Suff Daddy is a producer from Berlin that has been at this thing for years and years, whether it be as a solo artist making his own music and remixing other artists or working as part of groups like the Betty Ford Boys. Most recently, we heard from him as part of the Baker’s Dozen series that Fat Beats puts out. Now he delivers a new solo album, Pompette.

Pompette is the French word for “tipsy,” which is a good word for an album this loose and flowing. Suff Daddy isn’t doing just one thing on this album, so it’s a little hard to pin down. Instead, he’s just taking you on this journey over the course of fourteen tracks. You’ll hit on everything from classic downtempo to gritty boom bap to dancehall to modern synth driven beats to sexy R&B and everything in between. You’ll get subtle references to Dilla, you’ll get tracks that are so funky that you’ll want to turn the stereo up and start dancing, you’ll get tracks that hit hard and will make you snap your neck, and you’ll get tracks that are purely for the grown and sexy. The real key here is the way in which Suff Daddy keeps everything flowing naturally from one track to the next, one style to the next. He also does a fantastic job of incorporating guest artists, such as Kadeshia, Illa J, The Lunchbirds, Juju Rogers, Olivyeah, Part Time Cooks, Horim, Guilty Simpson, S. Fidelity, and Torky Tork. Each artist gets a chance to shine and bring their own unique flavor to the project, but Suff Daddy always makes sure that it’s serving the bigger picture of the album. This sounds easy enough on paper, but more often than not albums like this end up sounding like disconnected compilations as opposed to albums.

Suff Daddy is a veteran producer, and this is exactly the type of album you like to see from an artist in his position. His sound has continued to evolve, and he takes on a lot of different material, but he also makes sure that it all sounds cohesive and that is all sounds like Suff Daddy.