If you're unfamiliar with the work of Clairmont The Second, then his new project, Lil Mont from The Ave, is perfect for you, because it's essentially a reset. After having an imperfect union with a record label, the nineteen-year-old rapper brought himself back to the basics, handling production, vocals, mixing and mastering on this ten-track project he recorded in his basement, as so many rappers do. On Lil Mont from The Ave, Clairmont takes us back to his roots growing up in Weston, Toronto, and what makes the project so special is that the songs on it weren't made for the sake of filling out some arbitrarily sized project, but, rather, with the specific intention to tell the story of where Clairmont is from. You can hear the care taken, and you can especially so on the highlights we've listed out below.
Clairmont The Second