The young rapper and pioneer of the Detroit scene Rasham Smith founds the horrorcore group Natas, together with fellow citizens Gary Reed aka Mastamind and Terry Jones aka TNT. Rasham Smith is the author of the lyrics under the name of Esham Smith and is the author of the music under the name of The Unholy.
Esham's delivery remains as angry as in his solo records, with a slow and decent syncopated style, but his friends add little or nothing to the disc's violent lyrics. To offer a thematic variation, the MC of Detroit chooses to insert different sexual and misogynistic cuts, with the result of only making this project more bloated, irregular and incoherent: twenty tracks without skits or interludes, has a prohibitive duration with 76 total minutes.
The first part, while better than the second, is quite boring, consisting mostly of simplistic beats, lean, syncopated drum machines, trivial hooks, and generic deliveries from this trio. "Bad Guys Never Lose" is the first decent track of the tape, and the beat still suffers; the production improves on "1 Time 4 Yo Mind", with a lean rockin' rhythm and a decent delivery of Esham, followed by a couple of simple dark productions, before the usual sexual piece.
"Mysterious Ways" has a great light funky boom bap, with light vibes, a whimsical background sound, and Esham that delivers with good style. The central part of the record is quite weak, the beats are funky and hard, but TNT and Mastamind don't help Esham carry the tape to the bottom. "Spent My Last On a Hoe" is one of the best produced tracks, with a minimal, lean and livable rhythm, hard funky boom bap, slow syncopated smooth delivery of rappers.
The next cut is among the worst, vicious intro, g-funk vibes, light and light-hearted rhythm, cheap, with effortless delivery. "Dirty Mind" is another of the best productions on the tape, possibly the best, too bad it's a ballad: light funky boom bap, with two decent piano keys, livable and relaxed beat, effortless slow syncopated delivery, functional hook with dope bridge. "Ain't Got Shit 2 Lose" features a gaunt boom bap, and jazzy vibes on the functional chorus bridge, with perhaps a homage to Melle Mel's "The Message". There's an annoying sample on the dark and cheap boom bap of "In the Name of RLP", while the final piece has an extravagant boom bap.
Esham has come up with more concise and better efforts, this isn't totally horrorcore, only recommended for fans of the rapper.
Rating: 6/10.
No comments:
Post a Comment