“West London rapper AJ Tracey’s ambitious second studio album doesn’t just nod to the pandemic; it references a 1997 NBA game when a visibly unwell Michael Jordan overcame food poisoning to help the Chicago Bulls to victory. Tracey is also digging deep to triumph over the odds, the title implies, with a US audience in his sights on this “sophomore” album. What follows is a three-pointer taken with”
“UK rapper remains in a league of his own”
“Halfway through ‘Cherry Blossom’, an otherwise forgettable mid-album cut from AJ Tracey’s second full length Flu Game, the west London rapper asserts that “I’ll take a genre that nobody’s fuckin’ with / Changin’ it up and I’ll make it a buck”. It’s this mission statement that Flu Game lives and dies by, with disappointing creative results. The stylish, charismatic, and famed Tottenham Hotspur sup”
