By Odeisel

We owe much of who we are to the influences we had in our formative years. We get our determination, drive and even our expectations and temperament from our parents and friends and our environment. For Big K.R.I.T. his inspiration and his will derive from his paternal Grandma Linnie. Recently, while out in San Francisco, K.R.I.T. hooked up with a band called Grillade and they recorded this heartfelt track “Neva Go Back,” a dedication to Grandma Linnie, alongside Grillade vocalist Ragen Fykes at the Different Fur studio.

A soft string note blankets the background and a a funky acoustic guitar catches most of the mood. That string gains in force and saunters alongside a bass as the chorus moves to the front. Fykes sings of lost adolescence and simpler black and white times that adults in this grey world often wish we could return to.

K.R.I.T. is once again on the grind, with thoughts of things he would much rather be doing, but knowing what needs to be done he gets his ass on the road. The streets are cold with beggars trying to hustle up change for the dollar menu, or drugs. K.R.I.T. gives up the change in his world of grey, noting that either the guy buys food or the dope man’s baby gets some new clothes. That’s the haze of urban morality sometimes. The a/c on the whip don’t work so the windows are down and all he can do is think about being a kid again. Can it be that it was all so simple then? In the second verse memories of Linnie about meshed with good food, G.I. Joes on the floor and the hole that her loss presents.

Big K.R.I.T., like Curren$y, sounds really good with live instruments and he is able to convey emotion better than  many veterans. He has a natural chemistry with Grillade and it would be interesting if Big K.R.I.T. would go the Pilot Talk route and attempt an album of live instrumentations. Either way, he’s done nothing to stifle expectations and everything to make us look forward to his debut. Word to Grandma Linnie.

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