It has been 3,858 days since the GOAT Chief Keef blessed us with “Almighty So” and now 11 years later, Chief Keef has dropped the sequel to one of his best albums, “Almighty So 2.” This album has been cooking for awhile now and it has features from older artists such as G Herbo but also has great features from some new popular artists like Quavo and Sexyy Red. With all of the hype surrounding this album and it finally coming out, does it live up to all of the hype?
The intro to this album “Almighty (Intro)” has one of Chief Keef’s best intro to a track since “Love Sosa.” It starts off with people arguing and then turns to DJ Beats telling listeners why Chief Keef is better than us and how we wouldn’t be able to reach the level of success he has. After this minute long intro, it turns to Chief Keef’s versus where he brags about all the fancy cars, girls and money he has and says he wouldn’t have it without god. “I was born in ’95, I been ready since ’91 … Let’s give a thanks to the God, yeah, the mighty one.” There isn’t a lot to this track but that’s fine because it’s supposed to serve as the intro to this album.
The next track, “Neph Nem” with Ballout and G Herbo both have good features shows the listener how Chief Keef can still produce tracks like his old songs. This track has a great chi-trap flow with an orchestra and a raining piano chord that really tie this piece together. These first two tracks show off Chief Keef’s hard trap beats and how he can still make beats 11 years later. Ballout and G Herbo are good but G Herbo’s features really stood out compared to Ballout’s. While Ballout’s verse is good, it’s really short. This seems to be a recurring problem that Chief Keef has and how he throws in verses that don’t really add much and are just for the name. One of the verses that stood out to me was, “’ain’t no crossing’ Sosa, b****, you know what happened to Tony.” In total Ballout has three lines, which are good but barely enough to call a feature. On the other hand, G Herbo starts off with a light intro and his main verse finishes off the track. Both of these verses are really good and are a stand out on this track.
The best song on the album, “jesus,” starts off with a light-hearted, almost like-RnB beat, then transitions into the chi-trap type beat. This track has a great feature from Lil Gnar who has his verse at the end of the track and does a good job at wrapping it up. This track further goes into how Chief Keef is close to God and how he owes it all to him — the mighty one. He talks about how people shouldn’t look up to him and what he does and instead turn to God like he has. “Don’t look up to Chief Sosa, look up to Jesus Christ.” This is a very unconventional beat for the title and meaning behind this song but this is also what Chief Keef is known for. Chief Keef has always been known for these uncontrollable trap beats and he changed the game with this type of sound. Lil Gnars verse talks about how he has dealt with the problems of life with drug abuse and how he has been forced into this trap life.
The last track to talk about is “Grape Trees” with Sexyy Red. This track has a really goofy but fun beat which is mainly from the trumpets in the background. Sexyy Red and Chief Keef have phenomenal chemistry, they both have a similar flow to each other and both play off each other’s chaotic flows. There isn’t much to dissect on this track — it’s meant to be more of a fun collab which it does a great job at doing but it also has a fun wacky beat that shows how a song doesn’t have to have meaning to it to be good and enjoyable.
If you like trap music, then there are definitely songs you can find on this album that you will like — especially if you like Chicago trap music. It’s hard to find something wrong with this album, sure it’s not as good as “Almighty So,” but as a sequel to that album. It does a good job at trying to replicate Chief Keef’s old sound while also showing off his new sound with newer artists.
“Almighty So 2:” ★★★★★
