Fatboi Skrap

Eat 2 Live

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Fatboi Skrap dropped Eat 2 Live on September 18. I wasn’t familiar with him or his style, so I put it in the back of my mind until I could listen with fresh ears. Here’s the breakdown: ✔️ — Not for me ✔️✔️ — Decent ✔️✔️✔️ — Solid ✔️✔️✔️✔️ — Strong ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️ — VALID EAT 2 LIVE Produced by Kofi Cooks The title track let me know immediately that Fatboi Skrap is a grown man on grown man business. The obvious point is that he’s eating and living—but there’s more to it. From falling out with his wife to losing friends, Eat 2 Live shows that music and the money connected to it have consistently been in his corner. Storytelling has lost a lot over the years, but Mr. Skrap hasn’t abandoned it. Solid offering. ✔️✔️✔️✔️ LOVE OR NOT Produced by Anthony Sweats The production is slow and deliberate. Anthony Sweats controlled the floor and set Fatboi Skrap up for the finger roll. The storytelling continues with a simple question: Do you love me, or do you love the things I have? ✔️✔️✔️ WANT IT ALL Produced by Aiden Lair This is an eyes-closed, visualize-success type of song. “I wanna look like I’m rich, I wanna live like I’m rich, I want it all.” Catchy, aspirational and vibe-worthy. ✔️✔️✔️ CAME FROM PAIN Produced by Stunnah Beatz II I ain’t gonna lie, man—in my 50 Tyson voice—I listened to this joint three times in a row. I’ll say it again: This is grown man music. Ain’t no mumble rap going on here. The pain comes through the speakers. The singer isn’t credited, but he did his job getting some of the tears out of this album. “You gotta see it for yourself, it’s your own vision—and you don’t need nobody else, it’s your own mission.” Very well put. Stand on your own and take it on the chin. ✔️✔️✔️✔️ DAY ONES Produced by Ric&Thadeus Respect to the homies who have always been there. I understand the message, but this one is average at best. It’s not an automatic skip, but I’m cool on it. ✔️ OML Featuring Bankroll Brayzee Produced by Kofi Cooks I heard Bankroll Brayzee on another feature, and he stays consistent with his flow and wordplay. I like how he complemented Fatboi Skrap on this track. The smooth, grown-man horns and bass line make it a pleasant ride. ✔️✔️✔️ FLY SHIT ONLY Featuring Ja Harlin Produced by Skybeats I’m a music head, and everything isn’t for me—but I love that late-’90s and early-2000s West Coast funk. That C-Bo and Mac Mall type of sound. Fatboi Skrap and Ja Harlin took over, and Skybeats took me back. I don’t know how younger audiences will feel about it, but I’m all in. ✔️✔️✔️✔️ HATE ON ME Produced by Tony Snow Beats “If you ain’t getting money, what you hating for? Imma give you something you can hate me on. If they ain’t hating, then you did it wrong. Imma give you something you can hate me on.” This gives me anthem energy—me and bro nem in the section, doing too much and feeling good. It isn’t exactly a feel-good song, but it will have you nodding your head. ✔️✔️✔️✔️ ALL OF DAT Featuring P.R.E. Produced by Marcello Marshall and A1Lex Beats This could have had a tighter sound, and P.R.E. didn’t impress me here. I’ve heard P.R.E. do much better on other tracks. When you sit down and really listen to music, skipping songs becomes difficult—but this is an almost-skip. I won’t go directly to this track the next time I play the project. ✔️ SHOULDN’T HAVE TO Featuring 1L Produced by Bandit Luce Sampling “Can U Handle It?” by Usher Bandit Luce took matters into his own hands and laid this one all the way down. All Fatboi Skrap had to do was walk into the room and sit down. All 1L had to do was keep his shoes off the carpet, and everything would have been dope. Big Homie Fatboi Skrap got comfortable inside the perfectly concocted beat, said his piece and didn’t move anything out of place. Then 1L came in sounding a little nervous and stumbled over the carpet with his vodka and cranberry sloshing everywhere. I was about to say something—but he recovered and finished strong. I would’ve liked to hear Rxmedy handle the singing because I’ve heard him attack a similar style and kill it. I had never heard 1L before. He wasn’t terrible, but he sounded overmatched on this release. This is grown man music. You can’t come in scared. I want to hear more from 1L before I make up my mind. I also want this to be my favorite song on the project—but…🤦🏾‍♂️ ✔️✔️✔️ WHO YOU KNOW Featuring Young Booda and Yung Pone Produced by Marcello Marshall Smooth bass line with a West Coast or Southwestern feel. For some reason, Minnesota—especially its older rap producers—has always had some of that Southern California sound. The handoffs were smooth, the melody was tucked right in and the production was tight. Definitely one of the top three songs on the album. ✔️✔️✔️ BRAGGING RIGHTS Featuring P.R.E. and Ben Harbor Produced by Anthony Sweats VALID. ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️ P.R.E. made me shut the fukk up! You got it, big dawg. S.O.O.N. Produced by Marcello Marshall The lyrics are there. The concept is there. The problem is the delivery. The sing-song rap style doesn’t fit Fatboi Skrap’s grown-man lane. That delivery feels better suited for somebody born after 2000. I did my job and listened to the entire song, but Auto-Tune is Fatboi Skrap’s enemy. ✔️ FLOWERS FOR KYIA Produced by Henri Jamal Strong, powerful and deep. Listening to this felt like attending a funeral and seeing Fatboi Skrap dressed in all black, tightly hugging his daughters while tears streamed down his face. The storytelling is vivid enough to put you directly inside the moment. Powerful offering. ✔️✔️✔️✔️ ALL ON ME Produced by Henri Jamal Another record that fits comfortably in the OG—or grown man—category. I say it that way because this is a young man’s game, and real music sometimes takes a back seat even when it doesn’t deserve to. The production is tight, the delivery is smooth and the overall sound is solid. ✔️✔️✔️✔️ FINAL VERDICT Eat 2 Live is a good project with strong production, solid features and only two near-skips. More importantly, Fatboi Skrap knows his lane. This is OG music. Grown man music. Storytelling, pain, loyalty, ambition and accountability without chasing every sound currently popular with younger audiences. Bragging Rights earns the only official VALID rating, but Came From Pain, Fly Shit Only, Hate On Me, Flowers for Kyia and All On Me are all strong records. This feels like the beginning of a Minneapolis staple. One VALID track and a good album? I’ll take it.

September 28, 2026