Von off North Ave had songs he still cared about stranded in plans for other projects. On “38th & Garfield,” the Chicago rapper formerly known as Dyzzi from DivSel gives some of that material a home, while reconsidering a habit of releasing so much music that individual songs could pass listeners by. The five track EP arrives through Below System Records, with its title referring to the block where he says his focus began with music alone. That concern with how to introduce his work reaches back to his Dyzzi catalogue. In a 2019 interview, he explained that KidsBackThen was supposed to be his first album, but its lengthy development led him to release Same Clothes As Yesterday while he finished it. Juno Adonis produced several songs on that earlier record and reconnects with him here on “Pull Up.” Von says he contacted the producer during a spell of writer’s block, returning to a collaborator with whom he had already made numerous songs. “Pull Up” went through at least three rewrites. What began as a diss prompted by a confrontation involving friends became a broader statement about his direction, with work and success replacing retaliation as its purpose. Elsewhere, close friend PayZay joins “Trippin’,” while Ghowste, 3am and Kulture contribute production. Von describes the collection as drawing on personal life, relationships and time away from music. Among its songs is one he says he wrote entirely in jail on inmate request sheets.
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