(Aquarama ‘64: Magnificent Edition)

We are so fucking back. I get another opportunity to cover a pair of artists I haven’t heard yet. Two men who have been making waves in their own respective fields and now are coming together for one capitalising record that is sure to leave you better off than you started! Let’s go!

This is the brand-new collaboration album between MC Bandini and producer Magnificent, and together they drop a solid 15 tracks, just under 30 minutes, with the likes of 

-Laylo Holmes

-L.S.P

And it’s obvious I didn’t know what to expect for a record between two new artists to me, but I was given better than I could have visioned. This is easily one of the smoothest albums I’ve heard, period. 

I feel the production is the part we have to start from because my god is this infectious. With the first play-through, my initial thoughts were ‘early Odd Future vibes’. I feel a lot of people are too young to remember, but back then, those guys had a sound of hip hop that can only be described as ‘magic’. 

It was a mix of alternative, experimental, and atmospheric production that no one else was doing really before or since. Until now. This album feels like a homage paid to those delicately crafted beats from the late 2000s early 2010s, those surreal, methodically paced, and avant-garde brand of smooth instrumentation that takes over your mind and soul.

I refuse to believe you can listen to this album and feel nothing. On the basic view of this record, you could label it an album full of slow jams, but it’s so much more than that because they blend so many elements from

-R&B

-Soul

-Art Rap

-Hip Hop

-Funk

-Alt

-Jazz

-Experimental/Ambient 

-Classical and more.

But the fact is, it’s incorporated in a more modern and original style instead of copy-pasting old-school genres for nostalgia; they instead capitalised on the best parts of the influences and put their own unique spin on them that is their own! 

This is truly a score unlike anything else I’ve covered in recent memory, hell even the current OF members aren’t making the music from their debut era, so this is truly a sonic reincarnation of the most in-depth experience I can think of!

To match such marvellous production, we have the performances of Bandidi, who has one of the most impressive and freeing performances I’ve heard in a rapper in a while. I can’t really put my finger on it, but he sounds like he’s ripping off the top of all his parts as if he’s deciding to feel the moment and use his present/in-booth emotions and thought processes to guide his choice of words, his tones, and cadences.

So many aspects, such as how he opens the fucking album with that genuine laugh! Before he starts spitting some of the smoothest and calming bars you’ve heard in your life. Again, it’s as if he’s just high on life, riding the vibe of the universe and releasing that energy into the booth that is further translated into our headphones and giving us that divine presence of his introspective pen game and wavy charisma that makes him feel like he’s just fading in and out of the beat like grass in the wind!

This is beyond smooth. This is that awakened Buddhist monk level chill. He’s sharp and equally contained. He’s the type of MC that could rap your head off but make you his best friend right after the battle is done. A walking contradiction in the best way possible!

I loved his verses and how they soaked into the ears of the listeners! Also, the fact that he can swerve between vivid scenes and brash lyricism and everything in between.

He’s a man who has no verbal limitations and goes with what feels best to him on any given day, and that’s a special trait to have!

This is honestly one of the most beautiful records I’ve heard all year. My words can’t really do it justice. This is the kind of thing I’ll have to advise everyone to try out now and feel it for themselves! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/52CLsK7oVr7syHn354JGFV?si=LOrBhVpOQd6JM6HMeuXAqg

(Devoid Of Orbit V.6)

I’ll be honest, this is my first time covering this series. Which shouldn’t be the case considering these are two of the strongest players in the game right now. Both incredible MC’s and producers in their own rights, but when they come together? It’s more than an orbit being devoured, it’s the end game. 

This is the brand-new project by MC Tali Rodriguez and producer FLUDUST. Together, they drop a solid batch of seven tracks featuring the likes of -G. Fam, Black & P-Ro (hip-hop brothers if I ever saw one), and you know whenever they commit themselves to a record, it’s a big deal! 

I want to discuss the rapping side of things first. Either I get partial dementia or this man keeps getting better with every drop, but every time I hear Tali on the mic, he surprises me more and more the further he goes! It sounds like he’s levelling up at a rate no one can possibly match. On this track, he’s sounded more fluent and technical than I’ve ever heard him!

Across these seven, he’s a combination of sharp, complex, raw, introspective, personal, brash, and even tries his hand at singing (on certain choruses). He’s literally turned himself into a one-man band, which is ridiculous!

He sounds like a true author on steroids. He has the vibe of those classic 2000s underground poetry rap icons such as -Illogic, -R.A.P Ferreira, -Aesop Rock, -Billy Woods, etc. To me, that is the peak of the era of hip-hop lyricism, and I hold them on a very high pedestal, but on this, it’s as if Tali is paying homage to those groundbreaking artists with his own take on super lyrically charged structures, verses of dense vocabulary, and storytelling the likes I just haven’t heard him unlock until now.

Who knows, maybe across the other five volumes, he’s incorporated the same level of pen game as I’m hearing here, but still, I haven’t heard them yet. I can say his performance across this tape has completely BLOWN ME AWAY!

Speaking of being blown away, we gotta talk about my Australian main man FLUDUST! This man is a man who needs no introduction if you’ve been following the underground! He hit a groundbreaking year in 2025 with nothing but a higher future in the horizon! This project being a strong example of that!

Across these seven tracks (very similar to the path of Tali), I feel FLU is incorporating the sonic equivalent of those 2000s poetry rap albums with the same ambient, atmospheric, and emotionally complex instrumentals that force your brain to focus and absorb each and every single note and instrument utilised across this batch of tracks!

I’ve heard him try his hand at so many different styles and elements throughout last year but never quite like this. It’s as if he’s tapped into a hive mind of the original ‘underground’ mentality, the one that all millennials grew up on as teenagers! It sounds almost nostalgic in execution, and I love it! 

This ain’t your usual boom-bap-inspired beats; instead, we get a more alternative, looming, and vivid exploration of sound and rhythm that is a wave, not a trend, on much (besides the artists from that golden era still making music today).

This is an exciting album for me! First one of the series, and it’s got me hooked! These two have fantastic chemistry, not to mention the absolutely menacing features by G-Fam and P-Ro, who, as per usual, destroy their verses! This is an album

 I want everyone to try and give a spin! 

(NEON)

TODAY IS A DAY FOR CELEBRATION! Why? Because we’ve got a return of one of the dopest duos in the game, period. I still remember when they dropped their first album as a unit, and I’ve been hooked since! A duo that can easily rock shit solo, but when they work together? It’s an energy very few can match. Let’s go!

This is the brand-new project by the combination of MC’s Mondo Slade & Minister Hyde, who also produces the record! Seven tracks, under 20 minutes of unadulterated and pure hip hop that no one can touch! 

First thing I want to stress is the fact that these two make music that sounds like they are having fun! (It’s not really a big issue), but I always find the music that much more enjoyable when you can hear the people involved were having one hell of a time making it!

For example, this album has certain skits and snippets that have a dramatic, almost cartoonish feel to it that I loved, like the end of the song -YEAH with that altercation and how that ended! Or even that quick intro with the weather report! Just so many moments that sound like they were smoking a fat one going ‘yo, this would be hilarious to add in here’ and it sounds like it! 

These two and the production Minister created is so damn infectious I couldn’t help but groove to it!  The fluency, the down-to-earth hip hop that sounds like a homage to the 90s is incredible! They ain’t trying to re invent the wheel or do some over-the-top shit, nah, they are here to use the trademark sounds and blueprints and use them to create perfection! 

If anything, these two sound like the underground’s equivalent of Red and Meth! Two killer MCs solo, but together they are just on a whole different plane! Both men rocking the beat with absolute precision and dominance! Both men infusing their passions and unique personalities into the production to amplify and capture the spirit of hip hop the way it was meant to be! Fun, vibrant, and above all, memorable! 

You already know these two (as I’ve been saying) can’t miss on the MC front. They are both two of the biggest powerhouses going, and they can’t miss! Of course, considering these beats were tailor-made for this pair, it’s hard to fuckup but to hear their chemistry, the way they toss the verses back and forth to each other, the absolute truth in the other to match their energy and lyricism, and the way they can rock a track, not leaving any room for filler or error, just a masterclass in bars! 

Also, the fact they don’t need features for this project speaks more volumes than anything else! Just them and their individual skills to carry the album, and they do so phenomenally! Like I said, this isn’t trying to be flashy; you won’t find any deep concepts or experimental production or anything like that. Instead, what you will find is a strong pen game, unlimited charisma, and a synchronicity so authentic that you’ll be craving this standard with any other project you hear all year!

So, what are you waiting for? It’s NEON! A project so dope it only needs one word and two minds to execute! Go check it out now! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/6bYcUIn1rcHWteRglNaCpv?si=3d-hAGPkTLimbBr_3KmwTg

(FREE LUNCH)

As a supporter of the underground, can you ask for a greater gift than this? jackpot records has been feeding us for months now and now they are literally giving away free meals! And I ain’t talking throw away scraps I’m talking 5 star Michelin entrees for everyone to dine on and this is their latest item one that is bound to keep you satisfied! Let’s go! 

This is the surprise brand new album by MC DATKIDBRAVO with 16 dope tracks that were produced by a serious of different producers and bound to me ridiculous in every single sense of the word! 

Why? Because it’s DATKID and anything he touches turned to gold.

Starting with the production, as expected he dives into his more comfortable darker, grittier and unforgiving territory of sinister minimal instrumentals with a level of eerie detail attached to the songs! 

He’s been riding this wave for the duration of my knowledge of him and he seems to only get stronger with every release!

For example we have tracks like -MAXIMUS which has this haunting chord progression running through the song on some dark loop, accompanied by some creepy methodical keys, heavy bass, surreal drums and some shrieking strings that come in and out of the song at will. This song literally feels like a song you’d hear on a show like ‘Supernatural’ right before the episodes main monster kills its next victim! Truly an unreal experience!

Even the song right after it -PASTEL although lighter in comparison it still has aspects such as that heavy and in your face Jazz horns which sound slightly manipulated to appear that much more unnerving in execution! As well as this we have some more raw drum patterns, disgustingly heavy bass and some various adlib sounds throughout the song! 

The song -TOAST+ICE TEA has a more a soulful and skeletal vibe attached to it as we see these vocal snippets on loop that is accompanied by some lighter Jazz Horns, plucked strings and some super subtle drums !

This track is interesting because as we hit the chorus aspect we hear what sounds like violin strings and some different style of vocals in a seperate layer! This probably has the most variety in one song across the tape!

Another song that stood out to me was -N**GAS IN RUSSIA (first of all wild name) secondly I felt it was the perfect finale track for a new DATKID album to go off on!

Firstly, this has trap meets splashy boom Bap vibe! It’s something I can’t say I’ve ever heard before and I found it infectious as fuck.

You’ve got these high pitched, electric keyboard keys that are on loop in this lively manner! Ontop of these you get the transition of those hypnotic bass chord progressions coming in and kicking you in the chest with its might!

I honestly was blown away by this track (most notably) because I wasn’t expecting it! It was the perfect show stopping magic trick to pull out the hat to close up this fantastically produced record!

Speaking of magic, we have DATKIDBRAVO! A man I became hooked on ever since his work on LYNN TO MILAN and he hasn’t failed to impress me since! He’s not only shaking up the world and culture as we know it but he’s one of three monster trio new generation MC’s that I feel are going to lead the way in decades to come!

Across this tape, he utilises these 16 tracks just as powerfully as I expected him too! He’s got this methodically crafted flow that’s equal parts mastered and malevolent as can be. With every bar spits he sounds like he’s always 10 steps ahead, he has this unique cadence about him that screams brash superiority while maintains his threatening take on street poetry. 

It’s like listening to an intense author reading an audible. Each word crawls under your skin, each verse giving goosebumps and each album leaves impression on your mind, soul and heart.

Not only this, but his fluency is insane. He doesn’t know how to skip a beat! Doesn’t know how NOT to be consistent. Especially on this album, beat to beat his words sync with the instrumentals like venom to Eddie or Paulie Heyman to legends. He always delivers such vivid and powerful performances that your left mind blown after each listen.

Across this tape he’s seen with one feature being ‘SWIZZY’ who accompanies his own style and energy rather nicely and provides his own contrast that helps increase the song and album replay value overall!

Man, this was a gift I didn’t know I needed until now. I mean just say that sentence out loud to yourself

‘A BRAND NEW DATKIDBRAVO ALBUM BY JACKPOTRECORDS’ FOR FUCKING FREE! If that doesn’t speak hunger in you to listen to this album then In the words of Paulie Walnuts

‘GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE’ 

(From The Forge)

Well, as far as ‘interesting’ music is concerned, I feel this one takes the cake! Like a sonic personification of variety. So many lanes at once being utilised that it’s impossible to pigeonhole, but in my experience, that’s what makes the best kind of album! 

This is the brand-new EP by the group ‘From The Forge’, which consists of producer Jester Exodus, guitarist D-Kast, and MC features such as 

-Space Kase

-XtraCompIX 

-CliF 

-Pestilence

And man, I REALLY wasn’t expecting to go and find this kind of music. I should have guessed when I spoke with Jester, and he told me there was a guitarist on board that it would be unlike anything I’ve heard, but still, I couldn’t wrap my head around this! 

Even though only five tracks and less than 20 minutes each, each song has its own flavour and aspects that make it stand out! 

Track 1 -If There Was Ever starts off with these almost techno/sci-fi chord progressions until it transforms into this Nu Metal feel Metal/Hip Hop Fusion (a main theme across the tape). This song consists of groovy electric guitar notes, some hip-hop aspect scratches, and background noises accompanied by some super subtle drums! 

Track 2 -Before The Good Shit, which acts as an interlude to the third track, has an instrumental song with these spacy, synth-style chord progressions that go off in this scattered loop! We have some grand horns, eventually entries of electric guitar shape notes (in two different octaves), as well as some more subtle drums! 

Track 3 -Good Shit

Which continues right after the last song left off with those rhythmic electric guitar chords and some tribal aspect vocal harmonies!  After this intro, it bursts into this bombshell of a track with heavy blow drums and some light maracas in the background!

That evolves into a more heavy Nu Metal experience during the chorus aspect! 

Track 4(which to me is the most metal sounding of the lot) has a lot thanks to that intro with those absolutely savagely heavy guitar strings sounding something straight outta ‘Drone Metal’, which quickly transforms into an infectiously groovy hard rock influence track with groovy guitar strings and tapping hip hop beat elements that sound like shaking across skeletal drums! 

Track 5 – The Crooked Line ends on a bit more of a lighter/ambient note with those atmospheric guitar strings at the start, not the song that evolves into these booming electric notes that, combined with those dire hip hop elements and drums, you get one of the more key ‘Nu Metal’ tracks then we’ve heard it! It’s like they wanted to embrace the proper fusion of both for the finale track!

Across this EP, it’s obvious (to at least me) the influences behind the sounds and vocal performances. I could name:

– Motörhead

– Tool

– Limp Bizkit

– Sunn O))) (or Drone Metal in general)

– Korn

– Linkin Park

– Rage Against the Machine 

So many key aspects of the classic Hip Hop/Metal combinations that paved the way for this project, and it’s pulled off quite tastefully! It’s infectious, groovy, memorable, and hard hitting as hell!

You’ve got predominantly Space as the main MC representing this project, and he does a fantastic job at making that production and those influences come to life and spark! 

He has a nice, heavy style with sharp lyricism and a raw, in-your-face attitude that fits this EP and its vibe to a tee. Of course, you can’t discount the other 3 -Xtra and CliF as well as Pestilence! as they killed it also, and it’s good to see high-level chemistry work its way through this 5-track song project that pushes the boundaries for what music is supposed to sound like in 2026.

Overall, a great showing by everyone involved. If you want a strong hit of nostalgia or want to push your music boundaries, then these guys are for you! Check it out below! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/1jzmtWPCOmcfhJbbRYAWME?si=ViLbADOrRbmdCXlKzv-JNA

(Touchin Cheese)

As I began to write this review, I remembered something that I’d completely forgotten about last year.

For a big chunk of 2025, Snotty was the singles king! I still remember before I even did monthly awards and did my first Q1 awards, he was on their list for Artist of the first few months! Single after single, he didn’t stop! This was before dropping his now iconic ‘Blue Carpet’ project, and now it’s the new year, and it seems he’s back on the same grind that gained him so much traction in 2025. Let’s fucking go!

This latest song is by the aforementioned MC Snotty! An Umbrella Collective soldier who has spent the last few years refining his craft! Alongside him for this one is producer Isaac LaRue, and together they drop a solid 1 minute and 48 seconds of heat that only Snotty could provide! 

Across this track, we have Snotty on his Escobar shit; his street poetry is legendary. It ain’t just his vivid descriptions or charisma behind his works, but it’s the fact that he’s actually a super complex MC that fits many different techniques within one verse or one song that can sometimes get overshadowed by all the muddy, gritty lyricism and cadence, but if you really sit back and listen to him on the mic, he’s technically savvy as fuck! He doesn’t fuck around.

The first 30-40 seconds of the song, I thought he was on his MF Doom shit; the way he was switching up wordplay and bars was scientific as hell.

He hasn’t lost a step, and considering I’ve heard him on many features this year already, it’s no surprise he’s still at the top of his game!

Also, on this one, he sings the chorus to cover the last 30 seconds of the track to end the track on a more melodic note!

Speaking of melodic notes, we have Isaac, who is a man I’ve never experienced before but someone who will remain on my radar after this! Across this track, we hear a more stripped-back and minimal yet soulful approach to the instrumental as we hear these plucked strings on loop in two slightly different tones.

There are super subtle bass notes across this track, as well as some far-away tapping sounds that give this song a bit of an intricate element to the layers!

Again, this is more on the bare side of beats, but these kinds of instrumentals always suit Snotty the best, so I feel Isaac understood his audience and worked accordingly! A fantastic beat nonetheless, the less!

This is definitely a track you should all try out! Short, sweet, and memorable! Never doubt the umbrella bitch! 

https://open.spotify.com/track/5PjLEPwvrPTvrU6OkA1RqU?si=o5wkTpykQuWVbfd-WEtmmg

(Place To Bag)

It’s always an exciting day whenever this man drops! He’s probably the only artist I’ve covered since starting this website that has gone through a name change! He’s like the Prince of this shit, ‘the MC formerly known as Moe’, but regardless of his name, he’s one of the hottest in the game right now, and after his last single, I couldn’t be more hyped for this one! So let’s talk!

This is the brand-new single by MC Maurice with production by Koba Dera, and this time around, they come packed and loaded with the umbrella soldiers in -Daniel Son and -Snotty, and this four-man team steamrolls this track unlike anyone else can!

If we start with the production. This is one of Koba’s coldest beats yet! This has such a methodical tone to it that’s equal parts raw, gritty, and powerful! 

Across this beat, we can hear these haunting plucked keys that go off in this creepy slow loop that I fucked with heavily! Going along with that, there are also these eerie, almost whispering wind sounds that appear and disappear just as fast that I feel fuse with the keys.

We have some thick bass and subtle drums that help provide a crucial element to the overall atmosphere of the track! 

This is truly the darkest I’ve ever heard this man go! And considering the names he has rapping on top of it, this choice makes complete sense!

Speaking of the men, we have a trio of the dopest out. Starting with Maurice as he sparks the song up with his fiery cadence that sounds like gravel in human form.

We hear him provide an absolute killer verse full of hypnotic rhythm and a pen game that’s like a dark poetry edition of street rap, deep, rich, and savage! 

He also provides the chorus verses, which run through the whole song!

Next in line is Daniel-Son, who is one of the pillars of gritty street poetry. He’s had his vivid imagery down since day one. Every verse of his sounds like an audio version of a Sopranos episode! Extreme detail and concentration with his flow and pen game that makes him an elite MC! A man who, equipped with his stone-cold/deep tone, is always a standout in the feature category! 

And what a way to end with the one and only Snotty. This man has been consistent for years now, and with age, he only seems to get better. Across this tape, we hear him at one of his most memorable and aggressive! His ruthlessness comes out in spades as he brings his trademark brash flow and rhythm to the table.

Very few people in the game have his level of swag and aura, and combine that with his impeccable street bars, lethal wordplay, and unrivalled conviction, and he’s the dream of any MC to have on their track (let alone to close it).

Another reason to be excited for the album! This single is even better than the first one, and I can tell just by these two singles alone that this upcoming album is going to be LEGENDARY! 

(Godspeed)

One thing I love to prioritise over anything else is originality and creativity. Someone who creates their own lane paved paths for others to follow, and I feel this man does that for the culture. After covering his past projects, he left me with a curiosity of what’s to come, and now I get to find out! Let’s talk about it!

This is the brand-new single by MC Jasz Official and Producer Renaissance Tone (a frequent collaborator for those in the know), and one that gets me hyped every single time. We have on this one just over three minutes of content that is sure to make you feel some kind of way!

Firstly, this track starts off beautifully with those vocal lines that kind of remind me of a mix between Kendrick & Frank Ocean, but it’s unlike any hip-hop track intro I’ve heard before! After the track fully unravels, we get this absolutely gorgeous loop consisting of these old-school second-form vocal harmonies that have an angelic quality to it as it loops throughout the song!

Accompanying this is some groovy plucked strings, some luscious piano keys, that all come together into this finely crafted piece of music that literally gave me goosebumps! I could literally listen to this instrumental for hours straight without getting sick of it!

As far as the MC work goes, as per usual, Jasz hits the absolute jackpot with his vocal interpretations, his fluency, unique flow, and introspective lyricism that really sets him apart from everyone else in the game! As I said, originality and creativity are my two most favourable qualities in an artist, and he presents these in spades every time he’s on the mic, and today is no different!

Across this track, he showcases such a versatile range in techniques that it’s insane. Some parts he sounds like bearing his immediate thoughts into the mic. Other times he sounds freelance and moving wherever he pleases verbally. Then, in a blink of an eye, he can maintain a more traditional pace, staying next to the beat and sticking to the rhythm in uniform.

It’s not only these factors that make him so memorable; it’s the weight of his lyricism and the way he captures your imagination with his construct of bars and puns, one-liners, you name it; he can do it all from vivid storytelling to the most compelling brash bars you’ve heard in your life!

Trust me, this is one for the record books! It doesn’t sound like your everyday trends BECAUSE IT SHOULDN’T. Following a trend is fine, but don’t expect to be memorable doing so; this is for those who appreciate artistry, and that’s exactly what these two men are! 

https://jo2024.bandcamp.com/track/godspeed-prod-renaissance-tone

(Event Center Racing)

A surprise drop. This man I’ve always felt has maintained as one of the dopest underrated MC’s in the landscape right now. With some of the illest feature verses and projects alike, he’s always stayed consistent and the one to look out for. Now with this brand new offering, he’s looking to further push the narrative of ‘one of the dopest alive’ and I don’t see any reason to doubt it!

This is the brand new full-length studio album by powerhouse MC Shottie & Producer Wahr Season, and together they drop a collection of 14 tracks that features the likes of 

– Swab 

– MONEY MOGLY

– Asun Eastwood

– PRO THE ARTIST

– Salazar El Tabaquero

– Maze Overlay

This is truly a who’s who of icons to appear on this tape, and each one brings their best feet forward!

If we start with the production side of things, this man Wahr creates a truly cinematic score that highlights Shottie’s characteristics, his cadence, and his abilities. This is a tailor-made soundtrack of in-depth atmospheric, rich instrumentation as well as dope, infectious beat progressions that help this album walk the fine line between an incredible well-balanced/fluent listening experience and the type of record you could pick out songs one by one and still be bangers!

Certain songs stand out to me, such as the song – Gold Metal Heat. This is one of those ambient infusions that I couldn’t resist. It’s got these eerie wind sounds in the background, these haunting piano chords on a loop, as well as some methodical drums that all come together into this truly introspective yet disturbing instrumental that would only make sense if you had killers such as Shottie & MONEY going off on it! 

The song – Bob Kaiser was also a standout to me; it has this 80’s flavour to it that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. You’ve got these funky jazz-style plucked keys and subtle jazz horns in the background, as well as some groovy drum beats and lighter separate keys in the background.

I also loved the off-the-cuff style vocal performances for the chorus! This whole track gave me goosebumps in the best way possible; it felt so rare in execution and was definitely one that was memorable for me!

Hell, even the second track in -Aqua Blue Cameo had such a grand feel to it! It had a more methodically paced intro that makes you feel and soak into each instrument until it switches up on you and goes into a more boom-bap influenced structure with those heavy, raw, in-your-face drums, plucked keys, bass strings, and these wavy/echoing chord progressions that appear and re appear throughout the track that gave an interesting texture to the song!

So many fantastic songs on this album, but those are the ones that stood out to me most!

As far as Shottie goes, this man wouldn’t know how to miss if he was blindfolded at the opposite end of the court after being spun around! He would find a way to hit a clean three points into the net regardless.

This man has your favourite MC’s focused on what he’s doing; he’s got one of the most consistent and unique presences about him as well as having the perfect portfolio of skills.

-Charisma: his man on every verse he spits (for his own or otherwise) has stood out as the feature of the night because of the aura and energy he brings! His passion, his specific way of pronouncing words, his enunciations, his one-of-a-kind studio behaviour makes him someone recognisable after just a few bars in! 

-Lyricism: whether he’s in storytelling mood, street poetry, or just brash, flexing bars, he’s mastered all the lanes. He finds a way to captivate the audience with his ridiculous rhythm, his smooth and crisp flow, as well as his poisonous approach to his bars that seeps into the instrumentals until he takes it over!

Across this tape specifically, it feels like I’m transported into every single fabric of his lines from the personal ones to the situations he’s setting up! 

-Chemistry: Although you see so many albums these days that flood their records with a party of features that don’t have much substance or appeal besides having features for features sake. But Shottie has the ability to collaborate and mesh with absolutely anyone who he shares a song with and no more is that true then on here! 

Considering the verbal monsters he has with him, a lesser man can be assumed to fail or get overwhelmed but not Shottie, he not only established phenomenal synchronicity with the men but works with them to further up the energy and enjoyability of the record as a whole!

Once again, Shottie proves to me why he’s a kingpin in the underground and has been for years, I’ve never heard a bad verse from him yet and I didn’t start now. From the larger than life production to the features at hand. This one is one for the record books! 

https://open.spotify.com/album/3A1Ugmsji5KPBQzb0R4Q8h?si=RGSAu4wgQC2yda4eEzApfA

(FLY DOMINICANS)

Well, this is the first single review I’ll be doing for a man that I had a lot of experience with in 2025. A man who had one of the biggest glow-ups I’ve ever seen! A man who I have no doubt that this year he’s going to kill it as well!

On this track, he’s back with a producer he’s already worked with and provided his undeniably strong chemistry, so as they return, let’s talk about this brand-new single and why it’s a BANGER!

This is the latest single by MC FLYG and Producer Dominican Kev, and together they drop a solid two minutes and 36 seconds of content that is next-level smooth. 

I want to start with FLYG; it’s always a spectacle and a half to hear him rap on a verse, and today is no different!

So, on this song, we hear him back on his slow and methodically pleasing vibe (the version of him I like best). 

On this song, we hear him open up his ever-expansive bag of one-liners to include lines such as: 

– Diddy was on trial for a minute, trying to beat the case/I guess it is what it is, Killa and Mase/Flip a coin to choose your face/like two face.

Or 

– Snap my fingers like Thanos/Make you disappear with the Blip/Peace to skip I’m not done emptying this lyrical clip. 

Those are just two of many dope lines across this track that continue to prove (even in the new year) that the skill, momentum, and evolution of this man is untouchable, and on top of all that, you add in his smooth flow and rhythm, his precise enunciations, and impeccable wordplay, and you have a recipe for the perfect MC!

To accompany such feats, we have none other than Dominican Kev. A relatively newer producer who has been making waves on my end as a beatmaker with incredible potential, and this song further proves that notion.

Across this song, we have a light, soulful track that’s equal parts brilliant, smooth, and minimal! 

We have this predominant vocal loop that runs in two different parts throughout the track, one having the man’s singing and the other having his end of the words loop! Two dope vocal layers that fit this track well!

As well as this, we have these beautiful flute harmonies, glistening keys, and some deep bass that wraps this whole track together into an atmospheric track of epic, smooth proportions!

This is the kind of beat I could listen to for an hour straight and never get sick of! It has just enough content to make it memorable, and the light layers it does have are executed in a masterful and technical manner that proves my optimism towards this man!

Another dope duo track by these men, once again incredible synchronicity, and hopefully, we get more from them in the near future!

https://open.spotify.com/track/6j7K1XfsQGrfss2all8p1R?si=w1i3BWisTKSykwggZauhiQ