If that title doesn’t make it obvious, we are here covering a brand-new FLYG single! Whether he’s doing this to fuck with me or not, realistically, regardless of the name, you can expect this to be a BANGER. Why? Because it’s FLYG making the song! Alongside one of his most trusted producers, and there’s no plausible way this can go wrong! (I’ve even confirmed with Dr. Strange; he clarified it’s true), so with that in mind, let’s get into it!
This is the BRAND NEW 1-minute and 28-second single by Underground MC FLYG and Producer Lo Katana. Having worked previously together and working towards a full-length, these singles have proven just how important chemistry is in a song and how dire synchronicity should be when working with another person, and these two demonstrate the best qualities in both!
Let’s start with Lo. As was the case in the last single I covered with them together, this is another lusciously angelic beat. You’ve got those long and elegant piano keys in a loop, with what sounds like either a synth chord or a high-pitched violin also looped but in the background and never really breaking.
This is one of the more methodically paced tracks I’ve heard FLY on. Especially since this song is under 2 minutes, it’s definitely a bold move; most when it comes to a short track, they try to do faster tempo instrumentals, but not in this case!
I respect the switch-up and the fact that this kind of track is going to push the rapper to be more extraordinary to make up for the lack of pace, and thankfully, we have one of the ‘fastest’ up-and-comers on the case!
So, FLYG. The man with enough one-liners to outsource Pablo Escobar (get it?), anyway, as he starts his usual verses with his trademark ‘I said um’, he goes right into it with a wrestling reference by saying
‘Ultimate Warrior was always juiced up in the ring. Is there a particular reason he resembled Sting?’ I loved that as a wrestling fan, and I guess this line represents old-school pre-goth era Sting when he still had the colourful make-up and not the corpse paint and bat!
And as I expected the connection (which I didn’t even know about) was about how Ultimate Warriors Roid Rage and doing too much caused a drift in his friendship and tag team with sting)
Always a deeper meaning, even when I don’t initially understand it the first time around!
Regardless, from there we get lines like ‘Everyone is not born to be a ball player like Kareem’ (the line speaks for itself) amazing punchline.
I even love the line ‘You got the swine flu, continuing to eat pig’ another fantastic lunch line (but I agree with this one, pork is my least favourite meat)
And look, as any FLYG regular can testify to, all the verses read smoothly and as one unit. I just like to pick out my favourite lines and highlight them on this review to point out just how skillful lyrically he is!
All in all, another fantastic short and sweet review with so much potential for the full length that I’ll be dying to check out!
https://open.spotify.com/track/7b8LzTwxWeRk2ZRQOR58bZ?si=BG6SLGzKRoujq2TQa2lKng
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