I just threw on Yellow Tape Activities start to finish after my 3rd playthrough on the new one. Mozzy's delivery has definitely improved in a lot of subtle ways over the last two years, his tone and breath control noticeably stepped up. The production on the new one is WAY more polished and June's production evolved something serious, his beats were always raw but the compositions are way more ambitious nowadays and with more definition on top of that
One aspect of YTA that I can appreciate more after hearing this new album though is the immediacy and urgency he had on that album. 1 Up Top Ahk is a more mature and reflective record with a very Jacka-esque conscious undertone in spite of the gangsta content. He clearly presents himself as a rapper, survivor and father first and 4th Ave second.
YTA on the other hand comes across like he's literally rapping about the shyt he's dealing with the moment he had to dip out the backdoor from those studio sessions

it has a numbness and nihilist energy to it that gives the intelligent writing a decidedly chilling truthfulness that resonates for its sheer blunt honesty. The writing elevates that album above its unpolished production quality... Every line in every verse conveys equal parts jaded cynicism, vindictiveness, shellshock, death devoid of closure and the
acceptance that those feelings are there to stay when you're caught up. The album really broke down the mentality behind not giving a fukk and allowing substance abuse, bottomless hate, self loathing and a borderline reluctant sense of self preservation to dictate your life choices no matter who you end up hurting in the process (ex. "I don't care about my life like my mama care"). Knowing that the whole album was recorded during the month after he came home from his 1 year bid in San Quentin (

) and ended up back in Sac at the peak of the Starz vs. Zilla gang war, the album's tone made sense.
The music Mozzy made during his 2014 and 2015 run was original and unique to its gangsta rap trappings in a way that his post Bladadah material will likely never be again. That being said though this new album is the first album I've heard from him in two years that convinced me he can pull off a more mature record. If y'all like Scarface, The Jacka, etc. this new Mozzy album is evidence that he's the best active rapper in that lane right now period.