Statik Selektah, what a producer, what he has done and what he's still doing for the underground game, for the underground artists, he tries to raise these damned underground rappers to make themselves known to a little more people than two or three blocks in which they perform usually. Watch Termanology, an ordinary mixtape rapper who at the twentieth effort touches the top 50 of Billboard urban albums. This is a goal that all youngsterz who keep it real should aspire to. I don't know if this is the case of Bobby J from Rockaway, Queens, NY. The boy spits a few bars that don't have much weight, on "confident" Statik rhythms, the producer doesn't risk: of course, he touches the trap vibes ("You Know the Vibes"), but for most of the time, he keeps his East Coast sound with female soul samples looped in the background (stretched and deepened that of "Moonlight"), with a vibrant drum machine and a lively boom bap that offers you only a few variations that never cross the border of what can be acceptable for a East Coast head (like the synth on Haile Supreme's soul-pop hook in "Ungrateful"). Statik seems to slip with a confused boom bap due to the excessive number of elements in "Swear to God", then closes this EP with a splendid sample and a light rhythm. Bobby J adds almost nothing, the product is practically supported by the rhythms, overall, this record is just acceptable. 6/10.
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