(The Summer Pack 3)

What an incredible year this man is having. I’ve covered his last two drops this year and bought one on Bandcamp, and so far he’s had one of the most dynamic and consistent runs we’ve seen yet! Two incredible projects with equally dope producers, and now he’s decided it’s time to somewhat take the food off the gas and have a little fun with a short but flavour-packed project that’s sure to remind you of 

THE SUMMER.

Brand new EP by the one and only Termanology. This time around, he’s brought in production from the likes of 

-BUGSY H

-PAULY CICERO

-MELKS

-RONE

-NEF

-NASTEELUVZYOU

and features by 

-NIM K

-TEK

-TONY TOUCH

-EA$Y MONEY

-ISHA

-PASSPORT RAV

-STUNNAGANG

-C SHARP

Firstly, I can’t believe this project is less than 20 minutes long! That’s incredible because when you listen to this album, it feels a lot longer. It’s one of those EP’s that sweep you away and make you lose track of time until your Spotify switches to a new unrelated track, and you realise ‘shit, it’s over already,’ that happens to me several times over while preparing for this review.

What we have here are six different songs, all with their own unique vibe and characteristics that make them stand out on their own! For example, track one ‘Sunshine In The Summerstime’ consists of this literally ‘summer in a bottle’ atmosphere on this track.

You’ve got those gorgeous almost chipmunk-style vocal harmonies on the loop! Alongside that, we have these high-pitched chords subtly in the background and this mesmerising drum work that all comes together to make one of the most satisfying and smooth hip-hop songs I’ve heard in a minute!

Also, the way the track closes with more gorgeous vocals is incredible.

This track feels like a beautiful day out on the beach, surrounded by family and close friends just enjoying life! Incredible!

Then we have tracks like ‘Wild Puerto Ricans Pt 2’ which as the name suggests has a heavy ‘Puerto’ influence on the instrumentation. You have that Spanish flare in those piano keys, blasting horns and the occasional shakers and accompanied with that tradition hip hop beat acting as the skeleton of the track to keep everything together!

Honestly this track just feels like a good time! A track you want to dance in the street and have a few drinks and vibe to the night life! Very infectious track that eliminates all stress!

But we have mood switches such as on tracks like ‘I Don’t Wanna Fight’ which reminds me of one of those classic RnB/Hip Hop fusions that was so common in the 2000’s the 

Usher-My Boo

Chris Brown -No Air

Nelly-Dilemma 

Although this one is more hip hop grounded it still has the flavour of those tracks, those /high pitched vocal snippets that have been edited to sound like instruments! Those heavy atmospheric synth chords that sound dream like that remind of the 2000’s RnB era and honestly I love all of this!

Also, the performance by ISHA helps elevate this track with her sexual and emotional lyricism and themes to give this track it’s overall sensual nature and as someone who was raised in the era of tracks like this, I ain’t mad at it!

Even if you want to look at the final track ‘Deserve My Love’ which shows TERM take a more down to earth and personal route. You have those Jazz horns, light vocal loops and a methodical drum pattern that helps provide a more seriousness and heartfelt side to the man! 

Either way you look at it. Sonically this record is a goodie bag of various flavours and styles that is sure to fit everyone in one way or another! Again although only 18 minutes you get a range of music that most full length struggle to achieve!

As far as the MC work goes, if we talking about TERMINOLOGIES contributions then of course it’s on point. This guy wouldn’t know how to take an L if he re wrote the alphabet and left it out of the list. 

What separates his work on this one compares to his other two is I feel he’s more relaxed and making a project for fun where he can express himself freely, experiment with a variety of sounds and make something light and creative for the culture!

As discussed above he can make sexual tracks, fun Spanish vibe tracks to get the crowd dancing, a full summer blow out track and even a heartfelt personalised track about his career so far.

I feel on this album, he’s letting his mind do the writing and he’s just using what he’s feeling at the moment as his verses instead of worrying about making anything too concentrated’ or ‘conceptual’ and I fuck with that heavy!

The features he’s brought with him are all powerhouses in their own right! Although I feel they all KILLED IT! My favourite had to be my main man PASSPORT RAV. Another MC who’s had an incredible year and this feature verse further pushes that statement!

Overall, this was a phenomenal EP. It was fun, original and a good time to be had! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/0oiIKHZZs5UN7FoVHTJwj9?si=9k8MZCkSS8Ce140bgoo4yQ