As the new year rolls around, we get a fresh batch of projects and tracks from the beloved artists we praised in the year prior! One of those for me is this man. An artist I briefly covered in 2025, and he impressed me from the first track I heard, and now he’s back with a song only he could create! With that in mind, let’s talk about it!
This is the brand-new single by MC Troy Dunnit, as well as producer J-Scratch, and together they drop just under three minutes of some of the smoothest hip hop you’ll hear in a minute and making quite an intriguing first impression for 2026!
Firstly, I gotta point out the album cover and how it is inspired by the band ‘Red Hot Chilli Peppers’, a very dope homage, and honestly, there are certain aspects of this song that pay further respects to the band with some more melodic and harmonious aspects woven into the rap song for an overall ‘euphoric’ feeling in this instrumental!
You’ve got those heavy-handed violin samples that overtake the song with grace and cinematic clarity that you don’t often hear! You’ve got those plucked bass strings as well as those light clicks in the background that delicately go off and provide that extra boost of lighthearted energy to carefully wrap this song up in beautiful delight!
For me, the biggest element of surprise and interest was the chorus where we sing in this soothing manner that low-key kind of reminds me of the tone of ‘Californication’ in its subtlety yet moving execution!
The rest of the song is filled with probably his best lyricism I’ve heard from him yet. I’m talking clever puns and one-liners, his profound wordplay, and complex lyrical structures that I haven’t heard him utilise up until now.
I was listening to this song, pausing every other second to grasp the full extent of the set-up and pay-off he established! Not to say he wasn’t good on the other shit I heard of him, but this feels like ‘new year, new level’ shit, and I was thoroughly impressed!
Not only with his abilities as an MC, but the way he conducted himself, his underlying charisma, the way he pronounces his words, the way he takes his time, and blends his pen game with the production itself. He’s attempting to cover all bases laid in front of him, and he nails every single part!
This is an EXCELLENT start to the year for this man (and this producer). They both hit the ball out of the park, and honestly, I can’t wait to see where both men go for the rest of 2026! Check out the track below!
https://open.spotify.com/album/4hBDCPTbaddfsiRTyarzUw?si=1h9J8i0ATy-xfXThC6lxVg
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