Man, two of my favourite artists in the underground are working together on a single project. After hearing and reviewing both artists, you’d think I’d have some idea of the artistic direction or process they will take with the music, but I’ll be honest, this album surprised me in the best way possible! So let’s talk about it!
This is the latest collaboration effort between MC PruVen and producer/MC Sleep Sinatra, who does production this time around for the full album! It features 12 tracks and is one hell of an experience!
This isn’t the kind of album you listen to for ‘hit singles’ or ‘radio songs’. This album is for revelation, thought-provoking messages, and meditation. Across this album, you’ll get a sense of surreal music, hypnotic tunes, and instrumentation that is fused with ambient, experimental, and cultural musical elements that make this one stand out from anything else that has come out this year.
As a listener, you’ll feel something unique and healing about this album that you wouldn’t otherwise find in a normal release. The way the sounds fluctuate in its unconventionality and colourful melodies and diverse sonic textures and harmonies makes for the kind of record that will surely make you feel better off afterwards than you did before.
My favourite track has to be ‘Frequencies You Choose’ because it samples that eerie, dark tune that you undoubtedly would have heard on social media on conspiracy theory videos! I’m sure that sound is rooted in more complex history, but that’s what I know it from, and I find it dope that they are using that beat to rap on!
As far as the rapping goes, as expected, PruVen goes hard and shows off his original style of rhyming, flow, and lyricism. He doesn’t really have a structure to his bars and verses, feels free form, and as if he’s just speaking off the top and not actually Re sighting lyrics.
Across the project, we see him delve into various lyrical matters such as healing, society, braggadocio, and health advice. As I said above, this is the type of album that makes you think of the lines and take time to absorb and understand the lyrics themselves, and in that context, you couldn’t ask for a better rapper than either PruVen or Sleep Sinatra for that type of hip hop.
With every new release by PruVen, we get a different soundscape from him, and that’s why he’s on my radar. He’s always on the hunt to try something new, different, and creatively original. No two projects of his are the same, and this release is just another example as to why, among fans who are out of the box, he’s one of the most popular.
If you’re after an engaging and interesting project that makes you think, then this is for you! If you’re only looking for club bangers, then this isn’t the one. But I guarantee you’ll never forget it!
https://pruven.bandcamp.com/album/meditate-manifest-3
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