The hip-hop scene in Chicago is one of the most captivating out there. Drill is inescapably interweaved with the gangs of the city; Lil Mouse said it best when he simply stated "that ain't something that we joke about. We lost homies over this shit." That's because everything described in the lyrics of the rappers in the scene are true. Murders, drug deals, robberies, and various other criminal misdeeds: it's all happened to these people. That's why Welcome To Fazoland is one of the best tapes to come out of the scene: Herb paints a vivid and stunning picture of his life in the city over a canvas of equal parts hard-hitting, imposing, and remorseful trap production. Things are bleak, dangerous, and stressful no doubt, but the hope that things will eventually turn around shines through often here, thus creating a distinctly moody sound. Herb is quite something on the microphone, adapting to the sound of the production perfectly with different deliveries and flows, always sounding like a young man with an old soul. Truly, this mixtape is one of drill's finest due to these aforementioned qualities.
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