Over the past few years, Houston emcee Anti Lilly has
experienced a lot of hardships. Stretches of serious depression
combined with the monotony of a 9-to-5 lifestyle, temptations
from the streets and betrayal from a close friend forced him
into isolation. Using Phoniks jazzy soundscapes as a coping
mechanism, Anti paints a vivid picture of the struggles he’s
endured since we last heard from the duo on 2014’s “Stories
From The Brass Section”. The album’s 17 tracks are stitched
together with voicemail’s the young Houston rhyme-spitter
received from friends and family trying to reach him while he
was shut out from the world. Through it all, Anti emerges from
his experiences with a renewed optimism, letting the world
know “It’s Nice Outside” despite all the pain and suffering he’s
withstood.