After being pardoned and released from incarceration in January 2021, Kodak put out two EPs within a month, Haitian Boy Kodak and Happy Birthday Kodak. Both projects failed to crack the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with the former peaking at #25 and the latter peaking at #180. Between the disappointing numbers and feelings of not being respected by his peers as his legend status commands it would be easy for Kodak to quit music. Kodak could’ve been the latest washed-up superstar trying to remind music fans about what he did years ago in a futile attempt to demand his respect. Instead, Kodak came back in 2022 to give us what may possibly be the best album in his discography.