(Dangerous Ways)

I’d say this is my first attempt at a RE-RELEASE REVIEW! And I gotta say I’m extremely honoured to be thought of to do it, especially when it focuses on an artist I’ve had plenty of experience with and one who I can count on to be dope on any given day of the week. Especially when you add in these producers and features, it’s a fucking wrap! So let’s go!

This is the new Re-release tape by MC K. Burns, and on this record it features the production of

-$ave Me

-The StandOuts

-Zilly900

-The Historian

-Damn! Dave

-38 Spesh

-DIRTYDIGGS

-ECTO-84

And verses from

-Estee Nack

-Hus Kingpin

-The Musalini

-Long Live Scarr

-Pro Dillinger

-Lenox Hughes

-318 Chase

And with this premium team of beat makers and MC’s, you know this album has nowhere to go but UP! 

If we start with the production, we are graced with one of K’s most cinematic yet. I remember how blown away I felt when he released his tape with Hiyah777 ‘WAR DOGS’ and how unbelievably amazing that production was. Well, this one feels on that same level (but in a more grand and lavish kind of way).

This is the kind of score I’d expect to be playing around the mafia and real-life dons. I’m talking about that methodically paced, surreal instrumentation with the hint of suspense and danger attached to it.

This album runs like a theatrical succession of events that come together as a whole in this soundtrack to success and street poetry. It’s a testament to the level of talent in the production, knowing by investing in such gold that you’ll get diamonds in return.

There isn’t a single break, missed beat, or awkward transition to be found. This runs as smoothly and fluently as one can expect a score to be played. This feels like one film-size song that’s cut into a variety of tracks with their own unique style and features to separate it from the rest.

I can’t compliment this music enough. It literally feels like music Martin Scorsese himself would make for one of his films. It’s glorious but also dangerous, and that feel is woven into every inch of the record!

Speaking of glorious and dangerous, we have K. Burns. A man who hasn’t missed since he started making albums. As mentioned above, a man I discovered from his ‘WAR DOGS LP’, and I haven’t looked back since.

To say he’s back stronger than ever would be a huge understatement! Because he’s back in it with a newly established charisma and street formality that I haven’t heard from up (at this level) up until this point in his career, and it’s fantastic to see and hear!

Across each of these tracks, he’s trademarking a new level of smooth flow mixed with his usual brash street aggression that acts more as a cool simmer than an outright explosion, but it’s burning nonetheless, and he’s ready to scorn and scar any haters this time around!

His bars are elite. He’s flowing through this production like a vicious shark in water, smelling blood. From his powerful rhythm to his incredible one-liners and his talent for puns and wordplay, he’s got the whole package, and after a year of dope drops, he’s just flexing at this point!

Speaking of flexing, did you see the feature MC’s listed on this joint? We are talking BEST OF THE BEST! Unbelievable performances by all involved, and any one of these men has the potential to out-rap anyone on any given day, so to see K hold his own against the greats proves his status and authenticity in the culture!

I wasn’t surprised at all. This was another incredible drop by K. Burns and company! He’s as savage and skilled as ever, and the production is as cinematic as I’ve ever heard it!