After exactly five years since the first one dropped, this man is back celebrating one of the most iconic runs we’ve had in the last half decade! Working alongside the who’s who of producers and rappers alike. Now he’s decided to end the year with a BANG, and working alongside this producer he can’t even fathom missing! Let’s fucking go!
This is the brand-new record by legendary MC Eddie Kaine! He’s accompanied by notorious producer Wavy Da Ghawd, and it features the likes of
– Indigo Phoenyx
– Wish Master
– Joon BK
You know a record is special when the first track in has you feeling goosebumps! As soon as I pressed play, I audibly said ‘oh shit’ out loud at the grocery store and realised as the record went on just how solid this album was!
I feel I have to discuss Wavy first because the magic he did on this one is unbelievable. He’s created a score so powerful and soothing at the same time that he’s leaving the culture on seen knowing that everyone is checking this shit out without anyone saying shit about it!
If I had to describe the sounds, it would be a mixture of
– Methodical Soul
– Slow-Paced Jazz
– Ambient
– Boom Bap
And when these are combined, you get a soundtrack that’s equal parts breathtaking and thought-provoking! The kind of music that sparks the imagination of the listener and makes them feel a certain way!
Another aspect is the fact this whole record is fluent in execution! From the intro to the finale track, it’s all beautifully connected and complements the tracks before and after! Of course, you could listen to these songs individually, and they’d be a solid collection of BANGERS! But they are best suited as team instrumentals that work perfectly as a team!
I love the atmosphere and cold texture of the beats. This kind of reminds me of a brisk walk in the winter time, all alone with just your thoughts and body heat to keep you company fighting the elements!
If you could turn those feelings into music, this is how it would sound! It’s elegant yet raw in presentation!
In saying all that, I guess that means Eddie Kaine is the COLDEST to be able to rock with such blistering sonic weather! He’s the type of MC to walk through snow with nothing but shorts, a SnapBack, and a gold chain! A man who’s been fighting through the underground and coming out on top every single time!
Across this tape, we hear the absolute best of the man. It feels like he’s trying to create his magnum opus with the verses he’s dropping on this one! I’ve never heard him so fucking crisp, so energetic, eccentric, and charismatic! You can tell this special 5-year anniversary sequel means the world to him, and he’s wanting to showcase more than ever his growth and success in that time period, and he sounds fucking insane!
Everything from his pen game to his set-up bars, his one-liners, puns, phrases, complex literature, and verbal massacres! He doesn’t waste a single second on this album.
He’s either setting up a dope bar, working the choruses, adding adlibs, or giving us a few snippets of spoken word to further elevate the record!
He wants to make sure this album is as theatrical as can be with the production given! Also, not to mention, he’s a rare MC that can sound as elegant as the smoothest poet while spitting some of the harshest and slickest bars we’ve heard in the culture period!
I also love the features he has on this project. My first time hearing of them, but they match the album energy very nicely and offer an infectious contrast to Eddie’s style with their own, which makes for an entertaining listen! Nothing worse than people putting on features that sound exactly like their own shit! But thankfully, that’s not the case here!
Look, at the end of the day, it’s an EDDIE KAINE X WAVY DA GHAWD album. Can you really expect anything else but brilliance? Go listen to the album below and go support the men! The $ is worth it!
https://eddiekaine.bandcamp.com/album/twelve-24-the-nightmare
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