It’s been a minute since I covered a Hobgoblin release. Must have been January the last time I did, and now it’s time I get back on his vibe! This time with new artists, so let’s talk about it!
This is the latest collaboration between rapper ‘Doza The Drum Dealer’ and producer ‘Hobgoblin’, and together they release 10 tracks with just under half an hour of content, with 26 minutes. Featuring the likes of:
-Mar
-Kaeson Skrilla
-Osvn
-Bearsnchills
-Dax Mpire
-Ark Medina
-Innocent?
-D. Goynz
-Skanks The Rap Martyr
And with this group of underground maniacs really to knock the block off anyone who tries to talk shit in the game, we have a record that is not only well done but has the edge to keep all fakers away.
Starting with the production. It’s beyond well documented the quality and expertise of Hobgoblin; he’s more than earned his spot in the greatest underground workers going, and you can be sure that if his name is on the album, then it’s going to be a banger, and this one is no exception!
We have him utilising a theatrical style atmosphere featuring UK Grime Boom Bap with entertaining film/show snippets throughout to give the project more of a ‘cinematic’ vibe.
Each beat has that larger-than-life, rough around the edges, and crisp texture to it that makes the listeners make that scrunched-up stink face at the incredibly raw and cold-blooded beats that make Hob a household name to begin with!
When he wants to go smooth, he’ll out-smooth the smoothest producer you know. But when he wants to go grimy? He’ll be the king of that shit, knocking off all your favourites.
Onto Doza. A man who is new to me, but after this, I guarantee he won’t be ever again. I was more than impressed with his honest, in-your-face, and bare rap style. He ain’t worried about that dumb, fake shit that all the fakes use to get views or reactions; he’s a dope rapper, and that’s what he’s doing on this one.
His flow is strong and sharp, his lyricism even more so. He makes sure each word he says lands with more ferocity than a sabertooth tiger on cocaine! His lyrical claws dig into all his contemporaries and leave them all bloody corpses fighting for breath!
Across this one, he brought with him equally skilled predators who smell blood and go for the kill. They all contribute to elevating the bloodthirsty aura of this record and leave no doubt who the illest in the game are right now!
Do I need to elaborate? This shit is DOPE.
-Deadly
-Ominous
-Phenomenal
-Extraordinary
And I’m not sure which duo could do it better!
https://open.spotify.com/album/5xKxmdFXKiOIbVTe2EnF4m?si=LdDafrD1RFGfRl1AksNmUA
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