Right off the bat, from this title alone I knew I’d fuck with it. An Irishman reference? Someone who appreciates my favourite director Martin Scorsese? Yeah, I knew this one was going to be gold! Let’s talk about it!
This is the latest drop by MC Bucket Top Boogz who also works as a producer and the artwork is handled by him as well! He does it all in an effort to showcase his abilities as a one-man band and across these ten tracks and just under 27 minutes features the likes of
-Nyeusi Loe
-HYROGLYPHX
-Wst. Taylor
-SMELLO
-RSNZ
For me, from the MC to the features I’m dealing with 99% of never-before-heard talent so considering I’m going in blind, my initial reaction is.
This is one groovy album!
To expand, this album consists of that minimansion, early Al Divino EP vibes! We’ve got those manipulated soul loop samples, across the minimal instrumentals with experimental undertones and short bursts of content with tracks around the 2-minute or less mark to fully capture the attention span of the audience at maximum capacity!
This is the kind of album that would be perfect to play while you’re walking your dog on a nice sunny day while smoking a fat one! It has that surreal, outer-wordy vibe to it. That level of atmosphere that you don’t really get from anyone else in the game except for that band of people associated with minimansion or 23Incredible are making and for that fact alone, I fuck with it!
I love those elements of jazz, soul, funk, and synth. The mastery it takes to take these sounds and create a project that not only is fluent and works well with the other nine tracks after it but also has its own individual personality and charisma is not easy and yet Boogz made it look easy!
As far as the MC work goes, he’s just as good with that as he is with the beats! I’d describe his style as a ‘relaxed extravert’. For the most part, his flow and cadence are borderline monotone, but we do get small glimpses of his energetic style when he delivers certain phrases and bars, which is an interesting contrast to experience!
I’d describe his relationship with the beats on this album as that of a father and son working together. Boogz doesn’t exactly control or manipulate the beats but rather finds his best opportunities to spit his best bars at the best timing he can find! Like a son making sure he does everything within the dad’s field of play!
His work with the features is also dope! Each track has amazing chemistry, and they help maintain the solid energy of the record! Memorable and passionate performances!
Overall, a fantastic record with a lot of cool snippets of the film ‘The Irishman’, which I loved. The production was fantastic, and the verses even more so! Definitely worth checking out!
https://open.spotify.com/album/2SSQTtIZgiD3cxcRIAvty5?si=065-A0hERKeAnJMaipsCHQ
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