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The Dealer Wins

Bruiser Wolf & Conductor Williams

Anytime this producer makes a new record I’m already on board but add this MC onto it? Talk about fucking overkill! This duo has the potential to blow the ‘Album Of The Year’ conversation wide open! We gotta talk about…

Anytime this producer makes a new record I’m already on board but add this MC onto it? Talk about fucking overkill! This duo has the potential to blow the ‘Album Of The Year’ conversation wide open! We gotta talk about this!

This is the brand new album by MC -Bruiser Wolf & Producer -Conductor Williams and together they drop this 10 track, 21 minute spectacle with the sole feature of -Marv Won

And the more I think about it, who would be better suited for this type of production then The Wolf himself? He has one of the most unique voices in the industry. He sounds like a certified Hip-Hop Pimp turned MC! If Dolemite and George Clinton had a love child this is who it would sound like! Bruiser has that undeniable swagger and natural charismatic charm that makes him sound like velvet across the tracks!
He’s spent his whole career redefining the concept of ‘free form’ performance because it’s as if his natural thoughts have a mind of their own and naturally rhyme!

Across this album he sounds better than ever. Utilising the powerful and unorthodox nature of Conductor’s production to further amplify his own smooth and elegant rhyme schemes to create a magnificent chemistry that syncs your mind and body into one locked in entity for the music to flow through and engage every single point giving you an experience I can guarantee you’ve never felt before from a rap album!

This album felt like it was 10 minutes long. Everytime I pressed pray I felt like it was already close to being over. That’s the power that Bruiser has in his cadence and legendary vocal style! He creates this audible fever dream in your ears that you get lose in the moment that’s further sharpened by that ridiculous production! I honestly had to listen to this 3x in a row to feel like I’ve listened to the whole 21 minutes worth! Dare I say the best vocal performance of 2026! That’s not even including that phenomenal feature verse by the notorious -Marv who goes above and beyond for the song he closed!

When discussing the production side of things we talk about a man who has created a legacy that very few can touch. From iconic beat tapes to collaborating with the biggest names in the industry and across all that accomplishment this might be his strongest effort yet! The beats on this album feel more powerful then I’ve heard in a while!

We can talk about tracks like -Dig Some Jive where we hear elements like those looped angelic vocal harmonies mixed with those plucked strings and sharp what sounds like violin strings in the background!
This track also features some subtle bass and a droning and mesmerising drum patterns that creates a hypnotic soundscape that overwhelms the brain until the song is over!

There’s tracks like -Ain’t Got Time which features a different and more rigged type of vocal loop as this one is a short snippet that’s cut in two different sections! One is barely a word spoken while the other is a proper sentence! On top of this we have some beautifully executed piano keys, minimal drum work with some sharp synth style chords deep into the background with some more subtle bass!
This is more the abrasive road I’m use to for Conductor!

Another song that I felt incredibly powerful was -Transportation! There’s something about the utilisation of the vocal layers that gave me goosebumps! The way the song opened with those eerie & distorted vocals that later becomes lighter harmonies and the spectrum between the two was crazy!
This song also features some elegant strings, thick bass some surreal drum patterns and some truly dirty distorted synth chords and sharp keys that make this one of the more memorable and intense instrumentals on the album!

Look, there was no doubt in my mind that this album was going to be spectacular but I wasn’t expecting this. I purposely stayed away from the teaser single so that I could listen to it in its entirety fully surprised and that’s exactly how I feel, surprised! These two titans of the industry created an album that will no doubt be remembered for years to come!

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