For me, this MC was one of the most standout artists in 2025. With a solid discography and a style that was unique to him. With a memorable sound and quality behind his releases, it only makes sense he’d remain on my watch list for the new year, and now accompanied by one of the dopest producers in the game, he’s here to make a statement for 2026! Let’s go!
This is the brand-new collaboration album between MC Doza, The Drum Dealer & Producer William Bostick, and together they drop a solid nine tracks that feature the likes of
-Kaeson Skrilla
-D. Goynz
and man, just when I thought Doza couldn’t be any more outgoing and larger than life, he goes and drops this and proves me wrong all over again!
Across this tape, we hear Doza’s trademark witty performance with his quirky pen game, his off-the-ball flow, and his refreshing approach to timing and lyricism that has his material stand out immensely!
He has a certain ‘magic’ when he raps where every word uttered becomes Hooked on by the listener like bars of gold, impossible to ignore or put down, and grabs a hold from start to finish!
He’s like a mad author, one who walks his own path and never does things in a normal way but chooses to create his own styles and verbal representations. Such as his hypnotic rhythm with
His bars or his unbound charisma when he’s delivering his lines or his strong sense of individualism and the freedom he grants himself to be grand and colourful makes him that much of a more threat in this game as one of the most creative MC’s the culture has ever seen!
It’s not just that he’s a deadly lyricist or that he has enough passion to fill a room. It’s the fact that he can incorporate all the elements in perfect harmony to make the kind of music that will be remembered in time!
Speaking of memorable music, we have William Bostick, a man who in his own right has paved an unconventional path for himself using his production rather than his pen but has worked out all the same!
Across these humble nine tracks, we see a stark combination of underground gritty boom-bap and glorified cinematic elements that play off each other to create one of the most compelling scores I’ve heard in a minute!
There are so many strong parts that tag at the listener’s soul, such as the intro track, how it has those gripping jazz horns with those relentless drum patterns! Not to mention those light keys in the background!
What about the track -Soul City? As we see Bostick go for a 70’s thriller vibe with those sharp looped strings, plucked bass strings, and funky drum patterns that all come together for one of the most intense tracks I’ve heard, period! This song reminds me of a chase scene from the ‘Lethal Weapon’ series; this is the kind of track that gives you adrenaline just by listening to it!
There are also tracks like -AL, which showcases a more mellow side to the production with these soulful vocal harmonies, that separate shorter vocal snippets that loop around in small second increments!
This track has these plucked keys as well as skeletal drums!
One of the more minimal tracks but one that stood out to me regardless for its magnitude and atmosphere!
This was a duo I didn’t know I needed but one I want infinitely more of! The performances are S+Tier, and the production even more so. This is a match made by the culture and one you should pay the $10 to support!
https://dozathedrumdealer.bandcamp.com/album/dozie-the-deluxe
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