I know I’ve already said my high praises to the label, but looks like I’m forced to again. What the fuck can’t Jackpot Records do? This label is taking over in a way I haven’t seen, period. The kind of music they are making is beyond extraordinary, from Al tapes to BlueHill to DATKID and now to SHAWBRUVAZ, and I knew this album was going to be crazy, but I couldn’t have expected this! We gotta get into this!
This is the brand-new FREE ALBUM by Jackpot Records that showcases MC’s SHAWBRUVAZ and is completely produced by Al Divino himself! Featuring the likes of
-KILBILL
-BLUEHILLBILL
And these 15 tracks are some of the most animated songs I’ve heard in the culture, point blank. This thing sounds like a comic book on cocaine come to life! It’s animated, colourful, explosive, saturated, and insane in execution!
I want you to imagine a new series for Adult Swim and then picture a hip-hop series that’s every bit as wild and unpredictable as you can imagine, and that’s this one!
This album makes albums like ODB’s ‘Return To The 36 Chambers, Dirty Version’ or Danny Brown’s ‘XXX/Atrocity Exhibition’ sound tame in comparison; it’s absolutely ridiculous how high energy, vibe, and adrenaline this record is. After my first listen, I was blown away, and the shock only got deeper the more times I listened to it!
And this album also is littered with a variety of skits that sound more ridiculous the more you listen to it. I’m talking over-the-top performances that sound like men as high as they are humanly capable of being, mumbling and screaming to themselves in a comic style! It’s hard to explain unless you hear it for yourself, but regardless, definitely some of the most memorable skits I’ve ever heard in my life. Eat your heart out, MF DOOM!
At this point, Al Divino should be mentioned among your top ten greatest producers list. His kind of wave is 4th dimensional in execution. He’s on some next-universe type instrumentals! He’s no longer in our timeline; he’s far gone centuries into the future playing that 3026 type shit in our current dimension, and it’s unreal each and every time he blesses us with an album!
When we discuss the SHAWBRUVAZ, these two are revolutionising the culture in the way they are rapping! They somehow are able to match the insane high pressure of the production with their own brand of powerful pressure lyricism and charisma that can somehow work well with the beats and showcase their own sharp sonic katanas that slice through the beats in gruesome fashion!
They are absolutely bonkers with the MC work. I’m taking slashing wordplay, verbal massacre with the pen game, uncontrollable and violent chemistry back and forth between the two men who match each other’s energy and intensity with the others!
I found their style so fucking hypnotic! Maybe it’s due to the pairing with that extremely atmospheric beats that made the verses that next level impactful, or maybe it’s just their natural rhythm and skills, but either way, they sound like a pair of evil Looney Tunes characters let loose! They are so raw, passionate, and ever so gargantuan in their pronouncements and expressions!
Imagine two Tasmanian devils coming together on a beat and learning how to rap but maintaining their same uncontainable energies! That’s exactly how this feels! Some of the most unhinged yet powerful rapping performances I’ve EVER heard, and it’s addictive to listen to!
If you haven’t heard this one yet, then you are MISSING OUT! If what I said so far hasn’t intrigued you, then you’re not right in the head, and you can’t be for the culture. Go get yourself a copy from Jackpot Records and experience the controlled chaos!
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