Man, this is a duo I didn’t know I needed until now! Two of the dopest in the landscape coming together for one fierce single! If you can guarantee any duo to make fire and respect the game at the same time, it’s these two! So with that in mind, let’s go!
This is the latest single by MC’s Benny From The Sandlot and The Bad Seed, and produced by S. Dot Beats, and together they drop this ridiculous track that has been bumping my neck the entire duration of the track! So let’s get into why!
First, let’s talk about the instrumental. We have this classical take on the underground hip-hop genre!
You’ve got those powerful string progressions that take over the song in such a lavish way! That’s accompanied by some slick drum patterns and some heavy drums. This feels like the perfect fusion between classical and boom-bap. An execution of both worlds to create this banger!
This song feels both elegant and raw, a minimally layered track that feels alive. As if there’s a small orchestra behind the two men who are actually alive and playing live music as they go off. It’s that fucking fresh and crisp! Man, whenever either of these men come together, it’s always a BANGER!
Speaking of bangers, we gotta discuss their verses because it ain’t either to out-rap either of these men, and that’s why their chemistry is so rare and deadly!
We start this track off with Benny, who lays the foundation for the song and the energy that should be maintained! This man brings his trademark sharp lyricism mixed with his rough charisma that makes each word he spits feel like a brick!
Across this track, he’s talking his shit while paying respect to the culture, or rather ‘paying homage’ with his solid bars, his old-school wordplay, and rhyme positions on the song! He ain’t trying to do anything fancy or experimental on the track, just stick to tradition and do the classic style justice!
The other guy who does this to a tee (and has been for decades) is The Bad Seed. The king of the underground! He’s back on his usual, fuck the word, fuck your life no-nonsense agenda— an agenda he’s perfected and grown over his decades in the business!
He’ll always say the most random yet important shit on a track that you wouldn’t even think to use as a bar.
Like on this song, how he goes ‘Imagine you woke up, didn’t brush your teeth’— that’s the kind of bars he’ll say and make you feel like you’re one of those bum-ass motherfuckers. He has such a hypnotic, aggressive to him, it’s like a bully telling you the facts, and you just accept them as his!
As usual, fluent, hard-hitting flow, incredibly tough wordplay, and raw charisma to match! Every Bad Seed verse is a killer, especially when alongside another tough MC!
A pairing I knew would be fire based on name alone. A duo rapping over solid production to create one of the strongest singles of the month! Tune in!
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