First of all, that is one of the dopest names I’ve seen for an album! With that in mind, this is the first 2026 offering by this iconic producer who had a great year last year and now is back to come back correct!
Accompanied by an MC I haven’t had much business with but one I’m excited to see how he fares against such solid production. So with that in mind, let’s talk about it!
This is the brand-new album by powerhouse producer Giallo Point, who comes packed with MC CLEVER1, and together they drop a solid 10-track joint with 28 minutes of absolutely ferocious performances that are sure to light up the culture the minute they press play!
I want to start with the MC; this man had me engaged into his style the very second the record started.
The reason I connected with him was his reminiscence to the hardcore 90’s heavy East Coast shit! I’m talking that Onyx, Wu-Tang type aggression that I fucked with heavily!
He has such a no-nonsense, in-your-face type cadence that is equal parts powerful and compelling! He’s paying homage to the golden era with his traditional flow, his crisp and savage pen game, as well as a cold charisma that makes every word he spills on the beat feel like a brick falling!
He’s brash, unforgiving, and downright sinister on the mic! He isn’t worried about any of that over-the-top experimental shit or having an album with a whole party needed to make it pop; nah, he’s here rocking in by himself, making banger after banger, giving us one of the best under-30 records we’ve seen so far this year!
As far as the production goes, Giallo is nothing if not proven. He’s spent the past few years building rapport with all of your favourite rappers (and even some new ones) to the point where his portfolio speaks for itself, and this record is no different!
On this record (just like the vocal performances), we are treated to a heavy, East Coast 90’s homage instrumentation with minimal layers and devastating instrumentation! This whole album plays like a hood film score come to life where you can feel the energy and emotion in every single string, note, and beat utilised!
For example, we have tracks like -Vizable Ghost Gunz, which has this amazing Mobb Deep feel track with those gorgeous violin strings that run through the whole track, that’s accompanied by those minimal drums and those looped bass strings that are absolutely diabolical in execution! I’d consider this the perfect intro for a project of this magnitude!
Or if you want to look at the track -Special Force Extortion, which has an old-school ‘RZA’ feel to the whole song. You’ve got those looped keys combined with those plucked guitar strings and rock and roll-style drum patterns! This is the kind of atmospheric rhythm that I could listen to for hours without getting sick of!
Even the track -Contract Knife Killing, which has the feel of a 70’s thriller film soundtrack! It’s got those haunting keys in the background, that sharp horn progression, as well as those plucked bass strings that come together with those skeletal drums to make a rather hypnotic track! Not to mention those mean cuts running throughout this track!
Overall, these two have a fantastic chemistry that I hope I can see more of in the future! It’s a powerful record that pays homage to the greatest era of Hip Hop as both pen give some of the strongest performances I’ve heard all year! Go listen to it below!
https://open.spotify.com/album/1hyNRnuOB5hbIfC9vC1w4k?si=FngFHYCbSV29Z9b83ePGAg
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