This new album warms my heart. It feels like a true return to the style and spirit I fell in love with! Not to say this man’s releases have been bad by any stretch of the imagination, but this just feels like a proper return home to what made him a household name (in my eyes) and the magic that follows him!
This is the brand-new record by MC AKA King of Sunshine Rap Sabio Dub. Who returns with producer Darius Lazar, and together they drop a fresh seven tracks that feature the likes of
-Dephchyld
-BECK
-Teek Hall (the last one surprised me), and all three features have a special spot across this record as they bring their own unique styles and energies to the album.
When we talk production, you can’t get any more trademark Sunshine Rap than this. The whole 18 minutes runs like a jazz-filled fever dream with those magnificent horns, grand strings, and intricate keys found in every song as you’re taken into a soundtrack of dreams that you don’t want to wake up from!
This felt less like ‘songs’ to me and more like a score. I wasn’t even able to pay attention to the individual songs as I was taken away by the awe of the harmonies, the angelic vibes, and the heartfelt soundscapes that make up this incredible album.
This is the kind of album you play when you want to leave your troubles at the door, the way the heavenly sequences flush through your brain and enter your soul for an ultimate spiritual climax that you hope will never end. I actually had to stop myself from drifting away into my own realm and actually pay attention to the music itself because of how encapsulating this is!
I don’t remember covering beats by this man before, but after this, he’s definitely staying on my radar for good. The way the matches, blends, and synchronise with my main man Sabio is out of this world!
Speaking of the man, we have Sabio back on his prime shit. Back on his stoner, sitting on a long-ass surfboard, riding a long-ass wave, just embracing life shit.
He’s on his spiritual guru shit, and it’s honestly addictive!
When he’s on this wavelength, there’s no one else more interesting or intoxicating to listen to them
Him. He has the energy of Bob Marley but the bar capacity of 90s Snoop. Every word and breath has its own particular rhythm, as if all his thoughts rhyme.
He legitimately sounds like peace and harmony came to life as a person and started spreading that flower power movement in human form! I can’t tell you enough how freeing and peaceful this man’s bars are without you actually experiencing it for yourself; it’s truly out of this world!
He’s like a hip-hop stoner preacher, the kind of man you’ll hear stories about chilling on some remote island in a hut somewhere, spreading the ancient gospel and knowledge of the world and the beauty within!
As the shaman raps his ass off (as previously mentioned), you have three other features who do an incredible job to match his rare energy and atmosphere on the song!
I was honestly a tad bit worried that maybe Teek’s highly energetic and powerful flow might be an awkward contrast to the otherwise smooth sounds, but that wasn’t the case at all! He slid into the instrumental and verse as if he was built for this and showcased at the same time his own level of versatility and depth across this song!
All in all, probably my favourite solo release of Sabio’s in a minute. He’s going back to that laid-back, relaxing vibe, and as a result, me and the rest of the audience can relax right alongside him!
https://open.spotify.com/album/36ETMzT70a1W7yHmi6UNsf?si=pRGQ622YRb2A2aPS0SopFQ
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