Former FADER columnist Brandon Callender once compared Poppa to a pointillist painter meticulously building up songs detail by detail, saying in part that the rapper’s “gravity” helped to “deepen the emotion in his songs.” That depth and detail are at the forefront of projects like ‘Blessed, I Guess,’ ‘Heavy is the Head,’ and last year’s ‘Almost Normal Again,’ which featured frequent collaborator Seddy Hendrinx and LA rapper Mozzy. I’m personally partial to Poppa’s excellent guest verse on “X-Hausted,” the outro to Rylo’s 2023 album Been One, where the Florida rapper’s falsetto offers a smooth counterpoint to his host’s gravelly baritone.
