Nobody gonna give him the credit but he's been standing on having 30 minutes or less albums completely cutting out the fluff for a WHILE now, making sure the albums can end and loop back seamlessly if you want
Alot of the mid tier lyricist have adopted that method instead of copying the mainstream album.
Of the top of my head Jay Elect 's Act 1 was the only super short project I fukked with and that was pre-2010's. It's way more commonplace now