Who would have thought that the album with some of my favourite production so far in the year came from a remix album? Definitely wasn’t expecting that, but considering who the producer is, I shouldn’t be surprised. This man has spent the last few years building a solid discography, and his name in this game has quickly become one of my favourites of his yet! Let’s talk about it!
This is the brand-new (Remix Tape) by MC/Producer Poe Mack! Across these nine tracks, we have the likes of
– Supastition
– The Bad Seed
– Napoleon Da Legend
– Van Gunz
– Benny Watts
– Rapper Big Pooh
– Ethemadassassin
– Wordsworth
– Dee-Up
– Cesar Comanche
– Quanstar
Quite the impressive list of men to accompany this album! And I’ll talk about them later (spoiler alert: they all slap), but what stood out to me first and foremost was the production! Because this time around, Poe sounds more grand, masterful, and soulful than I’ve heard him before! He’s the definition of sonically CRISP!
He sounds more organic and free than I’ve heard him be! It’s as if these remix beats are breathing new life into him!
Each track is so fucking smooth and clean. I feel like he’s paying homage to the golden era of music. From the groovy 80’s Soul and Funk to the unbeaten 90’s East & West Coast Hip Hop variations, as well as some modern-day influences, to create this ‘best of all three worlds’ and blending them to create this atmosphere fever dream of sounds that for a lot will be defined as ‘nostalgic’ and for the rest sound ‘incredible’. Either way, it’s a dope fucking effort!
If I had to name my favourite beat off this whole tape, it would have to be -Their World (Track 7). This song reminds me of early 90’s Nas or Mobb Deep. It’s truly rooted in the 90’s with those mesmerising drum patterns, delicate keys, and synth chords in the background!
As well as those iconic cuts and scratches (done by Tone Spliff & Yamin Semali), Tone is a legend for doing it on this track, but both absolutely kill it!
Man, again, as I said above. You’d be pretty crazy to assume any of these names would ever fuck up their verses! You’ve got a handful of the heaviest hitters in the underground, and they all come together under the Poe banner to give him some of the strongest verses they have, and it shows!
The regular names I was expected like Seed and Van Gunz were no shock; I was just excited to hear their trademark fire across their respective tracks!
But men like Napoleon and Ethemadassassin! I wasn’t expecting them to be on this. Two lyrical monsters who devastated the instrumentals they rocked! Incredible effort!
Poe Mack himself is an underrated verbal assassin! He’s always rocking his powerful, raw, and in-your-face tier of performance and flow! His pen game is always vivid and complex, and his timing on tracks is up there with the best of them!
I think overall, I love the chemistry and fluency of each man on this album. The remix truly highlights their best features and although it’s different beats and sonic structures each song helps compliment the one after and before it! Poe did a fantastic job at curating such a remix tape, because I can’t lie not that many remix tapes grab my attention but this one definitely did! So shoutout to Poe for that!
If your like me and skeptical about remix tapes. Fear not because this one is legit! From the dope MC’s to the even grander production! This one will surely make any hip hop head old or new happy!
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