I can’t believe how many albums I’ve covered in the last few weeks by this man. It seems the more I review him, the more I’m gravitated towards his work, and this one seems to be his most exciting so far! So let’s get about it!
This is the latest album by Producer Jazzy Lion Man, and this time he’s working with MC Lucai, a man I only discovered with this album! This album has 16 tracks and only 2 features:
-Zaid
-twogeebs
Now, it’s no surprise that, as his name suggests, Jazzy is prone to gravitate towards the heavy jazz influences and samples (and on this one he does too), but on top of that, I feel a more grand and adventurous nature about him when it comes to this production because the sound is more fresh, crisp, and atmospheric than I’ve heard him since ‘Jazzy Fatu’.
You can hear those ambitious instrumental cuts, those delicate keys, intricate melodies, and plucked strings combined with those precision-based drum patterns and organic lo-fi elements over this album that feels like a theatrical rollercoaster ride with the most high-end equipment!
Across this 29-minute album, you can feel the love, the dedication, the appreciation for the music itself woven into this record. You can tell Jazzy wanted to do something special and pull off an epic assortment of instrumentation and arrangements that all come together to create this magnificent score that is ‘LUC LION’.
For me, this newcomer was the perfect chemistry choice for the record. To say they matched each other’s energy would be the biggest understatement of the year! The way these two bounce off each other, MC to beatmaker, is some of the best I’ve ever heard! The entire album, Lucai was relentless, not even stopping to take a breath, just straight bars after bars! He was throwing one-liners, puns, double entendres, witty lyricism, and more!
He was on a mission to show the world what he can do, and he did just that. His flow was deadly, his wordplay even more! With lethal efficiency and accuracy and a pen game so strong that it makes most pale in comparison.
It’s not only his strength in rapping that is so talented, it’s how well he syncs with Jazzy. I’m talking every beat feeling like it was ripped right from Lucia’s brain on what he imagined the perfect beat would be, and Jazzy extracted it from the brain to the board and created it exactly how he wanted it! I’m not kidding, this pair is ridiculous.
I’m so happy I was given the opportunity to check this out because it’s fucking fantastic. I can’t pretend I’ll have time to cover all of Jazzy’s frequent releases, but this one is definitely one for the record books!
https://open.spotify.com/album/37h1oDHi9RPaJ3qQqv091K?si=v6D7xdQiSLaUQP9AgKQJfQ
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