Back from the Dead

the take

The irony of this mixtape is even though I sing "I Don't Like" like it's still an anthem of mine in 2025 (still kinda is, though not as effective as it was back in 2012), I still find this tape being great. Like many others, "Back from the Dead" was my introduction to Chief Keef and Chicago drill as a whole. Young Chop handled the production on here, and while some of his beats on here didn't really age too well, bro still crafted classics like the aforementioned track, "Sosa", and "Everyday". (She say, "You be stuntin'?" Bitch, that's every day!") ...My bad, ignorant 2012 me just popped out for a bit. As for Chief Keef himself, the flows and the vocal inflections of his bars didn't grab ahold of me that much anymore, but what Keef did was create a vibe where you can visualize what life is like in Chiraq for outsiders like myself. And except for Soulja Boy (goddamn it 🤦🏾‍♂️), every feature on here made sure to keep that Chiraq feel evident and did so successfully. Truthfully, though... while this project grew off of me in the decade-plus since my discovery of "Back from the Dead", I still can't help but get nostalgic and visualize the younger version of myself being a bit more reckless back then, with Chief Keef's breakout project being one of the main reasons for that. BANG BANG.