Now THIS is a concept I can get behind, the idea of gathering all the dopest spitters from Detroit under one roof? That is some of the realest shit I’ve heard about in a minute. With an idea like that, how can you possibly go wrong? The answer is you can’t, and you’ll see why in a second! Let’s talk about it!
This is the brand-new album by producer DJ Dremond, who has decided to truly bring to life the magnum opus of a Detroit roster with such names as
-Tha God Fahim
-Snotty
-Planet Asia
-El Camino
-Coko Buttafli (singer)
-Ty Farris
-Mickey Diamond
-Boldy James
-Boog Brown
-Mvck Nyce
-Cannibal Ox
-Estee Nack
That is the definition of a fucking STACKED roster, and with that in the cards, this album is guaranteed to be ridiculous! So many insane tracks on this that it’s hard for me to decide which ones to press about!
We have the first official track with lyrics – Gouda, which has a minimal layer structure with those smooth jazz horns, methodical drum patterns, subtle keys, and ending with a case of scratches and cuts!
The fact that this song STARTS with the likes of ‘Tha God Fahim & Snotty’ is absolutely ridiculous: two monsters in their own lanes chopping up in a battle of ‘whose best’ in the most savage and gritty way possible!
This is the first time I’ve ever heard these two on the same track, and they have incredible chemistry!
As the album goes on, we have tracks like – Intimated, which has one of the more lighthearted takes on the record! Another simplistic yet powerful layered instrumental with those plucked strings that act as the main loop, that feature those acoustic-style drum patterns that all come together for a more bare cut but without losing any of the atmosphere!
On this track is a familiar & legendary duo coming back together with ‘Ty Farris & Mickey Diamond’. I loved how Ty’s verse started with ‘It’s Bars over BS’— tough shoutout!
But anyone who knows anything knows these two have had some of the best chemistry on tracks for years now, and this time is no different! Amazing work by both men involved and fantastically skeletal production!
There are tracks such as -Steph Curry, which has one of the most interesting beats on the whole tape! Because we get a mix between Spanish influence and classic boom-bap! The Spanish coming from those acoustic-style strings that I associate with the Spanish guitar, and then you have the traditional boom elements with those heavy, ridiculous drum patterns and glistening keys that shine sharp on this song!
What is mind-blowing about this song is the collaboration between ‘Boldy James, Mickey Diamond, and fellow Umbrella soldier Mvck Nyce’. All three men destroy their respective verses and highlight this light track into flames with their trio pen game!
If we look at the final track -Drug Deal, we have one of the more cinematic and surreal instrumentals on the whole album! This track has these grand male choir vocals accompanied by what sounds like organ keys on loop and absolutely gargantuan drum beats that shake the whole track up!
An absolutely powerful and angelic take on a beat that is treated by the trio they used for the raps!
On this one, we have the combination of ‘El Camino, Boldy James, and Estee Nack’, three MC monsters who can beat any rapper on any given day, and to have them on the same team for a track? The definition of legendary and the perfect way to close the album off!
Even if you ignore these incredible tracks, you still have mind-blowing verses from the likes of the legends ‘Cannibal Ox’ on the track -U Got It, which is the track right before the finale!
The icon himself ‘Planet Asia’ keeps the momentum going solo on his dedicated track -Adamantium Chain where he has the not so easy task of following ‘Tha God Fahim & Snotty’ but pulls it off with crazy ease! A legend in his own right and other dope MC’s to ‘Boog ‘ and the singing process of Coko’ who provided their own unique and memorable parts to maintain said energy on the album!
Detroit (both in the underground and mainstream) has run the game as far as having the best MC’s go and this record re confirms that fact! No one is beating this list and behind this incredible production this album proves to be a showcase of all that talent to remind the culture never to fuck with DETROIT! Listen below!
https://open.spotify.com/album/3rCcGTmxI5l0hOYTEP4bOB?si=HTWqNVk9S5-48Vvp3luhug
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