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The long-awaited release is finally here. After a few key singles that captivated the culture, this new record between two of the most captivating artists in the culture is coming together for a project that you won’t be forgetting anytime soon!

Brand new collaboration between MC FlyG and Producer Lo Katana! They dropped 10 tracks and 22 minutes of content that could be Fly’s most mesmerising content! 

Right off the bat, this album (sonically) speaking kind of reminded me of a Pink Floyd album in execution. The actual production and instrumentals have an otherworldly feeling to them with ambient sounds, beautifully enriched atmosphere, and a damn near spacy aura to each and every song.

For example, if we look at the track ‘SIIFU’ which has this daring and avant-garde effect to it with those eerie strings, methodical drums, and those subtle bass lines that make me think of a Pink Floyd song off the ‘Wish You Were Here’ album, darker and more cerebral than most.

Or if we look at the track right after that one! ‘REFINEDWISDOM’ which gives me straight ‘The Wall’ vibes. Those lively yet hypnotic tones with those bouncy chord progressions and layered drums make for a track that I feel is meant to act as a stabiliser track in the tracklist.

It’s direct and captures the mind and ears of the listener! Something very similar to what they did on the ‘Wall’ album.

Of course, you have one of the most fascinating singles in the intro track ‘INSTNTKLL’ a track that is equally beautifully woven as the others with that looping vocal harmony and those Asian-inspired acoustic guitar notes and those light keys in the background! 

This sets the tone for the record and with its angelic presence opens you up to what will soon be known as a grand opening of soulful pieces and elegant sounds! 

Hell, even the song ‘UNSHEATHED’, which is the perfect name for the track because it describes how the song feels. It’s uncompromising and sharp in every sense of the word. You’ve got those high-pitched razor strings that are accompanied by some light keys and drum patterns that provide what could be the most minimal track on the album, but man, does it pack a fucking punch!

This whole collection of instrumentals, I would say, provides what would probably be the most colourful and entertaining I’ve heard yet for a Fly album. Lo really plays his hand and showcases why he should be considered one of the dopest producers out there!

Now, onto my main man himself, Fly. A man who has dedicated his career (especially this year) to creating the best one-liners and puns you can think of, and with a steady rate of improvement in mere months, he’s a lyricist you can’t turn your back on!

Across this 22-minute record, we hear him waste no time and inflict heavy verbal damage with his pen game strikes and vocabulary beheadings to all the haters!

Whether we are talking about his ‘Katana’. His ability to structure his bars in such a way where each and every song is flooded with a heavy stack of phrases, one-liners, puns, complex sentences, and double entendres that leave the listener engaged to the very end with his lyrical superiority! 

Or whether we are talking about his ‘Dual Katanas’, where we see him growing and further utilising his natural charisma and cadence that is woven into each breath he takes. As soon as you hear his trademark ‘I said umm’, then you know he’s about to spit fire and, in doing so, bringing with it his energy, passion, and conviction across the tracks!

If we look at his ‘Yari’, which I would categorise as his immense chemistry and synchronicity with the producer at hand. Something a lot of people don’t take into consideration is the fact that you need to build a strong relationship with your producer in order to create magic, and you can tell from the first song that these two have it in spades!

FlyG’s words melt into the music itself like melted butter as his flow glides through the instrumentals like a leaf mindlessly gliding in the earths wind! 

Lastly his ‘Kusarigama’ his persistence and drive that right now is overshadowing most in the game! Just like the weapon himself he has his slick and light side. That being his readiness to work with anyone and everyone to achieve greatness, his loving and supportive presence within the culture. But then you have the heavy side which is his relentless perseverance, his killer instinct in the studio. 

His output of album after after, EP after single how he’s relenting in his pursuit to be recognised and remembered as one of the best out and it’s in this spirit that he’s forging himself and his vision to reality.

Packed with 4 deadly weapons and in the spirit of planning, arrangement and execution we have yet another golden record by FlyG. He hasn’t missed yet and he hasn’t started now! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/0Euh4Gmwm7ka1VE6QQK0o3?si=Hu4JYB9oRjqhvGGeXXwlLw