Hip-Hop Albums of the Year

08 October, 2021

The Musalini & 38 Spesh — In God We Trust


Collaborative album between New York-based MC The Musalini and Rochester rapper producer 38 Spesh, respectively on their second and fourth projects during the 2021 season. Spesh is mainly in charge of production and invents basic, lo-fi, relaxed jazz boom bap beats, accompanying very well the calm and relaxed delivery of Musalini and the guests, Rasheed Chappell, Izzy Hot, Planet Asia, O Finess (with whom the main rapper released a collaborative tape earlier this year) and G4 Jag. Overall, with nine short tracks and just over twenty minutes of material, this tape proves to be one of The Musalini's best and a gem in 38 Spesh's vast discography, who continues to prove himself as one of the best rapper producers in the Empire State area. The sample from Brenda Russell's "You're Free" in "Another One" is wonderful. It's also one of the best tapes released by The Musalini, which is carving out an ever greater share in the underground circuit, here he's in his finest dimension, on a cordial production that rewards its qualities and hides its defects. 7/10.

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