In the social media age where songs can go from the most popular thing out to old news in a matter of days, the quality vs. quantity debate often arises because the life cycle of music is so much shorter nowadays.

The concept of saturation is a bit of a grey area when it comes to the music industry. Whereas some people feel like you can have too much of a good thing, others say that as long as the music is good, you can never have enough. Just like with anything, the best result is a good balance of both quality and quantity and the artist who best embodies that is none other than Currensy.

Not Future? Not Gucci Mane? Not quite. This year alone, Spitta has released a mixtape for every month of the year, with the most recent being May’s The Legend Of Harvard Blue. It’s a pretty safe bet that we’ll get one for June too. His dedicated legion of fans continue to support anything attached to his name, speaking volumes of his consistency and diligence. It could be an IQ test to name as many of his mixtapes, albums and EPs as possible.

What makes it even more astonishing is that the vast majority of his material is free. 2015 saw Currensy release two albums in Pilot Talk III and Canal Street Confidential which was actually unorthodox for him. A rapper who has as much respect from his fans and peers as he does could charge for all of these projects without anyone batting an eyelid, but he resists. His generosity is a testament to how much he loves Hip-Hop. It’s no wonder he liberates so much material.

Of course, it would be painfully easy to aimlessly record 10 songs a day, not taking into consideration the genuine standard of each one, but that doesn’t seem to be an obstacle for Spitta. Rarely does he miss with his musical choices, despite there being so much room for him to go wrong with the hundreds of songs in his discography.

More important that being popular in the moment however, is maintaining interest in the long term. It’s a challenge to fault the monstrous work ethic of someone like Future but one fact of the matter is that the method that Currensy uses, being intimate with his fan base, almost guarantees longevity within the industry.

No matter how much great music he drops, you would be hard pressed to find someone who describes it as unnecessary or excessive.

It’s a wonder that he even finds time for recording between women, weed and lowriders, but we’re certainly grateful that he does.

– by Akaash Sharma