A while back, I wrote a profile of Everett-based MC Ripynt (pronounced “repent”) that brought the long knives out on 206 proof, as well as on this widely read, totally relevant magazine’s web site. (Beware: The latter post is a taxing read for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the spray of exclamation points in the prolix, tone-deaf fourth paragraph. Perhaps the editor’s time would be better spent actually editing, and not commenting on his, uh, writers’ posts. It also might help to avoid labeling other publications “rags” without showing a little ironic self-awareness. But, hey, what do I know? I like using the second-person!) Lost in the all the chatter was the fact that Ripynt is a talented MC with a broad range of lyrical interests. And on the tracks I’ve heard from his four-years-in-the-making debut album, RIP: Re-inventing Poetics, he uses that range to maximum impact. For example, Ripynt tackles the numbing effects of poverty and the saving grace of music on “Breakthrough” (produced by Sinic and his younger brother Aether and propped up by a wall-rattling chorus from Kansas City, Mo., MC Krizz Kaliko); the pain he experienced when he and his wife went through a temporary yet nasty break-up on the Sinic-and-Aether-produced “Scarecrow”; and on “Rippin’ It,” produced by Sinic, he offers some much-needed comic relief, taking a shot at his own confusingly spelled MC moniker.It’s a well-rounded debut that Ripynt nevertheless understands is one small, though significant, part of a much larger struggle. “It’s not a perfect album. In retrospect, I know there are songs I could’ve afforded to cut, and it could’ve been shorter,” he says of its 18 tracks. “But overall, I’m very proud of the product.”Ripynt performs tonight with Wizdom, Sleep of Oldominion, DJ Swervewon, and host Neema at Nectar Lounge. Doors at 8 p.m.