Damn, this whole year has been full of collaborations I didn’t think would come! This one has to be the most surprising so far! Two of my main guys coming together for one of the toughest EP’s we’ve got all year! Let’s talk about it!
This time around we got MC SHA and Producer VINYL VILLAIN! These two release three tracks
-SMOKEFACE VILLAIN
-GORGEOUS KILLAZ
-NOSE CANDY
And let me tell you what. Vinyl Villain is one of those beat makers that is far too severely underrated in this game. He’s been on a run that most overshadow. Hell, his Bori Rock album ‘Lord Of The Zingz’ is one of the greatest records to come out this year alone! When this man goes off, he GOES OFF, and this EP is no different!
The production this time around feels a lot more abstract, dark, and sinister! Actually, similar to the vibe of ZINGZ but with a more emphasis on those heavy, destructive, and ambient sounds that make you feel like you’re walking around in the dark in a bio shock game!
You have elements such as those twisted and manipulated jazz horns, those methodical drum patterns that slowly bang in such a haunting fashion!
You have this really eerie clicking sound in the background of track one that gave me goosebumps as if some creature was just in the pitch black standing there and clicking. I kept hyper-focusing on that sound the whole time!
Track 2 is even worse with the most experimental I’ve heard Vinyl sound yet. Ambient and Lo-Fi/Sci-Fi instruments that have been turned inside out and made to sound like a horror space movie. It sounds like you’re stuck in the middle of space, nothing but darkness and emptiness for miles in each direction, fuck me, even typing this is terrifying!
Track 3 comes down a little bit but is still drastic compared to his former work. This one sounds like a serial killers remix of Boom Bap. Those droning drums, repetitive synth chords, and what sounds like a keyboard spacing off in the background!
This is definitely the more ‘Hip-Hop’ flavoured track over the other two but is still extremely unnerving and is definitely not the kind of track I could play in the dark! I’m going 100% bitch lights on TV on, playing friends type shit while listening to this!
Now, hearing Sha on this tape although shocking can’t say I blame Vinyl! Because Sha is the definition of DOPE and he handles these beats like no one’s business!
He uses his versatile flow and vocal performances to showcase many different styles such as dark and gritty, introspective and thoughtful and straight up flexing!
He also has the perfect blend of enthusiasm, energy and charisma across this project!
I love how similar to the beats, he’s also very methodical in the way he spits his bars, he places emphasis on his words to make them sound as impactful and theatrical as possible! He’s swift, in depth lyrically and savage when he has to be (and on this one he definitely has to be)
These beats would honestly take out most MC’s who wouldn’t know how to handle the extreme nature of these beats but not my main man Sha! He came in ready to kill and that’s exactly what he did! Absolutely incredible effort once again by Sha!
Although short, this thing can’t be missed! Because these are a trio of songs I guarantee you won’t hear anywhere else in the game right now!
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