(3GGNOG)

While some artists are choosing to compact their final efforts for the year, we have this producer who has decided to go for broke and release his BIGGEST and most BLOATED release to date to close 2025 off. With a who’s who of underground names to accompany him, this has the potential to be the most impressive collection record of the year! Let’s talk about it!

This is the new & final record by Producer Jazzy Lion Man, a man I first discovered over his ‘Jazzy Fatu’ tape, and he’s been on my radar since. On this album, we have a monstrous roster such as: 

– Heartbreak Julio

– JOHNNYTRA$H

– Charley Roy

– twogeebs 

– Jonny Empire

– GOMMi J

– King Androit

– war will kill

– AU

– Here$ Johnny

– DB Consigliere 

– Ant Kelly

– Lo Katana

– FLYG

– Faces

– Gustavo Louis

– CJ The Profit Granada

– Jules Clay

– THE REBEL SKY

– Sleep Sinatra

– SOO DO KOO

– It’sJustdra 

– Skip The Kid

– YFI

– Dominican Kev

With such a ridiculous amount of talent on a single project, it is almost unfathomable to explain. I normally hate tapes like this (albums that are overly saturated with names and too many artists), BUT the exception always comes when an artist has the power and skill to take the various names and personalities and move them in such a way that each song feels crisp and structured rather than messy and awkward.

This reminds me of a WSG tape! When he incorporates a whole army of names per tape to promote or utilise their specific skills, that’s exactly what happened here!

Shoutout to Jazzy, for his ridiculous proficiency. He’s still able to use his genius to know which artist suits which beat, which verses should be paired with who, and that’s a gift in and of itself! That’s some RZA/Dr. Dre level mentality. 

I have to shoutout Heartbreak Julio on this tape. From his dope intro verse to his various across-the-board, he’s really surprised me in his progress and evolution in his skills! He’s always a dope spitter!

Shoutout to twogeebs! On that track alongside Heartbreak on track 5, he brought a dope charisma and deadliness to the track! There’s that MONSTER cypher-style track ‘Eggnog Heist’ which literally has 10 people on it! That is absolutely insane, and yet it somehow works! So many of those artists I’ve covered over the year, and they all shine in their own verses!

Specifically, Ant/AU/Here$ & FLYG made the track phenomenal! Again, all names not new to each other, and all have their own characteristic that makes them special!

It was great to say Gustavo appeared on the record! A man I’m definitely no stranger to, and as usual, he brings his intense, raw NARCO energy! Of course, he has the song with the elaborate skit for the intro!

I must say the biggest surprises were seeing both Sleep Sinatra and SOO DO KOO! Both men I’ve covered in the past, and both are dope artists in their own right, so to see them pair with Jazzy was amazing!

Also, it’s wild to me how they decided to end the album on not only an instrumental but one with 3 fucking producers! That’s a statement right there. Only a man like Jazzy could have thought to do that! Ballsy and innovative!

As I complimented before, it’s amazing to me the mind Jazzy has (especially when he incorporates feature producers as well as MC’s) for this final grand project, and him knowing who to put where for which track, for which vibe, and atmosphere, he’s calculating it all and in doing so has pulled off the impossible project!

As this album is just shy of an hour you have a whole platter of different sounds, variety, inspiration, genres to stuff your face with!

If you want hardcore, gritty boom Bap check tracks -2/5/6 if your looking for a track with heavy Jazz influence you have tracks -1/15

If your after a more upbeat, groovy experience that’s when tracks like -13/17/14

There’s so many different aspects that you can explore! This is the biggest sonic adventure you could find this year with enough characters to discover that you could listen to this album 10x over and uncover something new everytime!

It’s hard for me to pin point a favourite beat for me, I tend to gravitate towards more Jazz heavy beats so the 2 I mentioned are up there but this is such a cohesive project that it’s impossible for me to listen to this in any other aspect but as a whole album!

It’s beautifully executed, synced perfectly with the production and the MC’s and feels like a proper grand finale for 2025!

If you haven’t heard this one yet then you are truly missing out! Make sure you click on the link below and hear the explosive underground representatives that make -3GGNOG! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/5uYzbtXwQc2MooJ7WgnehK?si=3kjCE0iqTS6sERg6HvsCSg