Li63rty turns February 2025 grief into “Divine Times”, an 11 track diary of hunger, faith, and hard won clarity

Rap mistress Li63rty has released her most personal album yet, “Divine Times,” now streaming on all major platforms.

Some projects meet you at the soft part of your chest. You can tell they were made from a place that still aches, even when the artist is trying to stand tall. That is the space Haitian-American artist, author, and entrepreneur Li63rty steps into on “Divine Times,” a record that takes grief and sorrow and shapes them into something you can sit with, learn from, and carry.

The starting point is clear. Her pop passed away in February 2025, and the loss left her disoriented in a world that already felt loud, messy, and unkind. In that fog, music became the one place where she could breathe. At first, it was relief, the volume turned up so everything else could fade out. But somewhere in the making, that coping mechanism changed form. She realized grief did not have to stay a hiding place. It could become a compass.

That shift is what gives this 11-track album its shape. “Divine Times” moves like chapters from a life that has been lived honestly, love and loss, mistakes and lessons, the small victories that keep you going. It is intimate without feeling like a diary dumped on your lap. Even when the emotions are heavy, the writing aims for direction.

Speaking as a music fan and blogger, I came away proud of what she pulled off here. Li63rty sounds fearless on the mic, like she is willing to tell you exactly where it hurt and what it cost to heal. The lyricism is personal, emotionally deep, and grounded in real experience, and the production is polished enough to let her land every point. Track by track, you hear a person laying her life out, then finding a way to stand back up inside it. She deserves the cheers for the talent and the endurance, for the humility and resilience, and especially for the heart behind the whole thing.

“Divine Times” runs 34 minutes and 1 second, and it wastes very little time. The “11:11” intro sets the tone with a poetic patience, carried by a soulful hook from a backing female vocalist. The center of the moment lands in the lines, “They gon doubt me but I will be nominated, talk behind my back still I’ll be celebrated, saw it in my mind yeah I meditated, what I manifest gon be elevated, they won’t see the plan nor underestimate me, but when the time comes they’ll be captivated, I’ll stay on my grind never hesitating, when the world is watching I’ll be nominated…” It is aspiration as self-defense, a reminder to keep believing, and to remember who believed before the applause showed up. She used to run from pain, and now she’s staring it down. The hunger feels caged and focused, like she has nothing to lose by going all in.

“Make It Home” follows with a smooth, warm groove, the kind of classic feel-good hip-hop bed that still leaves room for an R&B sheen. There’s also a cinematic touch in the arrangement, maybe a violin progression, maybe a sax line, something that lifts the track into a wider frame. Lyrically, she’s chasing stability and peace, saying she’s just trying to make it home. The delivery here is refined, clean, and elegant, proof that she can lean into restraint and still command the song. It reads as a statement of grace under pressure, the sound of someone who refuses to fold while moving toward what she was always meant to become.

On “Forward,” Li63rty turns that momentum into an anthem. The production is velvety and controlled, supportive without crowding her voice, and that balance matters because she’s rapping with purpose. Her cadence pulls you in, then she starts flexing, threading inspiration through the bars like it is part of the beat. The theme is simple and hard-earned: keep moving. When she leans into dream-chasing language, it does not feel like empty motivation. It feels like testimony.

“Callin’” carries some of the album’s densest writing, and the weight is right there in the lines: “I was broke in my soul tryna fix it with cash, now I’m rich in direction even broke I still pass…” Then she drops the kind of line that stays with you: “Ain’t no GPS when your vision is spiritual,” and you feel the truth of it immediately. This is a track about finding purpose with patience, facing the past, checking yourself in the mirror, and letting pride fall away. She calls her food lyrical, and she absolutely serves it hot, sharp, and sustaining.

“Hooked” is where the album leans into its darkest subject matter, depression, mental struggle, and the lure of drugs as escape. Li63rty tells the story of a friend who got swallowed by that world while trying to outrun a life that felt ruined. The opening lines set the mood with a painful clarity: “…most people only rest when they escape, truth is, the brightest lights hide the darkest wounds…” From there, the details cut deeper. “She said her ex was a dealer, her last man hit her, her best friend dies from the same scripts they gave her” lands with a raw heaviness, the kind that resonates if you have lived it, or watched someone you love disappear into it. The track doesn’t sensationalize the pain. It names it, then lets it sit.

“Stuck on You” shifts the palette and lets Li63rty show a more romantic angle, delivered with subtlety rather than big obvious declarations. Nova Bodo’s featured vocals add a soft brightness that helps the song breathe, and the message still lands where it’s meant to. It is a gentler moment that keeps the album human, not trapped in one emotional register.

“Hoodlogue” is quick, just 25 seconds, but it makes its point. It’s a shout-out from Ace Hood, one of Florida’s rap standouts, and it plays like a nod across generations and lanes. Game recognizes game, and this is that.

By the time the record closes, the larger statement feels earned. In a season where people are gearing up for J-Cole’s “Fall Off,” I’m comfortable putting “Divine Times” in the conversation as something the culture can connect to right now. It’s honest, it’s focused, and it’s alive with lived experience. Kudos to Li63rty for turning grief into a masterpiece that still reaches outward.

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