(Patterson…Indigenous)

If there’s any artist that I can say has been consistently hitting the thought-provoking, cultural, and political bars in the most potent form possible, then this man has to be the top of the list. 

Every album I’ve heard of him has always been charged by a specific topic or event. Never a man to be careless, every drop is a mission statement of the utmost importance, and this one is no different, driven with the utmost ominous and aggressive Bandcamp message I present to you. 

PATTERSON: INDIGENOUS

This brand-new tape is a familiar collaboration between MC Dot-Com Intelligence and Producer August Fanon, and together they drop a collection of 12 tracks with the likes of 

-Mike G. The Writer 

-Kendall Spencer

-Khalid Salaam

-Jvnus 

-GreyPhox

-Kadeem

And if we start with the lyrical aspect of this album, it’s obvious the subject matter. For those who captured his passionate Bandcamp message prior to this album, you’ll understand his mindset (and it doesn’t take long while in the album to hear where his thoughts are going). This is an aggressively focused letter to the United States of America, to its current leaders, and the organisations within.

Let me preface by saying, I don’t live in America, so regardless of my point of views or political beliefs, it doesn’t make me biased in any sort of way when listening to other people and their strong points! 

On this album, Dot takes us on a deep dive into his mindset. His frustrations, his fear, his personal afflictions, and his feelings towards the current situation in the country. From the second track onwards, each song has strong political ties and views that blatantly provide an anti-Trump, ICE, and presidential take. (An opinion definitely not new to just him.)

And using his newly formed anger and ruthlessness, he’s channeling that into his art to create an array of powerful verses and bars that not only sound great but provide adrenaline to the listener! 

He’s always been one of the smartest guys in the room as far as the culture goes. Now he’s combined that complexity with direct action and political messages to the current regime, and that fusion is quite potent and lethal. He ain’t holding back; he’s like a poet meets mathematician turned verbal vigilante whose one job is to raise hell and convince as many as possible just how fucked the USA really is, and he does a fantastic job at maintaining that stern and focused, precise energy!

This is the most impressive and locked in I’ve ever heard him. He’s letting out every single thought he’s had over the past six or so months, and he ain’t letting anyone or anything subdue him!

Making the lyrics pop is none other than August. If anyone is able to match this vibe and atmosphere, it will be him. The Chris Jericho of the beat makers, the man with 1001 styles and influences to draw from! Across these 12 tracks, we see him back on his down-to-earth, skeletal, and surreal bag as he tries to find the most accurate score to match that intense rhythm! 

On this tape, August brings the cinematic score to further empathise with the words, feeling, and emotions of Dot.com, its production laced in such elements as:

-Jazz

-Contemporary 

-Art Rap

-Soul and more. Although generally, these out on the same record would provide a more upbeat and dynamic mix, on this one, it’s all kept stripped back and bare to match the betrayal and chaos going inside of Dot’s own head.

Every track is masterfully executed, that lingers for minutes after it’s done. The type of instrumentals that work best listened to as a whole album rather than individual songs. Remember, for Dot, this is a collection of his mindset, so he needed to make sure the music itself matched how he felt, and that’s where we get this score.

A soundtrack drenched in dark, looming aura that is more serious and direct than it is infectious. The point of this soundtrack isn’t to be ‘club bangers’ or ‘number one hits’ but instead sonic representations of the same feelings as the vocals have been representing and in that respect, the soundscape is as perfect as can be created for the occasion.

Look, this album IS lyrically and politically heavy this ain’t an album Dot is making for fun, he’s doing it for what he feels like is absolute

Necessity for the world and more specifically the citizens of America to hear and act on. If you ain’t into such serious vibes like that, then you probably won’t dig this but I invite everyone to give it a try and maybe your eyes will be opened too! 

https://dotcomintell.bandcamp.com/album/patterson-indigenous