Lyfë

The rapping of LA-based MC Yeat rewards repeated listens. He’s got an accent of mysterious origin, his speech slurred and drawn out in a way that makes it hard to understand the whole of what he’s saying—which is probably the point. The production across *Lyfë*—the follow-up to the MC’s 29-song *2 Alivë (Geëk Pack)* and his second project of 2022—is at once cacophonous and future-leaning (the lion’s share coming courtesy of Working on Dying’s Bnyx). The themes are the same ones that permeate most of Yeat’s music to date—drugs, money, that ever-dependable Tonka truck. But what he’s buried deeper therein are explanations for titles like “Flawlëss” or “Wat it feel lykë.” It’s likely best not to think too hard about them; from the sounds of things, those who do have already gotten left behind. As the MC puts it on “Krank,” “You already know who I am, little bitch/I’m man of the year.”

Rage rap can be rote and exhausting, but in small doses—like on the Portland rapper’s new pared-down and hypnotic album—the style can be ridiculous fun, electrifying, and hyperreal.

Yeat followed the success of his Top Ten-charting 2022 full-length 2 Alivë with Lyfë, a shorter release which also reached the Top Ten.

Among other things, California rapper Yeat's sixth EP, ‘Lyfë,’ proves that sometimes less really is more. Read our review.