By Zack Sulkis – Social Media Editor

Ken Carson is slowly turning heads with the Deluxe version of his album “X” titled “Xtended.” “Xtended” was released on Halloween with 5 new songs added to “X.”

Carson, real name Kenyatta Lee Fraizer Jr., is a 22-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia and started rapping in 2015 initially releasing music on SoundCloud. In 2020, he released two small albums – “Boy Barbie” which did not get much fanfare, and “Teen X” which mostly got recognition for the fact that the album has Yale on it.

When “X” was released not many actually knew who he was or that he was even signed by Playboi Carti. The few who did know of him did so for his song Yale, which became well known through TikTok.

“X” was incredible – it featured songs such as “Go,” Gems,” “Freestyles 1 & 2,” and “Murda Musik.” “Xtended” was all of the original 20 songs off of “X” featuring five new ones – “Freestyle 3,” “Fashion Habits,” “Shoot,” “Swag Overload,” and “Lookbook.” 

The freestyle songs by Carson have become staples of his careers with “Freestyles 1 & 2” both dropping on the original “X” and three dropping on “Xtended,” they have been progressively getting better as each one drops with “Freestyle 3” even being promoted by Trippie Redd. Every song Carson makes has one recurring theme – the beats.

“Freestyle 3” has a beat that’s constantly changing with aggressive rapping by Carson. He sings, “You can tell by the way I stand/I’m too high/I’m too geeked/You can tell by the way I stand/I got swag/Marni my jeans/I put Marni on her and her team/And then I put my gang in Balenci.”

It didn’t make it onto the album, but Carson was recently featured on rapper SoFaygo’s song “Hell Yeah” that has been getting recognition from many different rappers. SoFaygo is preparing to drop his first complete album after making a name for himself through a few EPs and opening for Trippie Redd on the “Tripp At Knight Tour.” 

Similar to Playboi Carti, who signed Carson, the beats in all his songs can only be described as violent. Like Carti’s “Whole Lotta Red,” these are songs meant for mosh pits. Every Carson album leaves no room for breathing for his listeners with constant beat drops and heavy bass on every song that can blow the speakers out of a 2001 Nissan Altima.