The year after releasing his critically acclaimed sophomore effort,
Burden of Proof, New York rapper
Benny the Butcher teamed with beatmaker
Harry Fraud for his sequel EP
The Plugs I Met 2. Arriving two years after the first installment,
Plugs 2 is a typically intense, lyric-heavy offering from the skilled emcee. Combined with
Fraud's nostalgic, sample-filled backing, the short set feels like a time machine to the golden age, only updated for the 2020s with crisp and impeccable production. A roster of familiar faces (
2 Chainz,
Fat Joe,
French Montana,
Jim Jones, and more) joins
Benny on
Plugs 2, matching his hard-hitting verses with equal impact. Upon release, the EP debuted on the Billboard 200's Top 40. ~ Neil Z. Yeung