Time for a new artist’s discovery! Sometimes certain albums just pop off on socials, so it intrigues me enough to cover it, and so let’s talk about it!
This is the latest album between VIC ROSE and DVNTBEATS, and boy does it include a powerhouse roster! 22 tracks with the likes of
-500
-Flames Dot Malik
-Starker
-YL
-Papo2004
-RXKNephew
-Borirock
-Wiardon
-El Camino
-Tragedy Khadafi
-The Dutchmaster
-Hunnaloe
-Reed
-DJ Lucas
-Mar Divinci
-Camden Malik
-FLEESKI
-Yo Chill
-Chuck Strangers
-Monday Night
-Snotty
-Vic Spencer
-Big Ouee
-Hunnaloe
-Tha God Fahim
And right off the bat, that production has to be spoken about. Because DVNT does an excellent job at bringing the audience back to that late 90’s to early 2000’s East Coast vibes with those melodic harmonies, those smooth and beautiful strings, notes, and chords. The utilisation of those angelic vocal performances and loops accompanied by the glossy, crisp, and heavenly touches added to make it feel like you’re in a chill environment, no stress, no anxiety, just a dope as fuck album with surreal tunes with elements of
-Rnb
-Soul
-Jazz
-Funk
-New Jack Swing
-Traditional Hip Hop, and more!
The way he blends all these together to create a harmonious set of rhythms and chord progressions is just godly. This sounds like the kind of stuff Babyface would produce in his heyday! It’s irresistibly groovy, infectiously atmospheric, and an all-round fever dream of a record that does the best at combining sounds from all aspects of music into one super album!
As far as the rapping is concerned, there are so many different styles and preferences that it’s insane. Whether it be the off-the-cuff wildness of my main man from BSF, Flame Dot Malik, or the smooth yet lethal bars from Umbrella’s own Snotty. Or even the endlessly charismatic energy of FEED THE FAMILY’s Bori Rock, each member of this insane roster brings with them their own set of MC tools and abilities to crafting the perfect verses for themselves, and it becomes a who’s who very early on of the competition, ‘who has the better verse?’ and honestly, it’s impossible to decide.
Each man, trying their best to outdo the other. Out Witt, out bar the next, and in this spirit of competition, you get sharpened bars that lead to an overall solid album for both the MC’s and the producer!
You honestly would be hard-pressed to find a hip-hop legion as great as the one collected on this record! This album feels like an audio statement, a nod to the artists saying, ‘We can have the most angelic instrumentals, but we can also out-rap anyone in the game at a drop of a hat,’ and that’s the message I received on this one.
With so many big-name feature albums dropping this year, this one is surely a can’t-miss!
https://open.spotify.com/album/38jJW8IeovFalmEBS8NaAf?si=07dXCfTLRk68a77lLntOpg
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