This year has already been a trip. So many amazingly groundbreaking records that I honestly thought I had seen it all, until now. A record actually made in Harvard? If you don’t find that shit impressive, then you’re just lying to yourself! But to the rest of you, let’s talk about it!
So, this time around we have the powerhouse trio of
-Buda Da Future
-Grandz Musik
-Mike Kuz
And as the iconic ‘Steel Sessions’, they have brought together what could possibly be the greatest feature list on any record period. The names include
-Mickey Diamond
-Avenue
-Shaykh Hanif
-Codenine
-Nym Lo
-Pro Dillinger
-The Hidden Character
-ETO
-Estee Nack
-Al-Doe
-Micah Write
-SMOKEINTHEEYE
-Xp The Marksman
-Tree Mason
-AA Rashid
-FEED THE FAMILY
-Lukey Cage
-Chase Fetti
-Bori Rock
-Dot Demo
-TOP HOOTER
-Dun Dealy
-Rim
-Eddie Kaine
-Last Days
-New Days
-Marc Andre
-Big Twin
-UFO Fev
-Bub Styles
-Slum The Resident
-Vic Spencer
-The Musalini
-Isaac Pelayo
-Knowledge The Pirate
-Sam Buck
And with the utilisation of this legendary line-up, I feel this record was made as a type of ‘celebration’ for the underground. For years, artists have scratched, clawed, sweated, and bled to make the independent scene thrive and all the work it took to make it what it is today, and I feel finally since the last half-decade, the scene has been recognised as the premier place for quality and dope albums and has finally taken over the mainstream as the go-to location for where ‘real’ hip hop lives.
This album just feels fun in execution. It’s nothing but dope, crisp, raw production with the who’s who of names putting their best selves forward in the name of ‘hip hop’.
I love how everyone sounds on top of their game! Not a wack verse to be found. I also love how much attention and notoriety ‘FEED THE FAMILY’ is getting as of late. The past year and present specifically, they are everywhere on everyone’s album as well as producing some classics of their own stuff!
It’s hard to explain without listening to it first, but just how grand and celebratory this whole thing feels. When you work alongside 3 dope producers and then collaborate with 1000 words with this ridiculously talented photography and then all these names?
This album is the modern-day Dr. Dre:2001 quality verses, quality instrumentals, and quality mixing.
This is the ULTIMATE passion project and no doubt will remain the soundtrack for the underground for years to come! I couldn’t be happier that this project exists, and I’ll end this by saying to everyone who spent their years or decades working and grinding to build what has become the mandatory destination for the rebirth of rap, then to all those involved:
Thank you! And whether you’re part of this project or not, this one is for you!
https://open.spotify.com/album/3zpe7Z0F3zXNb2YzIl6FIR?si=wemjcLIuQB6seCWYd8bfMA
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