With production from Mike Hector (who has worked with Kendrick Lamar), Flip Jackson, Vinyl Villain, The Beat Plug and Yondo, this release is a fusion of old and new, bar heavy technical rhyming over new school trap beats with a few boom bap bangers sprinkled in. Knockout shows a lot of growth as an artist, as well as in life, as his subject matter changes a lot from “Apartment 7”, where the musics a lot more bossed up and less oriented on the Boston native’s struggle. With features from King Kade, Fluxx, Superstah Snuk and SPNDA, “Highly Recommended” is stacked full of proven talent.
