I think this title explains the situation we are about to describe perfectly. Three of the most influential and important figures in the underground right now coming together for a single? Nah, you can call that a wrap! This shit has no choice but to be a classic. Let’s get into it!
This is the brand-new track by MC Ty Farris, produced by the iconic Apollo Brown, and features the ‘FEED THE FAMILY’ soldier, Top Hooter. When this monster trio combines, they help craft one of the most infectious and powerful tracks we’ve heard all year!
Let’s start with the production. We have Apollo back on his grimy shit. Although with someone of his calibre, even that muddy influence has a cinematic impact to it that most can’t incorporate! That same principle is done in here.
On this track, we have those early, what sounds like flute sounds, and that acts as an interlude to the main instrumental that is even more grand!
The main track itself has a score level to it. You’ve got these classic old-school horns that play in a harmonious loop that engulfs the track! Of course, you still have that folk-style flute remaining in the background, as well as some added hypnotic drum patterns that act as the skeleton of the track as the other elements bring the body to function and give it life!
Whenever Apollo is on his street sounds, he can’t be compared to or stopped. He’s the main on any occasion, let alone when he’s zoned in like this! Incredible production as always from the GOAT.
Speaking of GOATS, we have Ty Farris starting the track off with his trademark confident and complex lyricism that feels like a mini vivid story in each handful of bars that is incredibly colourful and descriptive in execution.
Each word and breath is done perfectly along the beat as he showcases his mastery of his flow and wordplay! We also see his iconic charisma on display as he embraces his decades of experience and evolution to becoming the lyrical titan he is now!
And talking about the ultimate partner in crime to have on the track, we have Top Hooter. The main who has already established himself in 2025 with two of the best albums period, alongside his collaboration album with the family, he’s also established himself as one of the premier powerhouses on the mic, and he further demonstrates this on the second verse!
He picks up always wherever he last left off with his rugged and ever-detailed street poetry that crawls into your brain and forces you to envision his situations and environments as if you were there yourself!
Never one to take a back step to anyone, he brings equal levels of fire to the verse, trying to outdo Ty on his own track, as that brotherly competition kicks in as they both force the other to sharpen each other’s pen game and delivery, and he does that with as much wavy swagger as one can possess.
I love how he starts the verse off ‘I was sick of being cautious’, that is the most zingy way to start a bar off, and he only goes harder from there! Definitely one of his strongest verses of the year! (Which is saying a lot)
So, it’s no question, right? You’re going to check out these three powerhouses on the same track! If you don’t, can you really say you support the culture?
https://open.spotify.com/album/3RO3qVXys7su57vukNqbeL?si=h_nlAldTTIOEVe37RlEn-g
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