Hip-Hop Albums of the Year

07 June, 2022

Dragonfly — 9000 Miles


Dragonfly tape is disappointing and from the very first moments it turns out to be unnecessary. The rapper member of The Beggaz, Hidden Aspects and Black Lotus isn't confident and produces a generic effort that falls below all expectations. Bolo's Kitchen and Yukon Black are the main architects of the beats, with five and four solutions respectively, Begga Ooh and Long Axe complete the set with two and a rhythm. Consisting of a dozen songs and with the presence of Begga Ooh as the only guest, the Dragonfly tape, one of the many released in the 2005/06 season by the members of The Beggaz crew, is fluctuating and mediocre, the rhythms of Bolo Gah sound like b-sides and scraps. The exception is "Priceless", where Dragonfly honestly spits for two minutes on a beat that combines skinny and dirty drum machine, beautiful vibrant bassline, squeaky kind-of-watered-down chipmunk female loop, male soul sample on the hook and earthy strings.

The situation of this record on Spotify is interesting, where there are two identical versions, one is dated 2006, the title has two random suspension points and, at the time of writing, you can hear half of the album, for some reason. The other seems almost hidden, is dated 2005, has a different cover and boasts all caps track titles, which you can easily hear for now. To be on the safe side I'll make a concise summary of the entire record below.

"Priceless" ✂️

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