Hip-Hop Albums of the Year

15 February, 2020

Vinnie Paz — As Above So Below


Vinnie Paz's fifth solo album. The musical set is build by Giallo Point, Vic Grimes, C-Lance, DNZ, EvillDewer, Aaron Hiltz, Caliber, Vinnie Paz, Scott Stallone, Nick Jackelson, Lucky Loopiano, Bronze Nazareth and Stu Bangas. The guests are Recognize Ali, Chinaski Black, Estee Nack, Queen Herawin, Eamon, Vast Aire, Demoz, Block McCloud, Jay Royale, Nowaah the Flood and Rigz.

The veteran of Italian origins offers us a compact and solid product, forged in his hunting area, expressing his usual rough and grumpy style. He doesn't vary too much in the lyrics, keeping its arguments raw and touching some personal strings, however some commercial errors make this record turn downwards: the album is quite long compared to the other products of the period, some guests don't add anything to the songs and hooks are almost all functional or tasteless. For those who don't like the boom bap jazzy played for an hour, this album is a punch in the mouth, I recommend it only to Paz fans ("Spilled Milk"). 6.8/10.

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