On “Something,” one of the standout tracks from his debut album K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, Mississippi-born rapper Big K.R.I.T. spits, “I always had this feeling it was something that God gave me as a gift/The power to make words fit.” Throughout K.R.I.T Wuz Here the Mississippi-bred MC displays that gift, doing his part to further shatter the idea that southern rappers aren’t lyrical and announcing to the music world he’s here to stay, and a force to be reckoned with.
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K.R.I.T., which stands for A King Remembered In Time, has been drawing comparisons to the late, great Pimp C with his southern drawl and flow. In terms of subject matter, K.R.I.T’s brand of conscious southern rap brings to mind such greats as Andre 3000 and Cee-Lo.
On songs like “They Got Us,” and “Children of the World” K.R.I.T. showcases his incredible storytelling skills, drawing listeners in to his world in a way that few rappers out todaymanage to do. On “Children of the World” he says, “We’re just children of the world tryin’ to decode all the secrets/My conversations with God always seem to leave him speechless.” In an era where a lot of emcees are more concerned with stunting and bragging K.R.I.T. is talking about real issues and concerns we all have.
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What makes K.R.I.T. such an exciting artist, besides his skills as an emcee, is the fact that he produces all of his own music. The beats on K.R.I.T. Wuz Here are all soulful, smooth, – the kind of the kind of music we are used to hearing blaring from the speakers on corners and stoops in the middle of the summer.
Both in beats and in lyrical content, K.R.I.T. reps his hometown of Mississippi to the fullest, especially on songs like “Hometown Hero,” “Country Shit” and “The South” (which appears on his mixtape The Last King). With on
