What defines a legend? I’m sure if you asked 100 people you’d get 100 different answers. But to me it’s when an artist can create something beyond amazing with consistency that others can’t. When a man or woman gains the respect of their peers with every new piece of art they release and to do both simultaneously isn’t easy but for Da Legend it’s merely another day at work.
So, what we have is yet ANOTHER project by Napoleon featuring 14 tracks and entirely produced by another legend ‘Gilallo Point’ whose name should be etched into every underground head’s brain for a while now.
Unless you’re living under a rock, this album is not even a month since his last drop ‘Great Minds’ and that album is already on most people’s ‘Album Of The Year’ list and he’s already back, absolutely ridiculous.
What I find about this one talking about the production is how skeletal and stripped it is in comparison to his previous work with ‘JR Swiftz’ who in contrast had more larger than life sounds, grander and more saturated.
On this one, I love how smooth and raw it is. It feels like Gilallo is giving Napoleon the floor to let his rhymes appear even closer to the front of the tracks and forced to go all out and carry more of the songs. A project I see an example of this would be Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’ which was entirely stripped compared to ‘Channel Orange’ and forced him to work his vocals 10x more, this is how I feel here, Gilallo knows who he’s got on the mic and he’s letting him do his thing and show the world why he is ‘Da Legend’
With the rhymes at the forefront he doesn’t miss, his smooth and crisp lyricism and flow is as usual, unmatched. He never does or has missed a beat and on this one he’s even brought associated with him to test and prove his penmanship with the most stand out track being ‘Life Or Death’ when he goes toe to toe against Umbrella’s own Jay Royale and matches him equally.
Of course you have other household names such as
-Invizible Hands
-Ghost Machine
-Eloh Kush
-Sunez Allah
-Nejma Nefertiti
-DJ Riddle
All these names he’s put on as a way to improve and prove to himself that he’s the best out by featuring against the other top tiers out. I know there are a lot of names out there who are scared to feature alongside certain names in fear of sounding washed up, but Napoleon knows too well he ain’t that and he’ll take on any challenge and overcome it.
I’ve said this to all my hip hop heads. I truly believe Napoleon Da Legend is the modern-day ‘Guru’ with his impeccable flow, untouched lyrics, and his consistency most only would wish they had. He shows the diversity to work alongside any producer and create gold, and I’m sure this isn’t the last we will hear of him this year, and I can guarantee it will be a masterpiece because as I said to him, it’s just another day.
https://napoleondalegend.bandcamp.com/album/f-l-a-w
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