(FLU FOG EP)

Man, I’ll tell you this. Based on the interesting artwork and title, I wasn’t expecting the sound to be like this! Let’s fucking talk about it!

So, this is the latest collaboration EP between Jezus Borgia and producer Mike Martinez (who is one half of the Jezus duo), and together they dropped five tracks with 15 minutes and the likes of 

-Empress Kirsten

-Big Dese to help on the project, and man, first and foremost, this was a lot of fun to listen to!

These five tracks just have a lively, colourful, and engaging atmosphere to it that I can’t really put my finger on. It’s like Mike is having the time of his life with his friend who he gets to rap alongside, and I feel that’s what is causing the surreal and original production that feels organic. 

Each song feels crisp, smooth, raw, and just authentic. There are so many elements, like on the first and second-to-last track, the utilisation of the female vocals was absolutely divine!

How on the final track you have this groovy and infectious hip-hop beat that forces you to move your body and groove! Fuck it, I have no shame to admit it, if the beat is good enough, I’ll dance to that shit! Those ‘fun and cool’ beats like back in the ‘Kool & The Gang’ era or ‘Fresh Prince’ or ‘A Tribe Called Quest’, those kinds of beats with soul and spirit and harmony! You just don’t get much of those these days, so I’m glad they decided to go off with a special bang!

As I said in the intro, this album really doesn’t sound how it looks. I was honestly expecting super muddy, rough around the edges, and lethal-type deliveries, but not at all. Don’t get me wrong, this duo absolutely KILLS the beats and provides some of the best bar work I’ve heard all year, but it’s very passionate and enthusiastic work. It sounds like these two men are just having fun, trying to outdo one another, and enjoying the five tracks they have together!

Again, this level of ‘collaboration’ is rare. It’s always about sounding the most tough or menacing in the tracks, and although I’m entertained by this method as much as the next guy, I can’t help but appreciate that two good friends are here to show off their lyrical strengths and have a blast doing it!

Especially on the last track, ‘Good Vibes Only’, is the perfect example of this. As the track implies, it’s nothing but positively enforced dope bars by two of the most skilled in the game right now. Maybe this is so shocking for me to believe since Mike produced only two to three weeks ago one of the coldest and chilling albums I’ve ever heard for ‘G Fam Black’, so to hear him vibe so effortlessly is wild to me, but it’s a side of him I love!

Long story short, this is one of the most catchiest and thrilling EP’s I’ve heard all year. The chemistry is perfect, and that production is fun, enjoyable, and crafted to excellence! You can’t afford to miss this one!

https://open.spotify.com/album/5VtjvaVGOULntVlRtsilSZ?si=Q4H2z_H9TbGSxkhv-qi-xw