When it comes to new artists, I’ve been reading up on this man more than most. After discovering him last week (as far as his solo shit goes) and seeing him in multiple features, he’s an artist who’s grown on me, and this track only does more to prove that theory forward! Let’s talk about it!
This is the August 2025 single by MC & Producer Donny G! This is a 2-minute and 52-second track that takes Donny on a more introspective path than I’m
used to! Since the last project I covered, it was textbook horrorcore! So this is a new experience for me, one I welcome with open arms!
If we start with the production side of things, this one has a lot more smooth and simultaneously bouncy feel to it than anything on the previous record I reviewed.
On this one, you have those you-these hypnotic jazz horns that loop across the song alongside those light and delicate piano keys and super subtle drum beats that all come together to create a harmonious instrumental that you could honestly listen to for hours and never get sick of it!
On top of this production, we see Donny show us his more personal and truth-bearing side. He’s telling us a story about his past, his experiences, and his life. We hear him describe certain events, certain mindsets, and he discusses in detail his rights, wrongs, and everything in between.
It’s interesting to hear him utilise that more gentle and soul-searching style. Maybe I’m just biased since the last thing I heard him on was something so ‘hardcore’ in nature, but this one is a whole different experience for me and one I must say I fuck with as much as I did the other one!
If anything, this track provides us with evidence of how diverse of a lyricist he is! How he can pull off both lanes so efficiently and effortlessly! Whenever he wants to shock the world, he’ll go back to his horrorcore ways, when he wants us to feel emotional and more heartfelt, he goes with stuff like this!
He’s comfortable showcasing both sides of himself, and to me, that’s a real plus in his favour!
So, if you’re like me and are familiar with him in his downright brutal style, then this single should be an enlightening and refreshing take that you can’t have been expecting! Dope nonetheless!
https://donnyghiphop.bandcamp.com/track/long-daze
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