The day has finally arrived! The drop of one of the most anticipated releases of the year! Now that it’s dropped. Let’s talk about it!
This is the latest by Reek Osama and producer Work Scorsese. Two giants in the underground whose individual catalogues have made more waves than most, so to come together on such a dynamic project as this is a game changer to say the least!
With 9 tracks and features from
-Eto and -WhoIsBravy, they come to shake the game up once again, and let me tell you, this one goes HARD.
Let’s start with the production. From the very first track, you can hear just how theatrical and cinematic the sounds are. This feels like a movie, and it only gets more intense as the album goes on.
Whether you’re talking about the track ‘Pat Holmes’ with those eerie chords loops over that skeletal beat structure. Or the track ‘10k’ with those booming strings and lavish beats that sound like an 80’s montage from your favourite thriller!
The point being, Work does an excellent job navigating the sonic waters between the cold-blooded and raw atmosphere and the larger-than-life/picturesque landscape and doing so in the most masterful way possible!
Onto Reek. The man whose savage, deep voice and ruthless wordplay has made waves across the culture for years. Now he’s back with an ever bigger voice, more monstrous aura, flow, and penmanship.
The way he nails the energy over those vivid beats is incredible. He’s become one with the production and executes a killer performance that only he could pull off!
When it comes to ‘living up to the hype’, Reek and Work did this in spades. The production is amazing, the rapping is top tier, and the features are ruthless and well performed! Definitely an album of the year contender!
https://open.spotify.com/album/7z5mIReHijfJUnFMfOhxB0?si=suPbhpTHRwK-UpQg1hFCww
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