Using a title scrapped by friend
Kanye West,
2 Chainz offers his sixth proper album in a way that comes across as a promise and threat. The content of
So Help Me God! likewise is a work of dualism more than his previous releases, brooding and balling in extremes. "Last one with
Def Jam but I'm still goin' off," he notes casually in the track "Feel a Way," and he proves his claim through the grim "Vampire," the spirit-of-'96 "Southside Hov," and acts of humorously gratuitous flamboyance such as "Lambo Wrist" and "Quarantine Thick." If this does prove to be
2 Chainz's last
Def Jam recording, there's no denying he went out in strong form. Tracks with amusing reinterpretations of classics by
Hall & Oates,
Guy, and
David Banner show that the rapper had a good deal of fun while making it, too. ~ Andy Kellman