Rap Blog: Rich Amiri finds his pocket

Built around crunching synth lines, ‘THATS IT’ is smoother and more engaging than many of War Ready’s bombastic tracks. His lilting vocals burn couplets like “Gas in my lungs, in my lungs/I’m not going to anyone, I’m not going to anyone” into your head. He sounds really shy when he says, “I ride between the poles, I don’t want to show it.” And while his flow isn’t particularly agile, his artisanal focus on staying in the pocket makes small flourishes of melody and rhythm, like when his bars accelerate, all the more enjoyable. There is. I’ll crush his dome, K! ”