With I Will Make a Baby in this Damn Economy, Fat Tony embodies the kind of quixotic figure he would rap about; a singular entity who’s motivated, confident, and hungry; a perpetual-motion-machine locked in a staring contest with his country.

It’s the latest album in his catalog produced entirely by L.A-based producer Taydex since 2020’s Wake Up. Later that same year Fat Tony released Exotica, and ever since he’s demonstrated he is in his own lane as a professional rapper with the mind of a magician, as quick to conjure an image as pull it out from under you, deftly maneuvering through so many details and references a listener feels as if they have witnessed the work of an illusionist.

He paints these canvases inside of songs that rarely spill past three minutes; they’re pocket-sized diaries replete with acute observations, character studies, microdoses of storytelling, and single-minded ruminations on a topic that bud, blossom, and fade before too long.

Fat Tony & Taydex’s I Will Make a Baby in this Damn Economy cements Tony’s status as someone whose albums are not so much lyrically-lyrical as they are picaresque.

Tracklist:
1.Spectacular 02:03
2.Best Believe
3.Vibe Check (ft. Cadence Weapon)
4.Baby Boy (ft. Paul Wall)
5.Loosen Up (ft. B.K. Habermehl)
6.Alexis (ft. Harriet Brown)
7.We Still Here (ft. Harriet Brown)
8.Opportunist Convention
9.Kickin’ In
10.Don’t Tap In / Contusion (feat. B L A C K I E) 02:45
11.Boss Up
12.Make a Baby 02:02
13.Jasper, TX