It’s time again for that new single review, and this time it’s Mason Graves and his latest work, ‘Pain and Laughter’.
From the second this song starts, you can hear that lavish and smooth key samples which sound like they were ripped from an 80’s montage scene. It sounds equally warm and crisp at the same time, absolutely fuck with this instrumental-heavy!
Not long into the beat starting, we get going with Mason, who delivers his trademark deep and powerful voice for his opening verse. As usual, strong and vicious wordplay. He takes his time with his words, methodically delivering and sonically delivering his daggers into the ears of every listener over this contrasting, inviting, and peaceful beat!
This time around, he ain’t alone because to close the track off, we have Arizona legend Maze Overlay here with his trademark slick, smooth, and hypnotic vocal flow to slide all over this beat as per usual.
It’s not even February yet, and Maze has inserted himself into your favourite rapper’s favourite rap songs of 2025, and he ain’t even dropped a new project yet! Absolutely surreal work by Overlay, and of course, he murdered the verse this time around as he’s done on any song he’s on!
Also, I love how the song ends on these jazz chords to fade the track out. Such a small yet beautiful detail to conclude an already fantastic song!
This is definitely a song you don’t want to miss, so make sure you give these two the respect they’ve earned and deserve by playing the track below!
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