We are taking this back in time with this song! Going back to August of 2025, and I gotta say I love to take a trip to peep the songs I didn’t get a chance to cover when they first dropped. After covering the album ‘Grimeball Crimelord’, I can safely say I was excited to check this song out, and as I expected, I had nothing to worry about! Let’s talk about it!
This is the 2025 single by Producer Ill Clinton featuring the likes of
-Phiik
-Lungs
-Vincent, The Owl
Now I must say, as far as the production goes, this thing feels like a James Bond Villain Score! It’s got a theatrical aspect to it that I fucked with heavily! It has those plucked strings that play on a loop as the main repetitive rhythm. We’ve got these manipulated Jazz horns that have a chaotic/free-lance effort to it that I loved as it provided a fun experience to it!
There’s also some minimal drums across the tape that help bring the track together into this phenomenally built track that’s equal parts cinematic and masterful!
As far as the MC’s go, I loved this track because each man provided their own unique and memorable verses that speak to their own specific characteristics and personality. Nothing worse than having multiple names on a track only to have the same flow repeated multiple times over, but thankfully that’s not the case here!
All three men bring their A+ game and then some! I love how they were able to fuse with the production and work accordingly!
Making sure their bars and performance synced with the beat to create the dopest material possible. All men had great chemistry with each other, and it felt like they were having some brotherly competition trying to out-rap the other, creating a healthy dose of competition that sharpens the pen games of everyone involved and creates greatness!
Man, although not from 2026, this song went HARD! It’s been so long I forgot how ridiculous Ill is behind the production, and there’s no denying the MC talent on display here as they all bring the best out of each other in the process of fire! Check out the track below!
I can’t lie, the name of this track captivated me alone! This song features some of the dopest MC’s in the game right now, and together they drop a killer single that starts the new year off heavy and strong! Let’s talk about it!
This is the brand-new track by Coast Locastro, featuring Apathy,Lil Dee, and produced by Johnny Slash! Together they drop a banger of 3 minutes and 40 seconds that needs no bat signal to call this crew together; they all come verbally swinging on this block-buster main event song!
So, let’s talk production because this one is one of those beats that you can’t help but mean-mug the world and bop your head to! One of those old-school, gritty hardcore hip-hop type beats that feel like a sonic kick in the chest!
We start the track off with iconic Johnny’s tag that evolves into this comic-inspired raw instrumental that’s equal parts groovy and powerful!
You’ve got these jazz horns that come straight from a DCU film! Those loops are infectious as fuck! There are those second-layer horns that loop in their own separate pattern to add a further dimension of tension!
There are those heavy-handed drum beats as well as insane bass that wraps the song up in a theatrical manner!
Johnny definitely outdid himself on this song while maintaining the theme of the track name, and this has quickly become one of my favourite songs of January so far!
As far as the verses go, with the level of heavy hitters we have, what do you expect? It should be obvious the kind of shit they are on, and they come quick to collect the heads of any haters talking shit!
Every single man on this song destroys their respective verses!
Whether you’re talking about Coast and his brash, bully verses mixed with that 90’s era sharpness and in-your-face cadence and tough wordplay!
Or Apathy and his legendary pen game coming to life once more with his deadly lyricism, his smooth and unwavering flow with his trademark no-nonsense approach that has kept him a force to be reckoned with within the industry for well over a decade!
Or even Lil Dee, the newcomer that has taken the world by storm with his eccentric style, his heavy charisma and incredible wordplay and pen game that makes him one of the strongest bar-for-bar rappers we’ve got in the game, right!
All these men, come correct cypher style on this incredible beat to try and claim the top spot for ‘best verse of the night’ and I can guarantee you it ain’t gonna be easy as they are all verbal monsters who could take on anyone in the game at any given moment!
I can guarantee you, this is one of the dopest singles you’re gonna hear all month (and most probably all year) with all those S+ Tier MC’s and that powerhouse production, how could they go wrong? Check down below!
You know, I feel the word ‘underrated’ gets thrown around a lot. I know I’m guilty of saying it a lot in my reviews, and although I mean well, it’s definitely a term that is probably used in excess, but I feel it’s only appropriate to call this duo ‘underrated’. They have created music that hits on all cylinders, and I barely see them get mentioned next to other more prominent names, but I’m one man who is beyond excited to cover this new offering by easily one of the dopest pairings we have in the underground period!
This is the brand-new album by the pair of Mike Martinez & Jesus Borgia, and together they make ‘Jezus Martinez’. After their last project that I absolutely adored, they are back with a more evolved and bigger album that features a range of production from
-Will Taubin
-Mike Martinez
-2GR8
-Just Pete
-Chrome Rockwell
And MC’s such as
-SavSola
-FCITB
-Donny G
-D0mane
A lot of names that are new to me, which means more opportunities to discover brand-new talent and expand my knowledge of the culture, and this is one of those opportunities!
Now, I feel I want to talk about the production first. Because unlike the other project I covered by there’s, this one has more extensive names (as listed above), and I feel the need to highlight this not just because of the unique roster but how incredibly tight-knit and formulated they all turned out!
Each instrumental has its own personality and characteristics that make it stand out from the one before and after, but it still surprised me at the level of detail, depth, and diversity each song brought to the table!
For example, we have tracks like -Old Jigga by Just Pete, who showcases one of the more minimalistic offerings on the record. It features those delicate piano loops, rhythmic drum patterns, and some plucked bass that wraps the song up into a thin layer of instrumentation that is equal parts ‘skeletal’ and ‘larger than life’ in the same breath!
Not to mention the fantastic work of FCITB on the track!
We have the track -December To Remember which was produced by Mike Martinez which I feel has an almost wild western meets boom Bap feel to it! You’ve got those county inspired strings in that infectious pattern as well as that looping sharp chord, methodical drums that turn this track into a cinema score equivalent of booming production and quality! One of the highlights across the tape!
Or hell, the song right after that one -Lobster Bisque which was produced by -2GR8 and this one stood out to me due to it’s heavy Jazz horns on that groovy loop that are accompanied by some subtle drums and trademark funky drums that make this one of the more stand out songs due to that heavy, in your face Jazz signature that I fucking adored!
Of course, SavSola killing his verse!
That’s a trend across this album. They take the skill of all those producers and they create these minimum layers of tracks that utilise the ‘less is more’ practice and would rather create a song where each element speaks for itself, is mastered to perfect and with intricate, complex technique that shines!
There’s nothing wrong of course with songs with multiple layers stacked (if done well) but most of the time it’s ass. That’s why I’m beyond grateful and impressed that these talented individuals decided to go this route and create 12 pieces of art rather then messy songs for the sake of ‘layers’
Man, if I thought the verses on the last EP were then this has to be PHENOMENAL because they have just stepped up their game to a whole new fucking level on this one.
As much as I loved the production and certain tracks that I favoured, what kept me glued to this album was the performances of Mike & Jezus. I mean fucking hell they brought it and then some!
Every single track they out did each other as if they were a part of the most brutal game of brotherly competition I’ve ever seen on a record. I’m talking back to back, killer verse after spectacular verse!
Bars full of versatility, colour, charisma, sharp lyricism, smooth flows, text book executions, engaging rhythms, detailed dialogue, vivid imagery I mean between the two there was NOTHING they couldn’t and didn’t accomplish for themselves.
I felt like I was sitting a front row seat to an unofficial rap battle! Two men on each track going off at one another, but doing so together In unison? It is truly one of the most remarkable experiences of fusion and chemistry I’ve heard in a while (and that says a lot when you look at the landscape of the culture)
On top of all that greatness you have those various features that contribute to the power and maintaining that solid/sharp energy by the duo and helping to elevate said tracks to new heights and trying their hand at dropping dope verses also!
It just feels like a dog eat dog world of lyricism and performances! Who can out rap the other? Who can write the dopest verses, who can we get as features to match our killer instincts? It’s an environment I PRAY the culture adapts because it’s not only a blast to listen to for the audience but naturally brings out the best in everyone around them and that’s the true spirit of Hip-Hop!
I ain’t lying all, this is A MUST LISTEN ALBUM! It’s only on Bandcamp for now (with streaming debut coming 1/23) but I advise you all to check out the link, support the project and the artists and in doing so experience one of the most amazing and inspiring albums I’ve heard obviously this year but even compares to last year! Peep the link below NOW!
As far as unique artists go, I’ve seen this man since last year reach new innovative heights in his career with an impressive discography working with a who’s who of underground names that have helped him grow as an MC!
As far as this record goes, he decided to wait till the very last second of 2025 to drop an album with arguably the prime cuts of producers we have in our industry under their own collective and with that in mind we have one of the dopest drops you can ask for!
This is the December 31st album by MC Money Mogly and Producer collective LUPARA which consists of
-Hobgoblin
-Machacha
-Mighty Healthy
-TimePiece
-SB11
-FLUDUST
And features the likes of
-G Fam Black
-Michael M
-Choco Valens
-Shottie
-Scrue Hefner
-Cornerboy P
As should be expected (for anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock) that any of these producers alone can create modern-day classics. So what happens when they all come together? Absolute magic.
All these men kill the instrumentations bringing together their cinematic, theatrical, and surreal style of sonic storytelling and production that is renowned all through the culture!
It’s impossible to me to choose a favourite beat because they all fucking slap and I love all these men. Whether you’re talking about Aussie’s own FLUDUST who rocked an incredible discography last year (for both rapping and production) or MACHACHA who annihilated the competition by releasing I think close to 20 projects all banging working with everyone you can think of!
Or if you want to talk about Hobgoblin, a man who always drops magnificences every time he drops, with his album ‘Five O Clock Tea W Bricktop’ which remains one of the most powerful records we were given last year!
Hell SB11? The man with a fantastical ear for music who can create art pieces with his music full LP’s or instrumentals he’s always creating tough scores that everyone loves to get on!
The point being, this album consists of the top of the top producers that it’s impossible to decide who did best when they all brought their best foot forward and created a list of bangers that all share the same fluency and energy that runs throughout the whole record!
On to Money. Hip Hop’s wildcard, he’s the type of man to keep the audience guessing on what he’s going to drop next! Never one to be boring or predictable, he always uses his albums to showcase a new side of him we haven’t seen before, and this album is no exception!
For this album, we hear (alongside his eccentric features) tear the house down with high-energy verses and spontaneous bars and one-liners that make him sound like a madman on the track!
This record makes me feel like he’s going into the studio as if there’s no tomorrow! He has such a sporadic flow, sharp and original wordplay with an intense rhythm that I can’t help but be drawn to with every word he spits on the tracks! I’d say on this album, it feels more like he’s a Venom symbote, and the instrumentations are a host that he takes over to create absolute carnage with! Most other artists ‘connect’ with the beats, but Money absorbs them!
And man, the features on this album were NUTS! The one that stood out most to me was the track -VOODOO specifically -CHOCO VALENS verse. My god, I felt like I just snorted a white line before listening to this song; he went INSANE! I’ve yet to hear such a bat-shit verse last or this year, but he definitely stole the show with his insane energy!
His one line ‘my bitch got huge boobs, I fucked my girl while her pussy bloody yelling SuWoo’ that line has to be the most out-of-pocket bar I’ve ever listened to, and I fucking love the brashness of it! Whoever this man is, he’s now on my radar!
But overall, this is everything I wanted from a Money record. Different than the others (as expected), featuring score levels of production from LUPARA, insanely good features, and an impressive showing by Money.
This is a can’t-sleep-on album, so check it out below and make sure you support the artist!
As the new year rolls around, we get a fresh batch of projects and tracks from the beloved artists we praised in the year prior! One of those for me is this man. An artist I briefly covered in 2025, and he impressed me from the first track I heard, and now he’s back with a song only he could create! With that in mind, let’s talk about it!
This is the brand-new single by MC Troy Dunnit, as well as producer J-Scratch, and together they drop just under three minutes of some of the smoothest hip hop you’ll hear in a minute and making quite an intriguing first impression for 2026!
Firstly, I gotta point out the album cover and how it is inspired by the band ‘Red Hot Chilli Peppers’, a very dope homage, and honestly, there are certain aspects of this song that pay further respects to the band with some more melodic and harmonious aspects woven into the rap song for an overall ‘euphoric’ feeling in this instrumental!
You’ve got those heavy-handed violin samples that overtake the song with grace and cinematic clarity that you don’t often hear! You’ve got those plucked bass strings as well as those light clicks in the background that delicately go off and provide that extra boost of lighthearted energy to carefully wrap this song up in beautiful delight!
For me, the biggest element of surprise and interest was the chorus where we sing in this soothing manner that low-key kind of reminds me of the tone of ‘Californication’ in its subtlety yet moving execution!
The rest of the song is filled with probably his best lyricism I’ve heard from him yet. I’m talking clever puns and one-liners, his profound wordplay, and complex lyrical structures that I haven’t heard him utilise up until now.
I was listening to this song, pausing every other second to grasp the full extent of the set-up and pay-off he established! Not to say he wasn’t good on the other shit I heard of him, but this feels like ‘new year, new level’ shit, and I was thoroughly impressed!
Not only with his abilities as an MC, but the way he conducted himself, his underlying charisma, the way he pronounces his words, the way he takes his time, and blends his pen game with the production itself. He’s attempting to cover all bases laid in front of him, and he nails every single part!
This is an EXCELLENT start to the year for this man (and this producer). They both hit the ball out of the park, and honestly, I can’t wait to see where both men go for the rest of 2026! Check out the track below!
We truly are starting 2026 with a BANG! After an absolutely insane year we had previously, I’ve got high expectations that we can continue the momentum and ride out this year with the same energy and momentum!
We already got a new single by Recongize, Ali & D-Styles, now to follow, we have four of the most prominent names in the underground coming together to showcase their abilities! So let’s go!
This is the brand-new single by Producer Stu Bangas with cuts by Tone Spliff and MC work by Born Unique & Benny Watts as this massive collaboration of just over three minutes comes to fruition and we are gifted with an absolute BANGER!
Starting with that beat, we have Stu absolutely destroying that instrumental, bringing his trademark powerhouse instrumentation to light, making the audience’s headphones overheat!
We have a combination of those glistening keys that go off in that delicate loop throughout the song! We have those subtle bass strings that are elegant yet raw as hell!
On top of all that, we have those rhythmic drum patterns that act as the ‘skeleton’ of the track and form all the layers into place!
Of course, we can’t ignore Tone Spliff and his cuts that run through the track, proving his legendary standard of excellence and infectious 90’s homage that he’s spent decades perfecting! An absolute killer chemistry and combination for the beat!
As far as the lyricists go. We start things off with Benny Watts, who brings forth his trademark charisma, sharp wit, and unstoppable verbal slaughter to this dominating track, and he’s never sounded better!
I’m talking bar for bar, beat for beat, he ain’t missed SHIT! He’s hitting on all cylinders, fusing with the rhythm of the instrumental with his dope wordplay and incredible enunciations that’s on par with the best of the best in the game! Couldn’t be more impressed!
On the second verse, we have Born Unique, who is not a man I’m overly familiar with, but he serves as a fantastic closer to this banger track. He brings a cold and ruthless energy to the sound that matches the beat ever so fluently!
He has a savage verse that’s equal parts intricate, cold, smart, and complex! With excellent verbal techniques, smart uses of his bar structures, and intense flow, that has this unique (pun intended) level of grit and animosity that is rare to hear in this day and age!
An incredible combination by the MC’s, an even more stellar performance by Stu and Tone, as this could easily be the hottest single of the year! Check it out below!
It would be very easy for anyone to pick this man as having the best run of 2025. Every project he dropped was ridiculous and further pushed the narrative of him being one of the dopest we’ve heard in the underground.
As the new year comes around, we are given this teaser that serves as a sign of what’s to come and if it’s anything as good as what we got last year then count me as excited! Let’s talk about it!
This is the brand-new single by powerhouse MC Recognize Ali and Producer D-Styles and together they drop a solid 3 minutes and 13 seconds of pure, unadulterated fire!
Starting the track off with an epic intro snippet of a woman interviewing ‘ninja man’ dancehall legend! who asks ‘How many children do you have?’ And the man replied 23, with 22 baby mothers, REAL BAD MON’ and this is the intro for the song!
As the beat kicks off we have this heavy-handed, in-your-face gritty instrumental that reminds me of that 90’s East Coast shit fused with modern-day underground boom-bap! You have those high-pitched synth chords that play on a loop alongside those rhythmic drum patterns, and slick bass strings that are ever so subtly going off in the background! There’s also some acoustic-style guitar strings as the song hits its middle chorus part and this whole track comes together in a minimal yet dope execution by one of the dopest beat makers we’ve got!
Not to mention those cuts provided throughout the track to further emphasise that 90’s feel! He’s got the whole vibe checked!
Of course when talking about Ali you can expect absolute, relentless aggression and power and that’s exactly what we got here!
As expected, he showcases his unforgiving & cold display of sharp flow, incredible wordplay with his impressive versatility and knowledge of vocabulary to give us some of the earliest examples of dope bars in 2026.
I always love hearing Ali’s killer aura, his classic rhyme structures that pay homage to the 90s and early 2000s as he’s used his time and experience to perfect his craft and create killer bars that resonate with the audience and culture alike!
He’s so fucking deadly with his one-liners, his set-up bars, his vivid imagery and undeniable charisma; he’s got everything locked and he utilises it every single time he’s on a track, and this one is no exception!
You’d be a REAL BAD MON if you weren’t interested in fucking with this track! It’s old school meets the best of the new school, and both production and performance go HARD! Check it out below!
I don’t think this man gets enough credit for his remix work. If we’re talking specifically about that lane, who else runs it better? Who else has been as iconic as him? I can’t think of anyone. Covering your favourite artists and more specifically dropping some of the dopest projects in 2025, and now he’s back to give an artist who is beyond well-deserved for the time in the spotlight, and with that in mind, let’s go!
This is the brand-new remix tape by iconic producer Thelonious Coltrane, and this time his artist of choice is none other than Umbrella Collective soldier Trip Money! And on this project, it consists of 14 tracks with the likes of:
-Ty Farris
-Mickey Diamond
-Mvck Nyce
-Snotty
-Jamil Honesty
-Jovo
-Chavis Chandler
And now I’ll be honest, the main thing that draws me to this man’s production is his heavy JAZZ INFLUENCE. Anyone who chooses to use this genre as their main inspiration will have my support and interest, and across all the tapes I’ve heard, that seems to be the main source, and I fucking love it.
To hear Trip’s vocals on such jazz-heavy instrumentals is a dream fulfilled for me! So many tracks gave me goosebumps and left me speechless with the chemistry between the music and Trip’s vocals.
It’s hard to choose a couple out of them all, but devil’s advocate, we have -Proud Ambitions. This track was unreal! It started off with a more classical music interpretation that evolved into this cinematic experience with larger-than-life instrumentation!
You’ve got those fancy and sharp chord progressions that, combined with those raw drum patterns and enough bass to kick you in the face from the headphones!
It’s minimal and bare but still finds a way to destroy you from the inside out! Not to mention that SAVAGE Mickey Diamond verse!
What about that track -Underplay & Overlays, which has one of the most infectious Boom Bap fusions I’ve heard in a minute! This beat consists of some funky piano keys that force the body to move!
We’ve got some more heavy drum beats, and starting halfway through the song, we have one of the most glorious jazz horns I’ve ever heard in a rap song! It legitimately made me jump up in happiness! So fucking slick! That part had me making the exact same sound Big Trip makes at the start of his songs!
And are we not going to talk about the legendary Ty Farris rapping on the back end of this one? Nah, he KILLED IT! No BS in his bars!
I’d say the final track – GOLD MOUTH had such an interesting impact and beat to close the project off! Maybe I’m retarded or tone-deaf, but this beat sounds haunting! It has a Dracula feel to it in the way it’s constructed! (Maybe it’s to represent the two lyrical monsters of Trip and Mickey on the song.)
It’s got some lively piano keys, some funky chord progressions, and what sounds like jazz-style drums! A truly remarkable performance to end it with another classic verse by Diamond!
I guess this being a remix project, it should be expected that we are going to hear the cherry-picked verses that highlight the strengths of Trip the best, but even with that in mind, he went so fucking hard on this album. I’ve never heard him in his light before, surrounded by production of this magnitude, and it was beautiful to hear!
We heard him at his most refreshed, his most hungry, and powerful.
His most keen to kill anything in his path and take no names, the most willing he’s been to represent Umbrella and RE REMIND everyone why they are one of, if not the top, collective in the underground today!
From his brutal utilisation of his trademark sound to the fluent and sharp bars, his one-step punch set-ups, his gritty storytelling mixed with street poetry, and his larger-than-life persona, all comes together to create a masterpiece portfolio of skill, experience, natural charisma, and passion all coming together to create the verses you hear today!
It’s crazy to me just how well he pairs with this production. I shouldn’t be surprised because I know the master of Coltrane and what type of production he brings to the table but fuck me this is next level shit.
It feels like a real brand new album, not a remix record. It’s so harmonious and smooth and well rounded with immaculate synchronicity that it’s blowing my mind!
Although all I’ve heard are spectacular, if you’ve never experienced a Coltrane remix album THIS IS THE ONE TO START WITH! I want everyone to click the link below and experience the same excitement and cinema level execution that I’m feeling right now!
This is actually a review no one asked me to do. I just saw it on my Spotify feed and remembered how much I loved the previous time these two linked up and knew I had to be a part of what they had cooking this time around, so with that in mind let’s get into this!
This is the brand-new collaboration project between MC Father Don Juan and Producer bop phrases! Together they drop a seven-track, twelve-minute extraction of the purest artistic direction and style. No features, just the two of them combining their efforts to create hip-hop magic!
May as well start with the production for this one. As was the case for the previous effort, we hear bop utilise his sharp and powerful ambiance that engulfs every aspect of the instrumentals. I’m talking about that type of production that opens a portal into the soul and makes you feel a certain way!
So many tracks maintained my attention! For example, we have the track -Heart Under Blade interlude. This track sounded absolutely gorgeous! You have this melodic flute sample, combined with some ambient chord progression that sounds like subtle violin and some delicate piano keys that come together with some very skeletal drum notes that work underneath all the sounds!
There’s the track -Sun Bright which provides the listener with a more acoustic/abstract approach to the beat. With those plucked guitar strings, heavy-handed vocal sample snippets with two different parts to it!
There’s also what sounds like a maraca? Either way, a lot more of a bold and raw instrumental compared to others!
Even if we look at -Mature2Endure Freestyle which takes a dive into the section of Jazz mixed with angelic choir-style vocal harmonies! We have those iconic Jazz notes on a loop with some subtle piano keys and that above-mentioned vocals on a tasteful loop!
This track also contains some subtle, almost non-noticeable glistening keys that can be found in the background!
We are getting a diverse taste of infused and genres this time around, and with someone as masterful as Bop, it’s all I could ever ask for!
As far as the MC side goes, this is the one area I feel is different compared to the first album! The contrast being the first record he had a more poetic essence to him that I felt has been replaced with a more aggressive and raw take on the mic that has the intention of being more spontaneous and lively!
I also have to point out the fact that at the end of these tracks it does state – Interlude or Freestyle, so perhaps I shouldn’t be judging this change too hard if this is merely a quick off-the-top project not meant to be taken too seriously and more focused on the energy and authentic live performances, in which case, that’s awesome!
I do feel Father is showing us what he can do with a more freelance lane, and if this is him just spitballing, I can’t imagine (well, we did see on the last one) but puts into question just how ridiculously talented he is when he’s locked in!
Across this tape, we do see small glimpses of his poetic potential with thought-provoking messages and borderline spoken word passages thrown in with the gangsta, brash talk, and I feel it did turn out to be solid and well-rounded!
He still maintains his sharp flow, his incredible pen game, and income wordplay, as well as a distinctive charisma that I haven’t heard anyone else utilise before! A true one-of-one personality!
So, although different to the first one, it has enough strong qualities to make this a project worth checking out below! The chemistry is still strong, and both men bring something new and exciting to the table!
Slime Luciano. A man, the more I research, the more sway I see he has on the culture. A name that appears consistently enough throughout the various artists’ projects, dropping fire verses and forcing the industry to take notice.
As that is the case, it should come as no surprise that I was extremely excited to cover and hear what this album had to offer, and with that in mind, let’s get into it!
This is the latest December release by MC Slime Luciano and producer D. Mitchell! Together, they drop a total of eight tracks, no features, just pure, unadulterated storytelling and some of the most premium I’ve heard yet!
I feel like I have to discuss SLIME first because after hearing how he presented himself across this album, I was left godsmacked. On here, he reminded me of Scarface meets Billy Woods. The level and depth of his wordplay, the way he executed his bars, his attention to detail, his use of precise pronouncements and enunciations make every breath he takes on this album that much more heavy and heartfelt!
Every track on here is a mini masterpiece story told in a uniquely theatrical manner that makes you feel like you’re listening to a movie! I love how on certain tracks, such as -Born Into This Hell, he repeats the chorus in such a way that it has a hypnotic effect! Because the line he was spitting -I’m a falling angel’ had such a detrimental impact on the song that him repeating it made the lyricism that much more serious and powerful!
That’s what I’m trying to say here, only master level MC’s understand the importance of everything combined. Not just the bars themselves but how they are formed, how they are said, how you should utilise the choruses and tones, etc. He’s thought of EVERYTHING, and that makes this album phenomenal!
I also love how he went the ‘no features’ route. Which adds even further value to his skills! Knowing he can pull off a conceptual effort solo? Not many would attempt that, and yet he did it effectively and effortlessly to the point it looked TOO EASY!
As far as the production goes, if SLIME is the pen, then D is the Aux chord to translate Slime’s feelings and emotions into a sonic state of mind, and he does that with absolute finesse and brutal efficiency!
Across this tape, we hear a heavily cinematic experience. The instrumentals feel less like ‘songs’ and more like a developed film score that is filled with so much personality and character that you’re left with a project that actually feels alive, as if it has its own soul!
Although only eight tracks, it feels like more. The way he’s able to draw out the instrumentation within such grand layers is magical. I’m talking about those melodically paced drum patterns, those glistening piano keys, the plucked bass strings, and the overall feel of grit attached to larger-than-life ideals makes this the perfect soundtrack for a ‘Sopranos’ episode or one of the classic mafia flicks!
If I had to choose a favourite track of the bunch, it would have to be -Born Into This Hell (not only because of the execution of the chorus and verse), but the music itself is absolutely diabolical! It’s vicious and raw.
You’ve got those heavy synth chords on loop, those in-your-face drums, and some other harrowing chords that sound distorted in the background that sound fused with the bass! This sounds like a horror movie come to life! Absolutely insane!
I highly recommend that everyone check out this album! It’s gritty, sharp, masterfully produced, and rapped with true storytelling abilities and contains a chemistry most would die for! Go check it out below!
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