K.R.I.T. IZ HERE

The title for Mississippi MC Big K.R.I.T.’s *K.R.I.T. IZ HERE* is a callback to his 2010 breakout mixtape *K.R.I.T. Wuz Here*. That particular project introduced the world to a preternaturally talented rapper and producer from an under-regarded rap territory. Nearly 10 years later, K.R.I.T.’s fourth studio album finds him indulging different facets of his personality as a performer while remaining committed to the lyrical deftness and “country rap tune” aesthetics he pledged allegiance to back when he first *Wuz Here*. *K.R.I.T. IZ HERE* is a robust 19 tracks, implying an outpouring of inspiration, especially considering that his *TDT* project was released a mere six months prior. Within *K.R.I.T. IZ HERE* we encounter K.R.I.T. the player (“Addiction”), the lover (“Obvious”), the provider (“Family Matters”), the devotee (“Learned From Texas”), and the poet (“High Beams”), just to name a few. He is the studied MC, above all, and a proud Mississippian at a close second, acknowledging a long-standing chip on his shoulder in “Make It Easy,” where he raps, “Undoubtedly, probably, I’m like lightning in a bottle/A country boy killing your favorite rapper’s bound to shock you!”

The southern rapper’s latest project captures him the same way he always is: perfectly likable, admirably sincere, predictably dependable and dependably predictable.