Flee Lord & Pete Rock — The People's Champ

Studio album number six, in the year of the Flee Lord. Pete Rock produces this twenty-minute project entirely and does a great job. Intro, then jazzy boom bap, dark and regular, good smooth and hardcore slow delivery of Flee Lord, which immediately starts to set the record straight. A simple jazzy boom bap follows, with good samples, lean, slow, tight and syncopated drum machine, and smooth, slow hardcore delivery. "Surfin' Wit a K" has an amazing jazzy boom bap provided by Pete Rock, with soulful vibes, great rhythm on which the rapper delivers with his signature style.

The mafia thug bars stop to make room for the braggadocio in "24 Hollows", an honest jazzy boom bap from the producer. It follows "Different Options", the best beat Pete Rock makes for this tape: wonderful jazzy boom bap, relaxing vibes, Flee Lord's slow flowing calm delivery, great relaxed song. The sixth track is a short choice, freestyle on jazzy production with a few piano keys looped in the background, "Job Done" has a lean boom bap with a vibrant syncopated drum, the MC approaches production with a slow and smoothness style, then accelerates when the beat picks up.

"Mini Mac on the Fridge" has another meager lo-fi rhythm, with fresh jazzy samples and a smooth slow delivery of Flee Lord, the choice precedes "Givin' Ya My View": excellent jazzy boom bap with good sample, syncopated, slow, flowing delivery by by Flee Lord, flawless, which deals with the theme of George Floyd protests on a perfect beat. Closing an outro, Pete Rock brings out an enveloping jazzy boom bap, performed with a slow syncopated smooth delivery of Flee Lord.

This EP / album is practically impeccable: probably most of the songs aren't up to being placed among the best, but they're damn solid, all, the two guys from NY here are doing nothing wrong. You might think that Pete Rock has provided some of his second-tier beats for this MC emerging in small steps and big mafia slaps from the NY underground scene, but that's not the case, actually. And the same Flee Lord arrives very launched, sixth album, until now only "Alter Ego Fleeigo Delgado" wobbles a little in his discography, but not too much. For quality / quantity ratio, he's one of the best rappers of the year.

Highlights: "Surfin' Wit a K", "Different Options".