Two projects in a matter of weeks by this man? Both projects going back to his ‘Sunshine Rap’ era? Nah, this is my Christmas present! We gotta get into this, so no more waiting!
This is the brand-new album by MC Sabio Dub and Producer FVNTVNV, and together they drop a solid ten tracks with 22 minutes of content and featuring the likes of
-MISKEEN HALEEM
-Dr. LaFlow
-Solute
And this combination of names does wonders for turning this record into a masterpiece! I feel we have to talk about the production first. With this producer being someone I’m sure I’ve covered before and a man who’s definitely making his rounds around the culture, pairing with the best and brightest and helping record bangers!
Across this album, we see him tap into his Ambient/Soul/Jazz influences with each track sounding more melodic and angelic than the last!
Whether you want to talk about that opening track ‘Power’ which features a combination of methodically paced Jazz horns, subtly placed Bass lines, delicate piano keys with a gorgeous free-form vibe to them as well as some wavering chords in the background that almost sound like a sound effect from a sci-fi flick! Either way, an amazing way to start the record off!
We even have tracks like ‘Turbo Man’ which further pushes that Jazz narrative with those horns placed in a repetitive loop that makes the focus of the instrumental. On top of that, we have more delicate loop keys that have a synth vibrated to them and more of that sci-fi effect notes!
This is the track that has MISKEEN, the brother from another mother, for Sabio and normally brings out the best of both of them when they are together!
Or if we take a look at the track ‘Praise Be’, this thing is ASMR on cocaine. It had me dosing off for a second listening to this instrumental; it literally sounds like recordings of a forest. Which then further incorporates drums and a heavy, what sounds like a looped organ keys, the type you’d hear at a church.
I swear if this man literally went to a forest to record that would be ultimate dedication!
Either way you look at it, this production is gorgeous in every sense of the word, and definitely highlights the man in question. He understood the task of Sabio’s taste to the tee and it paid off 10x fold!
Speaking of the man of the hour, we return with Sabio. The man who (as I’ve noticed) has taken on a few different styles and characteristics across his rap career from the reincarnation of Bob Marley to trying his hand at more gangsta themes and topics to everything else in between. But as I’ve always said he’s always best when he’s on his ‘Sunshine Wave’ and although there are a few moments of bragging and tough guy talks I feel he’s capitalised on that exact vibe across this project!
Utilising this amazing production we hear Sabio possibly more confident than he’s ever been. He’s smooth, grand, soulful in execution and gliding through the beat like wind through grass. The way he raps is just that elegant!
He doesn’t just rap over beats, he absorbs them and amplifies them. So many times I’ve listened to his records and felt a special unison of MC and Beat becoming one and that feeling is divine.
I call him The King Of Sunshine rap for a reason, because just like cats like Blu or at times Chance The Rapper he comes with this wave of positivity and enthusiasm that very few can match. He literally feels like a Rastafarian turned Hip Hop Underground star and nobody seems to be doing it like him!
Combine this aura with the chemistry he had with the various features and you have a recipe for an album that’s brilliantly crafted and chill on all corners!
Once again, another home run by Sabio! FV did a number on these beats and really made it feel like you are listening to audio magic!
https://open.spotify.com/album/0GRJi12Uc3p6EklhF9o5EO?si=Zyo2hpcUSxyMQh80gAXouw
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