junclassic is an emcee from Queens who is about fifteen years deep into his recording career. Along the way, he’s collaborated with the likes of Jazz Spastiks, Mr. Troy, and Wun Two. Just this past March, we got an EP from junclassic called Snapshots. Now he’s right back with another EP, one word all small letters.

The title of the EP of course comes from the stylization of junclassic’s name. “jun” comes from the fact that he’s a junior, and classic is a reference to the style of hip hop that he likes to lay down. Specifically, as a native New Yorker, he’s laying down that classic East Coast boom bap. To achieve that on this EP, jun is getting production from Chin Beats, Iron Fizt, wun two, Krohme, Squires, and The Custodian of Records. While there is some good variety across the beats, no one strays to far from that mid-tempo, jazz/soul-sampling funky groove, the kind with a nice pocket where junclassic can just sit back in the cut and do his thing on the mic. On this EP, junclassic is doing a lot of personal storytelling, which covers everything from his experience over the years as an emcee to his struggles dealing with various issues as his parents get older. It’s all on the table and handled with style and grace, just as you’d expect from a veteran emcee like junclassic.

one word all small letters isn’t anything too fancy, just good solid East Coast hip hop. It’s exactly the type of project you can expect from an artist like junclassic, where he finds just the right soulful production and then lays it all out there over the course of a few songs, giving you this emotionally charged music that just feels familiar and comforting to listen to.