In 2016, British hip-hop producer Lawrence "The Purist" Lord from Brighton, Sussex, releases a collaborative EP with US rapper Alvin "Westside Gunn" Worthy from Buffalo, New York. The guests are Conway, Mach-Hommy, Keisha Plum and Roc Marciano.
After the good introductory jazzy rhythm, Conway and Westside Gunn go back and forth exchanging verses on an essential production, an amazing dark jazzy beat. "White Horse" is another solid cut, purely jazzy, wonderful flawless production. WSG delivers slow, dark, solid, composed and smoothness, he lets the beat breathe a lot and accompanies its current with an essential, clean delivery.
The next one presents a very dark jazzy beat with the Buffalo rapper who delivers fast and fluid, but then Rock Marciano comes in quoting Bob Marley and raises the rhythm of his delivery which becomes faster, smoothness, dope. Best cut of the record. Then "33": very dark and skeletal jazzy rhythm, excellent production with tight looped soul sample, Westside starts immediately strong, solid, fast, smooth, excellent short piece.
"Donna Karen" is a soulful boom bap jazzy, founded on a soul sample heavily looped in the background, Mach Hommy on the first line to kill the song, slow, almost spoken, smooth delivery, absolutely dope; Westside Gunn doesn't look bad with a faster delivery than usual, technical, solid, compact, good verse, excellent flow. This brief effort is concluded by an outro by Keisha Plum (credited as Kiesha Plum) on an extraordinary soulful jazzy beat.
Cover is really minimal: «roses are red, so is blood». So is concrete. EP of seven tracks with intro and outro, but of short length, just under the quarter of an hour. For his first effort that isn't a mixtape, Westside Gunn relies on the production of the British The Purist which guarantees solid and fresh rhythms and satisfying samples. The rapper flexes his lyrical muscles aided by skilled performers such as the extremely gifted Roc and his brother Con.
Rating: 7/10.
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