By now you should have lost count. Flee Lord flies to the halfway point and slaps his number seven studio album of the year in your face. This record is the sequel of the collaborative effort released by the two artists the year before. Production entirely supplied by a guy who is proving to be up to Buckwild and Pete Rock, recent collaborators of Flee Lord: 38 Spesh puts another set of beats at the service of the shiny hardcore bars of the New York rapper.
The tape, over twenty minutes long, is opened by a splendid light and enveloping jazzy boom bap realized by 38 Spesh, Flee Lord immediately starts in a strong way, with a slow syncopated and flowing hardcore delivery. "Lords and Gods" features Fred the Godson, with a slow syncopated delivery to witness the host's hardcore flow on a light and fantastic jazzy boom bap. A simple jazzy boom bap follows, with children's choir samples and Flee Lord continuing to drop solid bars. "Aunty" features a jazzy production with great male soulful sample and good smooth hardcore delivery of the MC, then G4 Jag closes the song with a spoken, calm, rough-voiced, slightly unfit delivery. The fifth track has a short violin sample in the background to fuel the good jazzy boom bap made by the producer, there's some Westside Gunn style adlibs, Griselda-breathing track with the Lord's slow-flowing delivery.
An honest jazzy boom bap is supported by a great soulful male sample for the composition of the sixth piece, the rapper delivers slow calm and flowing, then indulges in a hook sung with a style reminiscent of Flygod, keeping a hook sung with the same vibes also on the boom bap jazzy dope of the following song, a good joint with lively drum machine: the choice to sing these hooks is simply aesthetic, perhaps it makes them more captivating, but it adds practically nothing to the songs. "Both Views 2" is one of the best hip-hop rhythms of the year, the work of 38 Spesh: fantastic jazzy boom bap, breathes fresh air straight from disco dance probably, I don't know, it's a magic sound, ridden by Flee Lord's slow smoothness syncopated delivery, simple hook, then Che Noir attacks the rhythm and delivers with her smooth, slow, almost spoken, dope style. It closes another masterpiece by 38 Spesh, perfect jazzy boom bap, dope track thanks to yet another slow and smooth delivery of Flee Lord.
Another month, another classic. Flee Lord is relentless, unstoppable. Lyrically he's fit, technically he's flawless. 38 Spesh is confirmed as one of the best producers of the period, still undervalued, and the tape fully breathes Griselda vibes. The guests are also well placed, perhaps G4 Jag not too well, only all the simple and functional choruses stop this effort from being one of the best hip-hop tapes of the season, despite its freshness, liveliness and solidity.
Highlights: "Five on Us", "Lords and Gods", "Weird Time", "Both Views 2", "Loyalty & Trust (Outro)".
Rating: 8/10.
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