At 22 y/o, Darryl Gibson manages to release his debut album, released by Island Records and launched by a hit single, "I Got a Man": the producer, Shawn Thomas aka Easy LG, inserts a series of samples stratified taken from songs of the eighties, managing to mix them on a jazzy boom bap with a lean, syncopated and lively drum machine.
The single is lively and features a slow syncopated delivery of Positive K in back and forth style with what appears to be an uncredited girl (and instead it's Positive K himself with altered vocals, in the studio they did a good job), the whole thing comes together with a catchy pop hook: the song goes strong on the pop chart (#14) and hit the first place in the rap songs, launching the album on the charts.
The rest of the album features this talented rapper's braggadocio tracks on lo-fi beats, jazzy and funky boom bap, also made by LG Experience, Vance Wright, Jazzy Jay and Big Daddy Kane among others, who also helps in writing the lyrics: +K delivers with good flow and a syncopated and flowing style, typical of New York on East Coast rhythms. After a quite solid first part, this long LP (over the hour of length) suffers from a second part full of fillers and commercial cuts, which stretch and swell the album in a unnecessarily way.
"Nightshift" is among the best cuts: lo-fi rhythm, light boom bap with jazzy vibes and sax sample, skit intro, skinny vibrating syncopated drum machine, smooth syncopated slow delivery and functional hook; the remix is also a good choice and features a darker beat, with tight looped piano dope in the background on the chorus. Honest album by this neglected MC from the Bronx, who despite some productions or some lyrics that may not completely convince, manages to take them to the bottom thanks to a remarkable rapping technique and a good flow.
Rating: 7/10.
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