Album Review: Pack of Loosie’s Volume 9 | CJ The Profit

Review by Eric Jackson

In just three years, CJ The Profit has dropped nine volumes of Pack of Loosie’s —a n output that reads more like a mission than a mixtape series. Vol. 9, fully produced by Profound79, is proof that consistency doesn’t mean complacency. If anything, this project shows CJ deepening his self-awareness, sharpening his pen, and pushing the boundaries of his flow.

The album starts with a narrated homage to the 1973 BMW E9. It’s not just about the car, it’s about the restoration. CJ likens the process to himself: stripped down, refined, and returned to form with more elegance, more class, and more meaning. It's a metaphor that drives the entire project forward.

Then comes “Libra Scale,” where CJ balances reflection with resilience. He’s navigating life, leadership in his artist community, and guarding against the wrong energies tipping his scale. The track drips with the weight of responsibility, leading into “Anything” featuring Starr Nyce with a cautionary tale of desperation.

“What it look like paying for followers and views / Take life scars and scrapes and use that as my muse” — Starr Nyce

Throughout Vol. 9, there’s an undeniable feel-good undertone. It’s that weekend morning energy that invites you to a moment of reflection, truth and peace. The melodies are infectious.. Tracks like “Titles” turn CJ’s introspection into doctrine. Laced with hypnotic samples and basslines that flirt with boom-bap nostalgia, CJ questions the entire social hierarchy.

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“Y’all wanna be famous / I wanna be free-e” — CJ The Profit

This isn’t surface-level soul-searching—it’s head-on deconstruction. If titles disappeared, who would you be? No opps. No idols. Just self.

Then there’s the flex. “Greece” and “Money Talk$” usher in a grittier energy. Profound79 gets heavy on the grit, laying concrete for CJ’s bar-heavy flows and braggadocious swagger. And the way he flows on this record!?!

“You know who’s the flyest, yea it's been us /
My Beamer look lil’ different, yours a rental”
- CJ The Profit

“Come Back” is a fucking standout. Great writing. Great production.

“Time keeps ticking, it don’t come back /
I been drinking and smoking less /
I been tripping, I’m owning that /
But if I leave this time, I won’t come back”

Peace. Assurance. Understanding. You gotta balance outcome with decisions. It’s that rare space where growth and grit overlap. On “Keep Going,” R&B Diva Kaay Taurus completely swoons and commands from the jump over a classical piano, chord-heavy sampled track.

CJ sees through the bullshit. His understanding of life, through the balance of good decisions, some impulsive, all serves as an equalizing scale to his evolution. And at this point. He’s focused. 

CJ closes the project with “Farewell”, a love letter to community, to realness, to Hip Hop as sanctuary. And then? A clip of Dick Gregory, calling out the filth in athletes & entertainers. It’s a bold ending — but CJ has laid out his work on his Libra scale, and is breaking through the filth.

1. ‘73 BMW E9
2. Libra Scale
3. Anything
4. Titles
5. Greece
6. Money Talk$
7. Come Back
8. Sometimes
9. Keep Going
10. Farewell