Almighty So is finally seeing its day in the sun in retrospect but its so hard to place how important this was for Keef and the moving rap landscape to come in 2015-2016 when SoundCloud and the big artists from that scene started to pop off.

Undeniably releasing Bang 2 after Keefs first commercial release was extremely divisive and put many people off thinking Keef was someone who was gonna stick around, but this mixtape, Almighty So, has it all.

A move in a newer direction, while less melodic than some of his stuff on Finally Rich, Keef really showed up with a whole mixtape of great stand alone songs that were forward thinking for the time. Its so hard to explain the sound, it was clearly a major progression from his drill roots and his more clean sounding songs from the Finally Rich era while not as gritty or inaccessible as about half of Bang 2 was to most.

Songs like Sucka, Self, Ape S***, and Woulda Coulda have this dark evil and hard vibe but is so heavily contrasted with something like I Kno, Yesterday and Baby Whats Wrong With You which all feature more upbeat sounds and feel like this weird but great mix between the Fruity Swag sound that was popular in ATL in the late 2000's-early 2010s and Keefs more aggressive sound from something like Back From The Dead.

Clearly this tape, specifically the song Me, would go on to inspire the likes of Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, and Lil Yachty to go on to make there music that you can feel the influence directly from Keef in the release, production, and sounds they wanted to rap over.

Blew My High also an incredible highlight, really this tape highlights one of Keefs biggest strengths which is his quotables and being able to turn somewhat mundane lyrics occasionally into these hype or super hard moments on a track. You can feel the charisma through the tracks and this is one of his works that demonstrates it the best in his whole catalog.

I love this tape, I think its undeniable the impact his release strategy for this and the types of sounds he was exploring would inspire many of the artists that blew up in the years following this release. So happy this dropped on my bday 8 years ago along. Iconic cover, was a great comeback moment after the mixed reception from Bang 2, and holds up incredibly well still today. A groundwork for what was to come even up to today where Hyperpop and Pluggnb are even inspired by something like I Kno. Timeless music.

no way , i been listening to this all week and i had no idea

literally 0 skips , flawless tape from the production to keefs vocal mixing

just the vibe in general is immaculate

could come out today and would still feel brand f***ing new and just as innovative imo

f*** this mixtape is so classic

funny that it’s the anniversary because yesterday i was almost gonna make a thread about how i feel about it lol

Hey Sosa, why you so high?
I gotta get high to balance my low
I'm movin' too fast, I gotta pour a four
Spend lots of cash, 'member we used to be broke
Hey Sosa, what you got a gun for?
'Cause I'ma shoot when I see my opponent
Shootin' late-ass nights and in early-ass mornings
But hold up, I gotta roll me a Dutch

woulda coulda

yesterday

blow my high

nice

baby what’s wrong with you

You coulda just said “yea it’s dope” and kept moving

This is a music discussion forum

baby what’s wrong with you is the best song ever made

This s*** literally birthed an entire genre bro it’s nuts

Like you can trace 100 gecs, Carti, Uzi, Bladee, anyone back to this

I miss keef man

This song birthed Travis post - Owl Pharaoh

Way more influential (musically) than finally rich or his other stuff, the blueprint for soundcloud era rappers honestly

He’s been releasing heat lately

Respect but this isn’t rich gang tha tour pt 1

One of the most, Tha Tour an all time classic too

Jesus I forgot how good this song was

The blueprint for the entire rage beat wave and still unsurpassed

I wanna say Gecs in particular have cited Keef as a direct influence. He's a pretty common favorite in the hyperpop scene and songs like this show how ahead of his time he was

the synths on this tape just create the craziest , deepest atmosphere man i swear

s*** is so dark and liked almost gothic in a way lol

my favourite keef tape

It’s a perfect October album, soon as the weather starts getting colder I spin this s*** regularly

top tier mixtape

Classic 😢

THEY WANT THAT OLD SOSA

FA WHAT THO

THATS A CRAZY LOWDOWN DIRTY CUT THROAT

ive only ever seen u hating

I listen to these songs an honestly just think about how influential this man was to some of my other favorite artists. Real GOAT s***

niggas get mad as hell when u discuss music in music sxn