(Wulvermania III)

This new album consists of three of my favourite things rolled into one medium:

-Comics

-Wrestling

-Hip Hop

When you combine that trio, you get the recipe for perfection, and I’m standing on that hill that this will be the best instrumental record of 2025.

So, brand-new beat tape by underground sensation ‘Wulverine’, someone who since I discovered his work several months ago, has only continued to impress me more and more with each new collaboration he does, and now with this, he outdoes himself yet again. 

Eleven tracks, thirty minutes, and it consists of all the things listed above in intros, outros, and placed throughout the songs. The album cover is beyond sick, and the music itself even more so! 

He’s able to combine the elements of: 

-Classical

-Hip Hop

-Ambient

-Soul

-Swing

-Jazz 

And the way he’s able to utilise and manipulate each genre and emphasise one or two sounds at a time per track to really capture the pure essence and feel of the instruments and the role they play is just surreal.

He makes every chord, every Lucius string, and beautifully crafted note pop brighter and more cinematic than 95% of the artists out there can. When listening to this album, even if it’s only a beat tape, it sounds high-end, masterfully executed, and each instrument is elevated to such glorious heights that it almost sounds as if a team of twenty musicians helped make this record come to life instead of just one man! 

I also LOVE the frequent use of wrestling samples and snippets. It might be such a small thing (or not someone’s cup of tea at all), but to me, it just brings this album to a whole new dimension than without it! It’s done so frequently yet so subtly where the audience gets to hear a little something to peak their fanboy vibes of wrestling, which would spike the adrenaline and then follow up with a dope instrumental track.

This is the sonic equivalent of giving someone an energy drink or shot of caffeine before introducing them to a skatepark or adventure park. You’ve already got the energy inside you, and on top of that, you get given a reward? I can’t believe more producers don’t incorporate this smart strategy that is obviously targeted at a certain demographic of people who would definitely fuck with this style of record! 

Once again (this time without even the use of vocals), Wulverine has proven why he’s one of the most gifted and talented producers the underground has right now. He’s consistent, quality-driven, and smart enough to target a certain audience! This album is absolutely incredible from front to back! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/70l3hMauhkPdRkN0m2peeb?si=Vx1MCI-0SdiCGfT0RfgeUg