“Ali, who grew up in Madison, Wisconsin listening to Melle Mel and KRS-One, knows you don’t rake in respect by just rapping about being stuck on the bus or looking notably different. What makes his flow decisively special is the commanding, effortless way he pulls the listeners into his perspective and makes them feel exactly what he’s feeling as he muses on the unglamorous realities of life and the beautiful moments spattered in between.”

Production from midwest guru Ant also did not hurt his new album The Undisuputed Truth. 

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