(Jazzy Fatu)

Man, this one got me excited from the concept alone. See, I used to be a big WWE fan back in the day, but since the modern era, I’ve switched completely to NJPW and AEW, but one name that is impossible to ignore within WWE is JACOB FATU, and now we have a rap album theme about him? We gotta get into this one! 

So, this is the latest album produced by Jazzy Lion Man, and he brings with him a strong roster to work with, such as: 

-Skip The Kid

– Twogeebs 

-Davila

-Saahilio

-THE REBEL SKY

-Jules Clay

-Heartbreak Julio

-SIQ KLIQ 

-Lil Derik Les

-Reed Starks

-AUNTIE MUK

-Gustavo Louis

A collection of who’s who in the underground, and all come together to help maintain the energy and aura of the record. It sounds like each man has a role to play, a certain piece of the puzzle, and when combined, they create one of the most infectious and powerful wrestling-themed albums we’ve got in the last few years!

Each man comes with intense bars, charismatic personalities, and witty, personalised bars that add layers to this, reinforcing the ‘wrestling spirit’ of the album.

When you focus on a person like Jacob Fatu, you know you gotta come correct. You can’t be smudging his name with weak bars and low energy, nah, fuck that, you need absolutely bombastic devotion, and they definitely fill all that and more!

Now onto the production. As I just mentioned above, when you decide to centre around a cult of personality like Fatu? The best Polynesian wrestler to come to WWE since Roman Reigns, then the production has to be OUT OF THIS WORLD.

And I can safely say, I didn’t have to tell Jazzy that because from track 1, he gets the hype, energy, atmosphere, thrills, everything down pat to create one of the illest themed albums, period! 

Right off the bat, hearing that ring introduction and then promo of Fatu gets your blood going, and throughout the record, you just hear more stimulated promos by the man that can’t help but give you caffeine-level energy, and I love that!

As the sound goes, this thing features crisp, muddy, and purely grimy production and instrumentation that features cold loop samples to heavy-handed theatrical strings and horns that sound like you’re going through a Boom Bap cinematic experience. 

Each beat sounds rough around the edges and ferocious in execution. I couldn’t think of a better sound palette to tribute the ‘The Samoan Werewolf’ than these.

I had a lot of fun listening to one; this album catered to the only WWE wrestler I love right now, and they pulled it off perfectly!

https://open.spotify.com/album/1UdU9TAwU6HZHnY88aYTzW?si=FB_88UavSvuoBcv4Q_kmhg