Second solo studio album by Kiam Kasei "Capone" Holley, rapper from Queens, New York, part of C-N-N with Noreaga. Yes, let's pretend this is an album. Production is handled by DJ Twinz, Ill Will Fulton, Just Blaze, Frank Nitty, Kyze, Reefa, Scarface, Scram Jones and DR Period. Guests are Noreaga, Lexus, 1100 and Pinky Ring.
The album starts with "King of New York". I think it's more of a homage to the film of the same name than a boastful statement, because Capone was never the best even in his apartment building, in the short time he wasn't in prison. A kid opens his album, then DJ Twinz delivers a boom bap with chipmunk soul samples. The rapper spits with a choked style on a really bad rhythm: for an intro, it's quite exhausting, it's very badly done. Track number two is produced by Ill Will Fulton, who chooses a bouncy boom bap to the point of unbelievable, Capone pulls down bars listlessly, his hook is weak and poor. In the third song there's the first guest of the edition, probably the only one worth looking for, Noreaga: in this new C-N-N cut, there's Just Blaze behind the keyboards, the best-known producer of the tape. He creates an unlistenable digitized boom bap, unfortunately: C-N-N performers try to drop a few verses on it, with forgettable results. Hook... is that a hook? Forget about it.
Frank Nitty chooses an annoying, cheap and heavy rhythm for track four, on which Capone plays unpleasantly. Frank Nitty also produces "Aura": this is perhaps the only guessed beat in the whole project, light boom bap soul, Capone runs smoothly and packs the only listenable track of the mixtape. Ragga singer Lexus is a guest on "Fire", the Queens rapper delivers completely powerless on a mediocre, hopping boom bap. The seventh song is produced by DJ Twinz: his musical carpet is decent, the rapper doesn't disappoint and is overtaken by two less-known like 1100 and Pinky Ring. Skit. Then "Mac on Chill": Reefa behind the keyboards, his rhythm appears valid, nevertheless, Capone is unlistenable here too. Scarface (yes, that Scarface) produces the tenth choice, a simple and heavy rhythm on which the performer spits in freestyle without impressing.
Scram Jones provides a decent boom bap for the next song, Capone sounds regular, too slow, shallow, underpowered, poor. Frank Nitty's rhythm in cut twelve is heavy to the limits of acceptable, the C-N-N rapper is never inspired and continues to sleep even on the soul-jazzy boom bap with xmas vibes provided by DJ Twinz. In "38 Special", DR Period delivers a heavy boom bap, classic vibes, performed well by one of the best producers in the mixtape. Capone delivers with his mediocrity. Finally, there's a bonus track produced by Frank Nitty: his rhythm is bad, listless, simplistic, just like Capone's rap.
Even approaching it enthusiastically, after seeing him drop a lot of notable records with Noreaga under the name of the C-N-N duo, listening to this album leads you to never want to listen to any Capone records again. It's published as an LP, in fact, it's a mixtape. The rapper tries to chase current trends in the game, but he's too old, too unwilling, and has too little energy to do so. He has always had one of the worst voices in rap and that didn't help him, his mixtape sounds old and poor, also due to a simplistic and shoddy production. Released by Sure Shot Recordings and distributed by Navarre Corporation, this is a really weak effort: it's one of the poorest projects of the year and one of the worst of the decade in New York. 3/10.
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