First solo album producer for Stu Bangas, and it's a half misstep. Eight tracks, eight instrumentals, three quarters of an hour. The guests are Ty Farris, Vic Spencer, Mr. Lif, Nowaah the Flood, Juga-Naut, Recognize Ali, Blacastan, Verbal Kent, PhybaOptikz and Celph Titled.
The rhythm he gives to Ty Farris for the initial song is cheap, a weak boom bap with a poor drum and a poor sound, Ty Farris is one of the fittest emcees of the moment, but he can't save the song. Vic Spencer has, in some way, the opposite problem: the beat of "The Healing remedy" is light and relaxed, jazzy, with slow drum machine and ethereal-like samples, the rapper delivers completely unfit with a rough style, albeit smooth.
The third pick boasts a shrill sax sample that the two performers are unable to exploit, while "Keeping Time" combines a forgettable performance with a weak rhythm. Recognize Ali and Blacastan build a rare decent piece in "Gideon", on pounding drum machine, elegant piano and tense and distant jazzy sample in the background, good duo's smooth slow delivery. Verbal Kent is quite unfit on the dark rhythm provided by the producer, which doesn't improve in the following track: his choice falls on a cheap light jazzy rhythm, but the delivery of the London rapper PhybaOptikz is almost inaudible. Celph Titled closes roughly on a rough beat for the title track.
To conclude, there's a lot of poor boom bap here: 23 minutes, 8 songs, some decent underground rappers, but the material isn't good. Generic tape, weak and bland, not worth the time it takes.
Rating: 5/10.
No comments:
Post a Comment