Collaborative mixtape between two artists strongly affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan, Killah Priest of Sunz of Man and 4th Disciple of Killarmy. The set created by the producer of Wu-Elements mentally returns to the eighties, sturdy drums, thick bass lines, curious loops, everything seems meant to prove that the rapper would have been one of the greatest even if he had spit bars thirty years ago, legitimizing its position after building a solid discography and full of excellent records that have received a shy reception from critics and have been little appreciated even by fans, before the new exploit that Killah Priest had in the 2020s.
The emcee quietly lets his streams of consciousness flow on paper and recites them with a commendable and dynamic delivery, creating abstract songs that focus especially on religious references, wrapped up in socio-conscious, political, gangsta, on drugs, thug and vicious bars, continuing to pay homage to his reference figures on the circuit and several iconic hip-hop artists of the eighties and nineties. Speaking of iconography, in the first minutes of the tape there's an interesting reference to the Council of Trent which allowed religious images to be venerated in response to the protests of the Calvinist doctrine.
Behind the keyboards, 4th Disciple makes choices that you might find questionable at first listen and which you get used to and appreciate after more plays of these forty minutes that go by very quickly, thanks to several short tracks and with a single verse, and quality guests who come directly from Shaolin like Raekwon — in one of his best appearances of recent years, undeniably — Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna and one of Killah Priest's groups, Moon Crickets. In summary, it's a tape that deserves to be reviewed, it's difficult for the guys who have rediscovered Priest from his most recent works to be disappointed by a project of this caliber. 7.5/10.
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