Second album in two years for Killa Bee Donnie Banks aka Darkim Be Allah (A.I.G.), first collaborative, made with British producer from Nottingham Endemic Emerald, who lives in Brooklyn and in the previous decade collaborated with several Killa Beez.
The project consists of 10 songs and about 26 minutes of listening, presenting Tragedy Khadafi and Planet Asia as guests, in addition to Kasim Allah. Producer Emerald provides a hazy and gloomy musical landscape, with a raw, dirty, sparse and dusty drum, dark and muddy musical samples and good melodic soul samples. From a thematic point of view, the rapper of New York demonstrates good versatility, addressing different topics with a confident, slow, almost spoken delivery style, fit with the somber and dark mood created by Endemic, reaching the peak in "Real Black", cut with good lyrics, light jazzy boom bap with light drum, good soul sample and piano dope. Among the guests, Tragedy Khadafi is featured on "BX-QB" and "You Know the Gravity", and he offers a fresh and robust performance, while Planet Asia retains a good amount of energy to close the tape.
Honest album, good dusty jazzy boom bap production of Endemic, good execution of Darkim Allah. Recommended for Killa Beez fans.
Highlights: "BX-QB", "Real Black", "Knowledge & Wisdom".
Rating: 7/10.
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