You ever hear something so smooth that it just takes away life itself and forces all your attention and energy into that one hit? That’s how Thing One feels! I didn’t know what to expect going in, but as soon as I pressed play, any thoughts, stress, or tasks I had prior to listening all vanished, and I became entranced with this song right in front of me. My fucking god, it is smooth.
This is the latest single between legend Agallah The Don and producer Blaq Medici. Together, they drop 3 minutes and 37 seconds of some of the best music I’ve heard all year! Trust!
Talking about that production, we have this lovely blend of Soul, Jazz, and Ambient sounds that just take your breath away.
Those luscious chords that are prevalent throughout the whole track are laid in the forefront as we get those subtle yet delicious Bass strings just doing their thing in the background right below your ear.
We have those light drums just going off, doing their thing at the back of the other instrumentation, just proving structure and order to the track.
This track also provides a gorgeous vocal snippet that is ever so slight yet helps elevate the parts it’s on from a 10 to a 10,000 whenever those parts arise! Truly angelic!
I also love how this track, towards the end of the track, the outro leans into its more Jazz-affiliated sound palettes as we hear information and descriptions of the ‘Japanese Yakuza,’ which I felt was a really nice and interesting touch (alongside that beautiful Jazz instrumentation) to finish the song off!
To complement and elevate a production of this nature isn’t easy at all, so it can’t just be any random MC to fill these shoes, and thankfully, we have one of the dopest in the underground coming in to show everyone how it’s done!
This whole track, Agallah the Don showcases his incredible rhythm, his impressive vocabulary, and his attention to detail with his sharp and precise pen game and also his miraculous flow that has his words gliding across this fantastic beat effortlessly!
He also has incredible story telling abilities, cleverly weaving the lore of Blaxplotiation cinema into the song!
In the two verses he had he spit more gold, used more intricate and defining concepts and lyrical techniques then most do in full albums. He was not only definitive but intriguing as well in the way he textured his words and brought his situations to life!
This is definitely a track you can’t afford to sleep on! Go check it out now!
https://open.spotify.com/album/4IWu494dWRhHha4V9h8ypy?si=FRQFwdt-SaabtoyfCyZNpQ
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