Man, talk about a collaboration I never would have expected until I found it myself. Two powerhouses in the industry, and even back in the day, were turning heads with their respective lanes and albums, but now they share a record, and it’s a thing to behold!
So, this is a 2018 collaboration album between rappers Estee Nack and Recognize Ali, and it brings nine tracks with 25 minutes of content, produced by the likes of:
-Mr Rose
-El Mary Acho
-Vago
-K. Sluggah
-Frank Grimes
-NCL-TM
And right off the bat, the production sounds absolutely angelic. I can’t say I was expecting this from the pairing on our hands, and of course, there are tough, absurd boom bap monster tracks, but there are so many tracks that are soulful, harmonic, beautiful, and surreal in nature. A lot of this album has a cinematic nature to it with its incredibly masterful aspects and theatrical sonic visuals that make you feel like you’re in a fever dream!
On the other end of the album, we have, as mentioned above, some of the toughest beats that punch you in the face and know you down if you ain’t solid enough to handle the pressure. With these producers, they provide a nice, varied listen, with half of the album being beautifully crafted and the other half dark and grimy, with no room for weak shit.
This kind of variety does fit Estee’s more current style of unpredictable beats, experimental, and out-there production choices, but to hear it this far back, especially with who he’s working alongside, is crazy!
Speaking of that man, Recognize Ali! The beast that’s become infamous for his ‘Guerrilla Dynasty’ Trilogy with Stu Bangas and has put his work in the game has decided to destroy the game by pairing with Estee, and together they easily out-rap everyone in the game in 2018, no question!
Their chemistry is undoubtedly some of the best you’ll ever hear, and they feed off each other’s murderous studio energy and go back and forth trying to outdo each other in a literal ‘clash of the titans’ taking place across the project.
As expected, Estee is starting to inherit his more wildcard side, which is always a treat to listen to him just off frantically on a beat, and his rap verses evolved even more so!
Ali, with his dominating presence, looms over every instrumental with this tyrannical force, where the listener is forced to absorb every word and sentence out of fear of him maybe listening in through the headphones and jumping out to stomp you out.
Across this project, we have Al Divino as the one and only feature on here, and of course, as usual, whenever he’s on the case, the beat gets more hectic and insane. And then, comparing the fact all three were on the same track, it got chaotic quickly, and I loved every second of it.
Estee’s streak continues. I still haven’t heard a bad record from him yet, and I doubt I ever will, especially when you add a legend like Ali to the mix!
https://open.spotify.com/album/2YSUiAIL8MhWTloaMAXRg7?si=Hx7Fhtt5Q4ybqcaP3PO1Pg
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