You know, I love releases like these because there are so many times you’ll listen to an artist and forget to appreciate where they came from or how far they progressed since their beginning, and no other artist deserves that level of reminiscence than K. Burns.
So, this is his 2015 release and features 10 tracks featuring a collection of artists such as:
-153 Fetty
-Dough Montana
-Planet Asia
And producers such as:
-Select Squad
-AtlasTheOverseer
-YKthePilot
-L&X Music
-A.Dready
-Ignorvnce
-Onetime
-Nuglife
And this album came with the launch of K Burns’ ‘Team Fame Music Group’, and to say his career had only gone up would be a grave understatement, but it all started here.
Right off the bat, this reminds me vaguely of Wiz Khalifa’s (Kush and OJ) mixtape, which was released 5 years prior to this one and ironically dropped the same time as this re-release. Anyway, the stoner vibes, chill and hypnotic instrumentation, and smooth vocals and melodies have me making comparisons, but of course, his project is still its own individual album that has its own original ideas and themes.
For example, I’d say K Burns brings a certain level of grit and passion to his verses and lines that Wiz didn’t. He’s always had (even back in the day) had this certain level of confidence and hustle to his cadence and style that separated him from the others, and it’s evident on this one.
He’s always had the gift of being able to transform into whatever the production requires, which most can’t do. For example, he can appear as chill and melodic on an album centred on weed and peace vibes, then years later, he can drop one of the most chilling and eerie albums of the whole year with War Dogs.
Even after that, he was able to piece together one of the most conceptually thrilling records with ‘Big Red Machine’.
The point being, he can turn into any lane and do fantastic! He’s not stuck in a certain box where he can’t perform in other forms. For example, can you imagine DMX in a chill album? Or Sticky Fingaz? Of course not, no disrespect to those two legends, but they were all the way hardcore East Coast and they thrived in that.
But here, Burns has the ability to mark any record he needs to and have it come out excellent.
This album features consistent and relaxing vibes that make you want to just lay back, roll one, and let all the stress fade away. It’s amazing; also, the 3 features do their roll to the tee, and of course, you can never go wrong with Planet Asia.
In closing, we’ve spent the past few years getting to know the present-day K. Burns, but now we have the blessed opportunity to visit his past, and even so, he hasn’t stopped killing it since day 1!
https://teamfamegvng.bandcamp.com/album/k-burns-a-stoner-life-lp-10-year-anniversary-edition
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