Since Big K.R.I.T. (real name: Justin Scott) has already unleashed nearly 60 tracks of revealing solo material, "Underground" feels like the return of a well-known friend, despite its positioning as a debut album. One haphazard listening of the album makes the longtime K.R.I.T. fan feel as if they've heard all this before -- a few months ago, even, on "4Eva N a Day."
"Live From The Underground," then, is a dish that must be absorbed in multiple courses. The extent of K.R.I.T.'s achievement on his proper debut can be lost in the consistency of his output, but it is a stirring triumph nonetheless.
If there's one major disappointment to "Live From The Underground," it's that the album feels a little too safe. K.R.I.T. has never been an in-your-face MC, and while his street poetry offers many sumptuous sensations, there's no stone-cold stunner that flips the rapper's pat style on its head, a la Drake's "Marvin's Room" or Kanye West's "Runaway."
