light 4:04 | 91 |
11 | Bury Me In Gold 4:24 | 96 |
#4 | / | The Needle Drop |
#7 | / | Albumism |
#10 | / | Mass Appeal |
#35 | / | Clash |
#43 | / | Earbuddy |
#47 | / | Billboard |
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