Lav's Music Corner

Injury Reserve are a Phoenix based hip hop trio who released a string of critically acclaimed mixtapes culminating in their 2019 self-titled debut. Last year one of the groups two MCs Steppa J. Groggs tragically passed away and By The Time I Get To Phoenix  is the first new music from the group since his death. The writing and recording process for the record was underway before Groggs passed away and he has a number of appearances on the album. Review By Lav: I have been a massive admirer of Injury Reserve for years now. They showed off quite a bit of versatility on their self-titled and I said at the time that I was thrilled to see where they would go next. It was obviously an extremely painful and unfair tragedy that someone as young and talented as Groggs so tragically passed away and I wasn't sure we would ever hear another album from the band. On By The Time I Get To Phoenix the band throws convention completely out the window creating their most thematically dark and instrum...