It’s been a minute since I heard from these boys. Unorthodocks and Solute, the boys who are putting Arizona on blast, and today they focus on their 4-track EP that is sure to blow you all away!
The tracks in question:
-RFK Nephew (Featuring Gorgeous Jefe, Dr. Laflow)
-Smooth Deuces (Featuring Maze Overlay)
-Can’t Win (Part II)
-Satriani In Santorini
And with a combination of production by Golden Arms and el, right off the bat with the opening track, we have this Denzel Curry-sounding track with big energy, a groovy beat, and hard-hitting verses that make it feel like a real cypher vibe that I fuck with heavily!
The second track has a more smooth and soulful atmosphere to it with those slowed-down keys with that traditional hip-hop beat making for an ambient-type instrumental that you’d be likely to hear in the Art Rap/Introspective Rap scene. Regardless, I love the relaxed vibe of this track and how each man raps on this one; they still maintain a strong energy but more suited to this slower beat.
Each verse hits hard and then ends in the most flex way possible with legend Maze Overlay driving the track home with his trademark signature flow and style!
Track 3 provides probably the most groovy and boom-bap flavour than any of the rest. It has this infectious what sounds like piano keys on loop in fast rotation paired with a light drum pattern and some extra synth keys scattered throughout the track.
I absolutely love the energy of this track! It has a fun, vibrant, and engaging sound to it that just makes your body wanna dance!
Across this type of production, both Unorthodox and Solute provided dope and fast-paced flow and witty, smart, and crisp lyricism across their respective verses; I fucking love it! Once again proving why they are such a formidable team.
The final track, and if I’m not mistaken, the shortest track on the whole project at 1 minute and 40 seconds. It features this classical vocal loop and instrumentation which sounds like notes you’d hear from a song in the 1940s with some light guitar notes playing in the background.
On this one, both men provide a smooth, delicately savage, and beautifully crafted verse that complements this beat perfectly.
I also love (as a wrestling fan) that the last line on this track was ‘Like John Cena, they can’t see me.’
A dope way to end the track and a dope track overall! Loved the sound, the rhymes— all of it was top tier.
Overall, this is up there with my favourite EP’s I’ve heard in 2025. It’s sonically strong, lyrically tight, and aesthetically pleasing to the listeners— nothing but love for this one!
https://open.spotify.com/album/21aYC6pCWCqIsUb8Lpn4Pw?si=x9ARK4AqRNmXJku5nvn-DQ
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