It’s been a solid minute since I last covered this man! An artist who brought a new level of depth and creativity to his music that I really haven’t come across since. But a surprise DM later and I’m back into what is bound to be another mind-blowing experience that will live in my head rent-free for the next foreseeable future! Let’s go!
This is the brand-new record by MC Casket D. With production from the likes of
– Bailey Daniel
– Elite (from DreamVille)
– Falak and more.
And MC credits of
– Shorts
– Oaklin Winthrop
– No-Artist
– G3NESiS
And when I say this record is special, I mean that in so many different aspects. For example, the ‘80’ in this album title is a throwback to his debut album ‘80 Loafs LP’ and a celebration of the progress he’s made from the bottom to where he is now!
As he did with the other project I covered, this album focuses on themes that are beyond the human experience. Beyond dope bangers and radio tracks, but topics of humanity, the soul, living with regret/satisfaction. Death and life, there’s so much going on in this 13-track album that it’s impossible to listen to just once without going back and catching all the subtle/complex thought-provoking lines scattered throughout the album!
Casket D. Himself presents as an author, poet, and philosopher all in one. He’s the kind of man to sit in one spot just writing his thoughts for hours and taking those unedited thoughts to the studio for the pondering of the audience!
He’s always given me the vibe of a man who’s never content with himself or the life around him, a man who’s always plagued with eternal thoughts and feelings of that he can’t exactly shake or solve but forever theorising and calculating the act we call life itself.
Across this project, we hear his freelance flow. His permanently curious eccentricity and his complex lyricism that will always have the listeners discovering and dissecting his bars to uncover the hidden meanings! One of the most interesting and inspiring rappers we have going today, to the point that each and every track is a life-altering event rather than a simple ‘Hip Hop album’.
Like how he says in the song – Bad Fortune
‘I foster greed that’s my specialty, free will, do what thou shall when accepting me’
Who the fuck else writes like that? That’s some Aesop Rock level complexity, and this is the kind of raps he’s using across the board! Absolutely insane!
If the raps are extraordinarily performed, then the production is the shadow of the words. As was the case with the first album, the production has the same cinematic, surreal, and atmospheric qualities to level an imprint on your mind long after the record is done!
The entire 33 minutes, I felt these goosebumps run across me due to how masterful the production was done.
I’d say this is more cohesive as a full record than it is picking and choosing random ‘hit songs’ like you would with normal records. Due to the chemistry the instrumentals have with the words, they have to be played in order to feel the full effect, and so with that in mind, I don’t really have a favourite track as the whole score is my favourite!
I love the fact this record is scattered with skits to further enrich the sound and the human experience! This almost feels like a mental/emotional and spiritual sonic experiment! Having this kind of synchronous pairing feels like a CIA mission to see how the human soul reacts to perfectly balanced music and words!
Although this record is 33 minutes, it legitimately feels like an hour due to its depth, detail, emphasis on each instrument, the sharpness, and ambient tone of it all! Absolutely unreal.
If you’re looking for a normal album, then skip this. This ain’t for you, son. If you’re looking to expand your beliefs and understanding of life itself, then go right ahead, click on the link below, and enjoy your newly changed perspective!
https://open.spotify.com/album/3BPhIL7P0XWjHo6XsNJh3a?si=H_la95ccT221QhqGW7v3AQ
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