I don’t think this man gets enough credit for his remix work. If we’re talking specifically about that lane, who else runs it better? Who else has been as iconic as him? I can’t think of anyone. Covering your favourite artists and more specifically dropping some of the dopest projects in 2025, and now he’s back to give an artist who is beyond well-deserved for the time in the spotlight, and with that in mind, let’s go!
This is the brand-new remix tape by iconic producer Thelonious Coltrane, and this time his artist of choice is none other than Umbrella Collective soldier Trip Money! And on this project, it consists of 14 tracks with the likes of:
-Ty Farris
-Mickey Diamond
-Mvck Nyce
-Snotty
-Jamil Honesty
-Jovo
-Chavis Chandler
And now I’ll be honest, the main thing that draws me to this man’s production is his heavy JAZZ INFLUENCE. Anyone who chooses to use this genre as their main inspiration will have my support and interest, and across all the tapes I’ve heard, that seems to be the main source, and I fucking love it.
To hear Trip’s vocals on such jazz-heavy instrumentals is a dream fulfilled for me! So many tracks gave me goosebumps and left me speechless with the chemistry between the music and Trip’s vocals.
It’s hard to choose a couple out of them all, but devil’s advocate, we have -Proud Ambitions. This track was unreal! It started off with a more classical music interpretation that evolved into this cinematic experience with larger-than-life instrumentation!
You’ve got those fancy and sharp chord progressions that, combined with those raw drum patterns and enough bass to kick you in the face from the headphones!
It’s minimal and bare but still finds a way to destroy you from the inside out! Not to mention that SAVAGE Mickey Diamond verse!
What about that track -Underplay & Overlays, which has one of the most infectious Boom Bap fusions I’ve heard in a minute! This beat consists of some funky piano keys that force the body to move!
We’ve got some more heavy drum beats, and starting halfway through the song, we have one of the most glorious jazz horns I’ve ever heard in a rap song! It legitimately made me jump up in happiness! So fucking slick! That part had me making the exact same sound Big Trip makes at the start of his songs!
And are we not going to talk about the legendary Ty Farris rapping on the back end of this one? Nah, he KILLED IT! No BS in his bars!
I’d say the final track – GOLD MOUTH had such an interesting impact and beat to close the project off! Maybe I’m retarded or tone-deaf, but this beat sounds haunting! It has a Dracula feel to it in the way it’s constructed! (Maybe it’s to represent the two lyrical monsters of Trip and Mickey on the song.)
It’s got some lively piano keys, some funky chord progressions, and what sounds like jazz-style drums! A truly remarkable performance to end it with another classic verse by Diamond!
I guess this being a remix project, it should be expected that we are going to hear the cherry-picked verses that highlight the strengths of Trip the best, but even with that in mind, he went so fucking hard on this album. I’ve never heard him in his light before, surrounded by production of this magnitude, and it was beautiful to hear!
We heard him at his most refreshed, his most hungry, and powerful.
His most keen to kill anything in his path and take no names, the most willing he’s been to represent Umbrella and RE REMIND everyone why they are one of, if not the top, collective in the underground today!
From his brutal utilisation of his trademark sound to the fluent and sharp bars, his one-step punch set-ups, his gritty storytelling mixed with street poetry, and his larger-than-life persona, all comes together to create a masterpiece portfolio of skill, experience, natural charisma, and passion all coming together to create the verses you hear today!
It’s crazy to me just how well he pairs with this production. I shouldn’t be surprised because I know the master of Coltrane and what type of production he brings to the table but fuck me this is next level shit.
It feels like a real brand new album, not a remix record. It’s so harmonious and smooth and well rounded with immaculate synchronicity that it’s blowing my mind!
Although all I’ve heard are spectacular, if you’ve never experienced a Coltrane remix album THIS IS THE ONE TO START WITH! I want everyone to click the link below and experience the same excitement and cinema level execution that I’m feeling right now!
https://dertheo.bandcamp.com/album/filthy-animal
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