He even does the record scratching sound effect with his mouth that Eminem used to do. Those comedic and graphically humorous lyrics about things like killing people in the most torturous ways, raping women in the most graphic ways imaginable, spazzing out on drugs and just all other kinds of fucked up shit.
As I listened to this, his flow, and lyrics reminded me so much of vintage Eminem. He's able to flow on a variety of beats and yet still have the same flow and lyricism. Lyrically Jarren is so diverse on this album. After listening, this album was much doper than I anticipated. Based off what I have previously heard from him and the kind of music the Funk Volume members tend to make, my expectations were moderate to say the least.
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Well I finally got to hear a full length project from him and it's this. Later that year he dropped his sophomore mixtape Freebasing With Kevin Bacon which I didn't get to hear all the way through. My first time hearing him was on Dizzy Wright's 2012 album Smoke Out Conversations where he had a guest verse. Armed with sharp, fast paced, comedic and yet graphic lyrics, it's crazy that many people don't even know of him. As a member of the up and coming rap group/label Funk Volume (also consisting of Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, SwizZz and DJ Hoppa), he's no different from the other members. Now add to that list Jarren Benton, who's from Atlanta. Both are very lyrical and based on their music style no one would guess they are southerners. Two names I can think of immediately are Childish Gambino (Atlanta) and Jay Electronica (New Orleans). As far as lyrics, production and just overall originality. As the south continues it's mainstream dominance, there have been plenty of new MC's emerging from the south that don't have your typical southern sound.