You know what time it is! Time for yet another album review and once again for the 13th time this week along, no for the 13th time in 3 days! I get to discover new artists. It’s wild how many new discoveries in such a short time span, but with that being said, let’s get into it!
So this is the January 2025 release by ‘Bottom Feeders’ which consists of ‘Cap Jones’ the rapper and ‘Jay Fehrman’ the producer and together they come with 10 fresh tracks for the listeners!
Starting with the production side of things, from the opening track this just screams ‘old school’ I felt like was transported to the latest 90’s and early 2000’s era with those big booming beats, lavish and loud instrumentation and polished, stadium quality Hip Hop that was built for the radios, clubs and stereos.
This thing doesn’t just feel ‘Big time’ it is. The way he utilises the Hard Rock/Classic Metal influences and samples. The way he mixed in elements of Classical and Renaissance style sounds and inspirations then on top of all that creates a method to fuse all 3 of these genres of
-Rock/Classical/Hip Hop into one project that somehow balances all the pieces of the sonic puzzle in such a way that the puzzle never spills out into places it’s not support to and stays fluent, vibrant and absolutely infectious and original in the execution which is something not just anyone can do and trust me I listen to so much music over the years and especially for reviews and the difficulty in finding that ‘perfect balance’ with sounds is all too common so for me to hear so many styles in one album speaks nothing but admiration for the man behind the machine!
Now onto Cap. The man who is paired with such interesting and unique beats. What’s sick about him is his low, killer, monotone voice that makes everything he says feel 10x more intense due to how he’s delivering every line.
How flow sounds dangerous, his cadence is lethal and his wordplay is phenomenal and eye-opening, especially paired with how he talks. He sounds like the kind of guy who could literally find a way to come out of your Spotify app just to kick your head in for a snarky comment, a real solid dude with a voice of a ruthless killer.
His cold-blooded speech across the songs really helps amplify the feeling and atmosphere of the project, as he’s putting on a Masterclass in sonic visuals and storytelling from expressions, energy, and aura, and in this department, he’s the artist of the month.
Long story short, this shit goes HARD. This duo has amazing chemistry who both excel in their respective roles on this album and deserve to be recognised for this!
https://open.spotify.com/album/73s18vTa1CHufJSwv9rmAr?si=h5mvHRr2RCOzSSdQJrUjGg
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