Debut for André Parish, a native of Dallas, rapper affiliated with the South Park Coalition, Houston, Texas. It's not a name like any other within the SPC clique, it's a certainty.
And here he's not wrong. Under the local label Beatbox Records, he publishes this EP which isn't really an EP in its classic sense: seven tracks, over forty minutes of listening, the tracks never go under five minutes with the peak of ten of the classic posse "Murder Script". Klondike Kat maintains typical themes for the SPC crew, mostly generic gangsta rap, sometimes escalating into horrorcore before firmly returning to gangsta, over southern beats with pretty nice West Coast vibes.
The tape is opened by Bubba Trouble who, depending on the editions, you may or may not find credited, produced by J Reble L, this certainly not credited: good rhythm with lean and slow syncopated drum machine, spoken intro, syncopated delivery slow sustained by Klondike Kat and sci-fi bridge on the sung chorus. Closes Bubba Trouble, which at this point I think is a little girl (the daughter of the rapper himself? I don't know) who closes the song with some lines in rapping.
"Punk Mutha 'Fakers" has a simple rhythm, with a lean, slow syncopated drum and a syncopated delivery from the MC, with simple hook and synth in the background, it's an honest cut. The production, made entirely (or almost) by the MC himself, improves in the third cut, complex and minimal rhythm, taut lines, lean syncopated drum slow and adequate to the beat, West Coast vibes with well performed g-funk synths, Klondike Kat doesn't waste the production providing a smooth delivery style. Follows "Murder Script", an incredible ten minute posse featuring all the major rappers from the South Park Coalition: AC Chill, Aftamath, Black Capone, Bullet & Reload, Dope E, J-Flex, K-Rino, KO, PSK-13, Point Blank, Q-Boy and Triple X; tense rhythm, skinny and syncopated drum machine, heavy, slow and pounding, that every single performer can interpret as they see fit.
The deliveries are almost all raw, some choose a more hardcore style, but they all have a similar style to each other, even the female duo Bullet & Reload, pretty flowing; Point Blank perhaps plays the beat best of all, with a syncopated, hardcore and smooth delivery, Triple X also seems to me to have gone pretty well, with a flow choice similar to that of Point Blank. A funky boom bap with tight and slow drum drives us to Kat's smooth hardcore delivery in the fifth pick, followed by synth g-funk in "That's How I See It" and "Brasin Matter", final cut in which the rapper delivers with one slow and flowing syncopated style on simple rhythm with dope synths and a shiny and pounding dry drum.
It's one of the best products ever released by the South Park Coalition, recommended for southern fans and might appeal to West Coast gangsta fans too.
Rating: 6.5/10.
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