Washington, D.C. emcee of Nigerian descent FlyG is back for his 10th EP. Properly introducing himself to the underground a couple years ago off his inaugural extended play Soulful Journey, SPCL_CHRCTRS would fully produce the next one Serenade Symphony at the end of last February & rising French producer Drega33 helped him turn more heads with MENNBLVCK a couple months later. MENNBLVCK II followed on Black Friday, reuniting with Drega so they can finally drop MENNBLVCK III coming off both Soundscape Cinema & FlyBlackmanExperience respectively.
“Du$ty Roads” opens with a funky homage to former 3-time NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion, NWA National Heavyweight Champion, WWE Hall of Famer, WWE United States Champion, 2-time WCW World Tag Team Champion & 3-time WCW World Television Champion Dusty Rhodes whereas “F.T.$ho” takes a more soulfully approach instrumentally stripping the drums this time showing off his wordplay.
We get more soul samples coming our way on “B@rry Bonds at Luger $teaks” recalling a dining experience he had where they fucked up his order & he had to give them his business card leading into “Luxurious Abilitie$” embracing a drumless vibe once again talking about him learning that the pathways of success are narrow. After an interlude, “Eye$ Closed” gets the 2nd half of the EP going with more soulful atmosphere discussing how much times have changed.
“MENNBLVCK on “Bro@dway” nears closer towards the conclusion of the trilogy with a soulfully drumless talking about the large amount of free agents who’ve laid out the blueprint while “Keep Tryin’” discusses that it wasn’t ever hard for him to master the pen & a lover who gives him a hard time even when he’s washing dishes. “$un Mediation Methods” concludes MENNBLVCK III with a drumless closer talking about one having to develop their own tricks.
I’ve always considered both installments of the MENNBLVCK series to be some of FlyG’s greatest material & thankfully he’s already been confirmed that the series will keep going since he’s planning to drop MENNBLVCK 4EVER at some point during the 2nd half of 2026 because MENNBLVCK III carries over every satisfactory aspect of it’s predecessors from Drega33’s soulfully drumless production to the DMV artists’ songwriting.
Score: 8/10
