N2Deep — 24-7-365

Dropped by Priority, N2Deep release one of the worst rap albums of the year. Vallejo's duo formed by James "Jay Tee" Trujillo and Tim "TL" Lyon, besides not having imagination in their monikers, proves not to have it also in lyrics and music. Production is handled by Johnny Z and Paisley, and the group also features instrumentalists Al Eaton, Ken Franklin and Shorty B, all playing guitar, one at a time, on virtually every track. The guests of the tape are Mac Lee, Chezski, Joe Loc, PSD, Shorty B and Mac Dre.

Intro, then miami bass rhythm with unbearable snare drum and wacky sounds, the record starts out bleak. It follows one of the best rhythms of the tape, in the title track: ridiculous pseudo-mobb sounds, relaxed downtempo drum, sung hook, rnb delivery I believe, pseudo-rapping, very slow, spoken, almost sung. Track number three is one of the worst cuts on the tape: bad cheap and scandalous rhythm, bad drum, annoying sounds, and awkward hook.

These dudes spit something out with a wicked wack style and performing almost worse in the following track, over a horrible annoying sample. "Count My Bank" has an inaccessible rhythm and extravagant sounds that are still better than the previous ten minutes, followed by a very heavy slow drum, with ridiculous samples and poor rap. Mac Dre easily outperforms the rest of the cast, effortlessly performing on an annoying rhythm with horrible samples, while the others spit out bars in bad style: this record is giving me a headache.

Horrible beat and poor rap is a pairing that continues to feel good throughout the rest of the tape, including the eighth cut. "California Hot Tubs" is a curious exception: light rhythm, poor melodic samples, fast pounding drum, soft rap with rnb hook. The tenth song has another melodic sample and an accessible drum, but the technique of the two interpreters is from elementary school. The last five tracks are made up of bad rhythms and poor rap for over twenty minutes, closing some penetrating synths on pounding drum.

Produced by Bust It Records, this record is an obscene challenge to your brain, which obviously cannot win: with 15 songs and over 68 minutes of listening, it's one of the most difficult and inaccessible albums of the decade, 2/10.