(Graph Law$)

It’s been a minute since I last covered the work of this producer. A man who has been on the forefront of interesting, creative, and innovative textures in the fabric of Underground Hip Hop and a man who has piqued my interest more than most in the last few months, and so it’s got me even more excited to see what he has going this time around. So let’s talk about it!

So, this is the brand-new beat tape consisting of both Graphwize and Cedar Law$, who together drop 11 dope cuts with one feature in ‘Sh4mel’ to bring that lyrical fire:

I’ll be real, I was expecting based on the other name with Graph for this to be your standard MC/Producer link-up, but a duo beat tape is even more impressive and, when done right, more compelling, and this thing is the definition!

This project has so many different flavours and layers to it that it’s impossible to keep track! You’ve got so much instrumentation like:

-Groovy Bass Lines

-Plucked Guitar Strings

-70’s P-Funk Aesthetic

-Thick Drum Patterns

-Ambient/Lo-Fi Keys 

-Lively Piano chords 

-Jazz Influences and more

There’s so much engaging and fun instrumentation going on that it’s hard to process it all! Some tracks are light and fast-paced, reminding of a score from a Studio Ghibli movie! Then we have more methodical and surreal tracks that help activate your mind, give the body goosebumps, and make you feel a certain way using a more regulated tempo and production! 

I love how each of the 11 tracks provides a unique experience that’s vastly different from the rest and yet still is able to combine fluently as a ‘project’ instead of just a collection of tracks thrown together for the sake of a record. 

Each track has immense depth, flavour, sound, atmosphere, and story told in sonic form. You can tell the concentration, the effort, the vision, and the creativity invested by both men to create a project such as this one!

As mentioned above, there was one feature who absolutely tore the house down in his moment. When you have only one MC, you’ve got to make sure to bring the heat, and he definitely did that! Killer verse to say the least!

This is a fantastic project from front to back, providing evidence once again that Graph is one of the strongest and definitely most stand-out from the rest, and his efforts alongside Cedar proved to be a fruitful endeavour with what will most definitely have months and months of replay value!

https://graphwize.bandcamp.com/album/graph-law