No less of a stylist than Future or Young Thug, this is nonetheless excellent East Coast hardcore hip-hop, albeit with a decidedly retro feel. While Gunn may not have the writerly chops of Roc Marciano, the technical precision of Ka, or the multicoloured universe-sculpting bravado of Action Bronson, he still has an endlessly listenable voice and manages to fill his rhymes with a vibrant mixture of violent threats, clued-up fashion references, and street knowledge slogans. The beats here fit nicely into that NY lineage of RZA-influenced claustrophobic soul, and if nothing else it's refreshing to hear an album that's so deliberately and distinctively regional in a landscape that feels less so every day. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
No less of a stylist than Future or Young Thug, this is nonetheless excellent East Coast hardcore hip-hop, albeit with a decidedly retro feel. While Gunn may not have the writerly chops of Roc Marciano, the technical precision of Ka, or the multicoloured universe-sculpting bravado of Action Bronson, he still has an endlessly listenable voice and manages to fill his rhymes with a vibrant mixture of violent threats, clued-up fashion references, and street knowledge slogans. The beats here fit nicely into that NY lineage of RZA-influenced claustrophobic soul, and if nothing else it's refreshing to hear an album that's so deliberately and distinctively regional in a landscape that feels less so every day.
Do you have a blog or diary where I can learn more from you about hip-hop/Rap? Your insight is wonderful. I would so love to read "the history of hip-hop/rap" according to Skinny... an educational thing as well as why you love it.
If not that's fine... just curious if that's a thing yet.
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