(Back To Mecca 3)

I’m ashamed to admit it’s taken me this long to get to this record. I’ve followed his career all year, and he’s yet to disappoint as he delivers some of the strongest performances in the underground right now. With this latest release, he’s further proving why he’s truly one of the culture’s GOATs! Let’s talk about it!

This is the brand-new album by legendary MC Recognize Ali and produced by Anu El (and on one track -Karbine). 

With 14 tracks, 38 minutes, and cuts from 

-DJ Grazzhoppa

-Chinch 33

-Tone Spliff

-D-Styles

-DJ Tray

-D-Rec

And fuck me, was I missing out on one of the best albums of the month! This thing goes HARD. We see Anu El throw all caution to the wind and create beats that are not only beautifully orchestrated but are reminiscent of the 90s in the best way possible.

Across these 14 tracks, we have aspects such as cuts and scratches from the various legends in the industry mentioned above to the stripped-back, raw, and downright diabolical production numbers that feel like a kick in the stomach! 

You’ve got those trademark booming drums, those sharp chord progressions, plucked strings, intricate melodies, and crisp, gritty, and muddy presentation that makes you feel like you’re about to hear Mobb Deep or Gang Starr for the first time again. It’s truly magical.

This tape’s sound takes me back to the old-school East Coast era of beats when the legends of the time used minimal elements and created classics.

Not working about adding 100 different layers or utilising a million features per track, nah, they understood the definition and importance of ‘Less is more’ and worked accordingly, and that’s EXACTLY what’s happening here!

I can’t believe how smoothly this whole record comes together. It’s fluent, hardcore, in your face, and ruthless as hell and pays homage in the most incredible way possible!

Speaking of paying homage, MY FUCKING GOD does Ali go off on this one! Just when I thought I’d heard his peak, he comes back somehow stronger and more powerful, precise and sharp as ever, and it’s truly something to behold.

He doesn’t waste a single breath across these 38 minutes and drops bars after bars, verse after verse of pure unadulterated heat!

Again, this reads like a verbal love letter to the forefathers who came before. The true MC’s who paved the way for the new era to run, and in doing so, he’s inheriting his inner 

-MF Doom

-2Pac

-Biggie

-Guru

-Big L

-DMX

You name it, and he’s paying respect to them! With some of the most no-nonsense and direct delivery I’ve heard all year. He’s making it very clear this project is bar-focused, and he’s using this 3rd entry of the ‘Back To Mecca’ project to strip away any unnecessary baggage, not focus on conceptualised themes or complicated ideas and thoughts, but instead showcase to the community just how talented and above the pack he is with his pen game, and when he gets into that zone, no one can stop him!

The whole time listening to this record, I felt captured by his verses. Every word and sentence, I felt further mesmerised and taken back at how far he could push a song, how many syllables and one-liners, double entendres, and phrases he could add.

How much could he manipulate the beats and flip his narratives, how many continuations to his set-ups, and how clearly his enunciations could be, and he kept outdoing himself with every new track.

I would say I’m blown away, but I feel that’s way too understated to say. This record is a MASTERCLASS of bars and production, and it’s when rappers (and producers) decide to go back to the bare basics that often times the best classics are reached! DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS RECORD! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/3o8jM5jhEuHc8ZZ7lOzkxe?si=bY9mGPcnRfalR3ohQ7XeQw

(Flight)

Put on your seatbelts and hold on tight because this flight is about to take off and even though it’s only a five-minute flight, it’s going to be one you won’t ever forget! Trust the Serpent Tongue on that! Let’s talk about it!

This is the brand-new single by MC’s Che Noir, Reason, and 7xvethegenius, and producer VDON, and this four-way team is here to stamp their legacy even further in the game and could have quite easily created the single of the year!

Starting with the production, we have a beat that feels like a grand homage to the olden era. I love the atmosphere V brings to the table with those rhythmic drum patterns, intricate keys, and those subtle bass lines that give the track that extra enhancement of texture! 

This is the kind of instrumental you’d expect to hear in the latest 90s; you can tell V was obviously inspired by the forefathers of hip hop, and on this track, he’s not only creating one of the most banging beats we’ve heard in a minute but one that would do the legends proud! 

What draws attention to this track is the powerhouse names associated with this song. You’ve got the two women starting the track off with 7x and Che Noir. 

You ask anyone, and they’d tell you that when it comes to the women’s division (or the game in general), these two are not only top tier but are paving the way for the lyrical MC’s and taking leadership in this underground shit!

Both bring captivating energy, complex vocabulary with vivid imagery that only the best of the best can pull off! Bringing such a high calibre of lyricism and pen game gave Reason a ‘reason’ to up his own game, and boy does he ever!

This man, not the type to back away from a challenge, comes in to close the song off with his own brand of storytelling, dope verse, and dominating aura that forces you to listen to every single word he spits on this track! 

His charisma is off the chain with this one; his words are sharp and fiery, his verbal offence strong, and his no-nonsense/raw approach to the track is the perfect closing energy needed to tie up an already phenomenal four-way chemistry that I hope we hear more of in the future!

From a killer beat to incredible verses. This is a track you don’t want to miss and one you will regret if you do! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/6uq3Th6Zd1yAveyVVvq9cD?si=q_Yr180HSaO-5dGL2QL_OA

(XRIST)

It’s been a while since I last covered this guy, and I figured why not, for old time’s sake, let’s check out and cover his new shit and see what he’s been up to since the last time we heard of him on my website! Let’s talk about it!

This is the brand-new single by MC Here$ Johnny and producer Lordmixer (a common collaboration over the months), and with this latest track, they bring back the best out of each other while showcasing new levels of grit and cinematography you don’t often hear in the culture!

If we start with that production, we have an instrumental that sounds like the soundtrack to those old-school 80s thriller flicks with those harrowing violin strings straight out of an orchestra and those riveting heavy-set chords that sound like Beethoven has come back from the dead just to work on this!

There’s also some intense drum patterns that make you feel like you’re getting stomped in the chest!

But what’s interesting is that towards the back end, we do get a beat flip with these synth chords that sound almost sci-fi in nature and then even a third beat flip with this eerie, minimal vocal passages that give off more of a modern-day supernatural theme!

It’s not every day you get three beat flips, but I fuck with the originality heavily! As usual, Lord provides that creative mindset that sets him apart!

Now onto Here$ Johnny. Since we last saw him, he hasn’t gotten any more mellow but instead rocks his trademark intensity and energy across a beat that is cutthroat and ruthless in every sense of the word!

Across his verses, he shows his versatility, how he can land various one-liners and verbal set-ups across a beat of this magnitude and make the production work for him! 

He displays his aggressive flow that feels like a sonic violation to the ears, like a robber holding your intellectual property hostage! 

As well as his just his overwhelming charisma and ‘don’t give a fuck’ attitude is in full swing and displayed across this track that make him a voice you’ll never be able to misplace or forget! 

Another banger single from the duo who I’m sure are prepared to end the year off in a BANG!

https://youtu.be/2KET0GXkAUE?si=BeUlsT2LnXuUaF-9

(PHOTOSYNTHESIS)

Man, I’m crying tears of happiness right now. We got a normal, not chopped, title name! Consider my 2025 made. While I’m riding this cloud nine, we’re about to go talk about this brand-new single by a team that has more than proven themselves over the year with singles and an EP, and with this new single, I’m feeling them more than ever! Let’s talk about it!

This is the brand-new contribution by MC FLYG and Producer SPCL_CHRCTRS, and with this track that’s just shy of two minutes, we hear both of them on top of their game unlike any other time!

Let’s start with FLYG today. Who from the get-go starts off STRONG! From the opening line, 

‘The Sun rays, shining down on my face/I put both hands together and say my amazing grace’

To me, that could mean both (he’s praying with both hands saying grace) and the fact that he’s trying to cover his face from the sun rays! Possible double meaning, 100% dope intro! But the track goes on!

‘Like Lil B/We’re based /Masterchef Chop/I still wonder why /Professor X thought the leader should be Cyclops’ (dope line and pun and an ideal I actually agree with regarding Scott) ‘Hip Hop is a Culture, it’s not for everyone, so stop’

‘Some might watch me and wish for a life swap’

Bro, if I keep going, I’ll just be posting his whole verse on this track! There’s so much to unpack, reveal, study, inspect; it’s just wild. I keep talking about his evolution across these tracks, and this is more proof of the miles ahead he always seems to be from the shit he did before!

This is just under two minutes of some of the best one-liners I’ve heard yet, and the rest of the track is even more complex and colourful that I want YOU, the reader, to experience for yourself!

As far as the beat goes, SPCL shines us with his beautifully minimal yet angelic composition of that vocal loop that goes ‘The Sunshine, it brings light to our lives’ and that is one of the most gorgeous uses of sample I’ve heard in a minute!

And that, on loop alongside those sharp strings and those intricate keys and very subtle bass lines, it comes together in this amazingly skeletal instrumental that I could literally listen to for hours! 

FLYG ain’t lying when he says ‘The beat is incredible, like a joint from Cowboy Bebop’. He’s 100% right. This is a natural stress reliever compacted into one of the smoothest hip-hop songs you’ve ever heard!

Once again, this duo refuses to take an L and shines brighter than any sun rays could hope to! The chemistry, the fantastic lyricism, the rhythm of that beat— it all comes together to create the perfect single! Make sure you check it out today! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/3Wu20HHYE7SrydWnfMiDRm?si=8ppGKk3PTGGEe_6UkYGYRg

(A PLEASANT SURPRISE)

The title of this album says it all. This is the definition of a ‘Pleasant Surprise’ because A: I get to discover a man who has been making waves in the underground for a minute now and B: I get to open the present that is this producer’s work. A man who is a legend among legends, a man who has released nothing but flames since I’ve known him, and now that he’s working with one of the most underrated MC’s going right now, this album is sure to be nothing if not EXCELLENT. 

This is the brand-new collaboration between MC Freddie Black and Producer Tone Spliff. Together, they drop a solid 10-track extravaganza that features the likes of 

-Mo Rukuz

-Miles Grimez

-King Hansom

And today I’ll start with Freddie. As I mentioned in the intro, he is easily one of the most overlooked rappers we have right now, which is criminal because he’s able to hit lyrical home runs unlike many others, and that’s WITHOUT TONE. With? Nah, it’s a wrap.

Across this project, we hear Freddie at his absolute prime performance. I’m talking bar after bar, sharp lyricism, powerful cadence, and an energy so deadly he’s able to make anyone he’s in the booth with drop dead from the second-hand feel! 

It’s been a minute since I heard a man so smooth; every word he spit across this project felt like diamonds but as fluent as a bird through the clouds! So nice his razor rhythm wouldn’t be noticed until the heads start rolling anime style!

Sometimes a chemistry between an MC and a producer is so well-rounded that it amplifies both men involved to produce their peak skills, and as nice as Freddie is normally, I feel having a legend like Tone in his corner has helped in his delivery of these surreal scenes of vocabulary brilliance that pays homage to the old-school hip-hop era. 

Speaking of chemistry, I was beyond static to see Mo Rukuz back on a track! He’s my main man, and he absolutely nailed his verse! Forever a grime lord in his execution, he turns any track into a violent whirlwind of street poetry! 

As criminal as it is that Freddie is underrated, I refuse to believe the same can be said about the man behind the beats, Tone. This man has been in legendary status for at least the last decade, if not more. Whatever he touches turns classic, and this record is no exception.

He’s an absolute monster with these beats, and to be as frank as possible. His production right now is the beats I wish DJ Premier was on in his career right now. So to me, Tone has surpassed the GOAT himself and became the new standard to beat.

Every instrumental on this 10-track masterpiece is phenomenal (to say the least). This man has honed his craft to such an extent that with every album, I feel like I’m transported into a realm neither between the golden 90s nor the current day, with something in between that utilises the best of both worlds!

Right off the fucking bat, this album goes HARD with that beat ‘DESTINY MANIFEST’ with those heavy thudding drums , choir-style vocals, and plucked strings, and his trademark cuts and scratches  that literally remind me something Gang Starr in their prime would have made! 

And even the outro track ‘THANK GOD’ with those heavy yet intricate jazz-inspired piano keys that are quickly paired with those in-your-face drums and organ chords! The closing beat is equal parts minimal and powerful! 

He starts off tremendous and ends even more so. Tone provides the culture with hip-hop overtures that are made to stand the test of time. He prioritises QUALITY over everything else. A man who drilled his work ethic in the old-school era back when that shit mattered, and that’s why he’s one of the few players who can always expect a warm reception whenever he drops! 

This album, man, my words couldn’t hope to do it 1/10th of the justice it deserves. If you don’t listen to this, just know you’re choosing to ignore real-time hip-hop history, and you’ll be the regretful one for it!

https://tonespliff.bandcamp.com/album/a-pleasant-surprise

(Brujos: Season Two)

You know something I realised? Well, two things technically. 1. 2025 is the year of sequels! 2. Mainstream artists never do themed records. Can you imagine if Jay-Z did an annual Halloween or Christmas album? That would be nuts, but regardless, today ain’t about Hov, but it is about a trio that has come back from the dead to scare the masses again! Let’s talk about it.

This is the brand-new album (and sequel) of MC’s Kingdom Kome & Che Uno with Reun on production, and this collective brings you ten tracks, half an hour of content, and the only feature ofSwann to add to the mix! 

I have to say, I do love and admire that they are sticking to the ‘Halloween’ themed sound. You know, a lot of artists name a record or have maybe one or two intros or skits to give the impression of a running theme, but keep the actual songs as normal hip-hop songs, but in here we actually get a horror vibe across the entire project!

From that intro where we have that introduction that sounded low-key like Ren and Stimpy as it evolves into those iconic haunting organ high pitch on loop and this low, rumbling synth chord that legit gives me goosebumps. 

It kind of sounds like a phone on silent going off next to you, and no matter how many times I hear it, I legit get a shake in my body, such a fantastic addition to the song!

Even the track after ‘Lunatic’, I really wasn’t expecting the production to go THAT HARD. This reminds me of some prime Twisted Insane music. You’ve got that vocal loop that keeps glitching and cutting in and out in this mesmerising repetition that I can’t help but get hooked on! On top of that, there’s some haunting drums and low-cut synth chords that come together like a Halloween/Michael Myers goes trap that sounds absolutely bonkers!

As I just said above, there’s no song that’s not horror-themed, and I love the dedication. It’s very rare to hear it unless you specifically listen to sub-genres like ‘Horrorcore’ dedicated to it. But no, I can’t praise Ruen enough for this. I’m sure it can’t be easy to maintain 30 minutes of gimmick sounds and also make sure each beat remains dope! He walked that fine line and came out on top! Much love and respect to him and his crew.

Kingdom Kome and Che. What a duo to feature on this elaborate piece of music. This horrific score. What better MC’s who are known for their adaptive abilities and lyrical presence across any surface and track provided, and on this record, they don’t disappoint!

They have the chemistry of the Hillside Stranglers! Whenever they come into town, BODIES BEING FOUND! The only difference is they’re taking all the credit and blame!

When these two go off, they GO OFF! I’m talking dropping a fresh verse, then handing it over to the next to make it harsher and even more insane over those terrifying beats to create the gold standard experience! 

Even though they’re working with a gimmick mindset,  they perfectly adapt to their surroundings and double down with killer references (pun included), harsh one-liners, sinister verses, and deadly phrases that make you feel like you’re trapped in a verbal haunted house and you can’t escape!

Besides Swann, fuck a feature. When they ride, they ride solo, with only each other and the murder weapon gripped in their hands, locked in, ready to strike. Swann being the one diabolical exception to the rule, providing enough murderous energy to be worthy to be on the record, and just like the Edmund Kemper, he doesn’t disappoint! 

The foulest stench is in the air

The funk of forty thousand years

And grisly ghouls from every tomb

Are closing in to seal your doom

And though you fight to stay alive

Your body starts to shiver (I’m gonna thrill you tonight)

For no mere mortal can resist

The evil of the thriller

https://open.spotify.com/album/0oOdGjgAMQnrIkvHdxpBrj?si=-QVbaFtYRoiIzipmk1bdTA

(Flashes In The Dark)

That anticipated moment is finally here! The release of a record that had everyone on the tips of their toes, just waiting for its official arrival after the riveting few singles we got. I can say with ambled excitement that it’s time to cover what is sure to be considered ‘Album of the Year’.

This is the grand collaboration between MC J Scienide and Producer Giallo Point. Both men made an impact in the recent month with the aforementioned promotion tracks that had the whole culture begging for more, and now we get a whole 12-song set with the likes of 

-SonnyJim

-Phyba

And with those two names alone, we get to witness a record that is equal parts beautiful and direct.

Let’s discuss Giallo first and his contributions because he’s had a storybook career these past few years with a who’s who of artists under his belt and his creative mind expanding with every new drop.

On this one, we hear a side of him that sounds more refined and stripped back compared to normal. 

I noticed there are a lot of songs with only a small handful of elements that have been pushed and emphasised in such a way as to draw out their natural rhythm and colours that aren’t drained or blocked by an overcrowding of other layers that would otherwise ruin such intricate sounds!

We can look at tracks like ‘Illegal’ where we hear Giallo utilise those looping horns, those sticky bass notes, and muddy mesmerising drums. Sure, we have those intro keys that provide an ‘interlude’ to the track or even those 80’s inspired cuts and scratches, but for the most part, it’s just the same small handful of sounds.

Or even if we look at the track ‘Avocado’, which might be hands down my favourite beat on this album because it has that phenomenal intro with those heavy jazz piano keys that evolve into a luxury edition of what you’d expect from a hold music atmosphere but with quality instruments and definite production! 

You’ve got those flaming keys as well as those background looping chords that provide the bass and structure to the whole instrumental! 

Pretty much, Giallo is working on how much he can accomplish with the minimum and elevate those prospects to even greater heights and propel his legacy that much higher! One of his best scores yet!

Talking about great scores, we have J Scienide. A man I hadn’t heard of until this project and now a man I can’t imagine my playlist not having. He has such a distinctive voice and rhythm that makes him sound like a combination of Black Thought and Common.

He doesn’t just rap; he breathes life into the production itself. It’s as if he’s one with the instrumentals and has fused his heart, brain, and soul with the grooves and in return creates perfect flow, rhythms, and melodies that make him act like a walking, talking instrument himself!

I have to mention his writing as well, because it’s absolutely superb. He is spitting mini vivid stories in each verse, stories you can feel, hear, touch, and taste with every extra bar and sentence he spits! 

The kind of lyricism you could give to directors to make a mini show based on his imagery alone; he’s just that descriptive! Whether he’s spitting bragging bars or conceptual/meaningful bars, they all feel cinematic and grand in execution, which is definitely a rare feat for a rapper to do!

Although only two features, he makes sure to provide the best chemistry possible. Each feature track does add that necessary flare and fire that you’d expect from a guest MC to have. Nothing worse than hearing another name only for them to either hit a subpar performance or add nothing at all to the track.

Thankfully, that’s not the case! I can safely say both hit their respective marks and elevate the tracks!

So, why wait? Go listen to the album today and feel the atmosphere that is Giallo and J! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/6pTuzZeyfqnJoWKjZDNo3y?si=ZZZBjJxvTTKDOG2R96JLkQ

(Blick Tracy Returns)

There are few things in life that can compare to a G Fam Black experience. The type of music he brings to the forefront is above anything else going. Plus, his ridiculous consistency keeping up with his brother P-Ro, he hasn’t dropped a L yet, and this one (somehow) might be his strongest effort yet.

This is the brand-new album by MC G Fam Black and Producer Mathias of CLOAQ X DAGGER, and together they drop a fresh 11 tracks with the likes of 

– Hanzo Bladez

– Crotona P

– P-Ro

– Tali Rodriguez

And I can’t lie, man. That is a strong and lethal MC roster to bring with you! Pleasantly surprised to see my main man Crotona on the case, but don’t get it twisted; each man obliterated their respective verses!

Across these 11 tracks, we hear Mathias on probably his most sinister and devastating work to date! From the opening to the closer, he brings with him a dark energy that’s fuelled by hatred, anger, grime, and disgust towards the fake cats repping the culture that he’s forced to make instrumentals so brutal and heavy that it acts as fake bitch repellent! 

Most of these beats are slow and methodically paced. Charged with a sense of gritty fantasia and consumed with a twisted perfectionism that you’d find from an OCD serial killer. Everything has to be in its rightful place, every chord, key, and string executed maliciously and yet meticulously. 

If I had to choose a favourite beat and play devils advocate here, I’d have to say ‘Band Of Brothers’ not only because that’s the track that features Crotona but that instrumental is so mesmerising in an old-school 90’s East Coast kind of way!

Those repetitive loops alongside that sound of a dream weaver or something blowing in the wind make me think of Sun Tzu walking through the empty grass-covered hills with a flute in hand, alone, pondering the throne he lived his life on. 

But don’t get it twisted, every song on this project is not only full of quality but fluent from the one that came before or after! It runs like a cinema score, and that’s what’s important here! Nothing but love for the man! 

Now onto G Fam. As I stated in the intro, no one makes music like him. He maintains a level of intensity that very few can manage (especially on the consistency that he is), and on this record, he outdoes himself yet again! 

Across this album, he not only unleashes his trademark savagery but also refines his flow, pen game, and delivery so that it sounds like the sonic equivalent of Yujiro Hanma becoming an MC! Absolute domination in all areas!

It ain’t easy to live up to a sequel project, but he somehow makes this even more gruesome and deadly than the last! He ups the ante on everything from the concepts to the performances!

What stands out about G Fam is that his verses are normally so long before a chorus that he’s adapting the old school (3-4 verse) per song structure but in his own way by extending his verses instead of breaking up per song! Very smart and feels like homage paid to the OG’s!

Although rapping alongside some of the best in the industry right now, he (as always) maintains his footing and not only matches them but strikes a poisonous chemistry that’s going to knock out all the faggots out there who think they want to try G Fam and company! It’s beautiful to witness!

If you ain’t heard this one yet, make sure you do! It’s on DSP and Bandcamp! If you can’t afford to buy it yet, go stream it for free, then go support the boys! Only $10 USD! It’s worth every dollar! 

https://gfamblack.bandcamp.com/album/blick-tracy-returns

(DEFAMED)

OH MY GAWD!! What the fuck. To say I was side-swiped with this song is the biggest understatement of the fucking year. After reviewing a handful of his shit already, I thought I had him figured out, and this track proves I couldn’t be more wrong! Let’s talk about this hidden gem! 

This is the latest track by MC AU, produced by King Oseaun, and features D-DON for a one-of-a-kind 2 minutes and 44 seconds that I guarantee you won’t be able to forget!

We have to address the elephant in the room: THAT PRODUCTION! When I clicked on this song, I legit went back in my seat and gasped when I found out I hadn’t, in fact, clicked the wrong song! This shit is absolutely nuts in the best way possible!

This song has a very strong dubstep meets drill sound to it! Similar to a song like ‘Skrillex-Rumble’, but this being its own original thing!

It’s got this build-up mechanical sound that goes silent for about 5 seconds before the build-up is met with this ridiculously heavy and powerful techno/dubstep mechanical sounds that vary in tones and pitches depending on which part of the song you’re on!

Along with the heavy-ass bass, we have a track that will make you feel the room is moving once you take the headphones off! 

Eat your heart out, Skrillex. This shit goes WAY TOO HARD! It’s brash, impulsive, noise-inspired, and a party in the headphones! The complete experience for someone like me! Plus, I love that chorus like 

‘I’m smoking on shit that might re-code your DNA’ in that drone, repetitive trance that has me hypnotised from ear to ear! Absolutely fantastic instrumental!

Now, as far as I can tell, AU acts as more of a hype man and build-up artist for the track. We hear him on the chorus and at the start as he helps build to AU’s dominating verse, and I feel him having a ‘DJ Drama’ or ‘Lil Jon’ effect, which is sick because we don’t normally get that anymore, and I mean he does have his own bars, but I still feel they are, in essence, used to amp up the arrival of the main MC.

D-DON The man of the hour. This guy comes in, in the most nonchalant way possible, contemplating whether he should even pick up the mic to begin with, then just goes ‘fuck it’ and starts spitting one of his most free-lance, fast-paced, and explosive verses I’ve heard him on yet!

As he’s proven his adaptability is second to none as he finds a way to perfectly adapt to his incredibly complex and difficult production choice with ease!

His bars are hard, his flow incredible, and the way he’s able to spit just a small verse that is that colourful and intricate speaks volumes to his talent as a rapper!

This ain’t like any other track you’ll hear all year (I promise you that), and I encourage everyone to give this one a shot immediately! 

https://open.spotify.com/track/6ReG162NkQGHOVfuYJ6Maj?si=rCrdVjAeQpu66XKCXlQeJA

(Flawless Victory)

I think this title explains the situation we are about to describe perfectly. Three of the most influential and important figures in the underground right now coming together for a single? Nah, you can call that a wrap! This shit has no choice but to be a classic. Let’s get into it!

This is the brand-new track by MC Ty Farris, produced by the iconic Apollo Brown, and features the ‘FEED THE FAMILY’ soldier, Top Hooter. When this monster trio combines, they help craft one of the most infectious and powerful tracks we’ve heard all year!

Let’s start with the production. We have Apollo back on his grimy shit. Although with someone of his calibre, even that muddy influence has a cinematic impact to it that most can’t incorporate! That same principle is done in here.

On this track, we have those early, what sounds like flute sounds, and that acts as an interlude to the main instrumental that is even more grand!

The main track itself has a score level to it. You’ve got these classic old-school horns that play in a harmonious loop that engulfs the track! Of course, you still have that folk-style flute remaining in the background, as well as some added hypnotic drum patterns that act as the skeleton of the track as the other elements bring the body to function and give it life!

Whenever Apollo is on his street sounds, he can’t be compared to or stopped. He’s the main on any occasion, let alone when he’s zoned in like this! Incredible production as always from the GOAT.

Speaking of GOATS, we have Ty Farris starting the track off with his trademark confident and complex lyricism that feels like a mini vivid story in each handful of bars that is incredibly colourful and descriptive in execution.

Each word and breath is done perfectly along the beat as he showcases his mastery of his flow and wordplay! We also see his iconic charisma on display as he embraces his decades of experience and evolution to becoming the lyrical titan he is now!

And talking about the ultimate partner in crime to have on the track, we have Top Hooter. The main who has already established himself in 2025 with two of the best albums period, alongside his collaboration album with the family, he’s also established himself as one of the premier powerhouses on the mic, and he further demonstrates this on the second verse!

He picks up always wherever he last left off with his rugged and ever-detailed street poetry that crawls into your brain and forces you to envision his situations and environments as if you were there yourself!

Never one to take a back step to anyone, he brings equal levels of fire to the verse, trying to outdo Ty on his own track, as that brotherly competition kicks in as they both force the other to sharpen each other’s pen game and delivery, and he does that with as much wavy swagger as one can possess.

I love how he starts the verse off ‘I was sick of being cautious’, that is the most zingy way to start a bar off, and he only goes harder from there! Definitely one of his strongest verses of the year! (Which is saying a lot)

So, it’s no question, right? You’re going to check out these three powerhouses on the same track! If you don’t, can you really say you support the culture? 

https://open.spotify.com/album/3RO3qVXys7su57vukNqbeL?si=h_nlAldTTIOEVe37RlEn-g