Seven Spherez – BoomBap & Timbo Boots (Album Review)
Tracklist:
01. Da Stomp Out
02. The Bartel feat. DJ TMB & Phlieano
03. Shadow Work feat. DJ TMB
04. Seven FM (Skit 1)
05. Faded feat. DJ TMB
06. 88 feat. DJ TMB
07. Seven FM (Skit 2)
08. Dirty Timbos feat. DJ TMB
09. Warrior Flame feat. Chi MD & Skinny Jimmy
10. Stomp feat. Nappi Music
11. The Rapture
12. Cold Outside
13. Stay Whole
14. Diamond In The Dirt feat. Prima & DJ TMB
15. 528HZ
16. Diesel Powered feat. DJ TMB & Tha Soloist
Review:
Hip hop duo Seven Spherez is back with a new boom bap album! The sound is very versatile and contains some raw boombap and some smoother tracks! Dope features from DJ TMB, Skinny Jimmy, Tha Soloist, Prima and many more!
'Diamond in the Dirt' definitely is one of the smoother tracks on the album, but like I said the album is really versatile. 'The Rapture' for example is one the raw boombap tracks on this project. The beat really reminds me of some old Cypress Hill vibe! The beats by Dr. G are really on point and once again, Ghost One keeps the pen sharp. If you like the REAL boom bap sound, you should get this album!
Favorite track:
I am not a fan of ''love song'', but I would call
Long story short:
Get this album if you love the real boom bap sound! It's an overall dope project with a versatile boom bap sound. If you like the trap sound of Seven Spherez, this album might not be for you, but I bet they gonna make more of that in the future.
Review by Leon aka Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha for Crypt Keepers of Hip Hop
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Review: Edd Bundy - Cake Crusader
Tracklist
1. The Recipe Intro
2. Rap Titans
3. The Punisher
4. Angst
5. Half A Desert
6. Rapman
7. Thor Son of Odin
8. So Called Heroes
9. Still Wonder
Intro
Edd Bundy is back with a new instrumental project. His love for cake is represented in this 9 track instrumental project with a superhero theme. I just finished my daily reading in a Zen Buddhism book (This is really useless info), so I can listen to this project mindfully and give you guys an honest review.
Let's do this!
Review
People still don't like to read, so I won't be getting to detailed into all the 9 instrumentals. I am a producer myself, so I could be yapping for hours about one single kick drum sound. I will just gonna give this an quick overview per track.
1. The Recipe Intro
This track is just an intro.. No beats to hear. The intro is well put together, but honestly I am not a really big fan of intros. This one definitely a fitting intro.
2. Rap Titans
This sample catched my attention instantly! The verse part sounds great. Really high energy stuff. The hook has a dope vocal sample in it, which definitely gives a comic vibe. The transition between hook and verse goes really smooth. The beats doesn't have a lot of switches on it, but that not annoying me.
3. The Punisher
I love this guitar sample in this one. My guitar teacher was a bit of a cunt, but I kept my love for the sound of the guitar. This beat is really my style. A deep, sinister vibe that smoothly fades into a hook part. Like the first one, not really a lot of switches in the beat.. but hey, it's a beattape, not a movie soundtrack.
4. Angst
Random fact: The word 'Angst' is Dutch (and also German) for fear. This beat doesn't really strikes fear into me, but has a really heroic, but also sad vibe. Like the homie Edd Bundy lost his cake, but is on a mission to get it back! I love the crashes in this track, also some subtile scratchwork is really catching my attention.
5. Half A Desert
'Half A Desert' is a banger! This orchestral sample bangs! The vocal speech in the beat and the 'Like This' scratch really add versatility to this beat! A short banger!
6. Rapman
This one is a mafia type beat.. well that what my first impression is. Maybe I just watch too much mafia movies. The drums go really well with the cool sample. This could be the soundtrack for Batman when he fights against the mobster goons of the Penguin in a back alley.
7. Thor Son of Odin
This is more of a trap type beat. It has a really heroic vibe to it. Trap isn't really my thing, but this is refreshing. More epicness from the good sir Mr. Bundy.
8. So Called Heroes
Very dope Avengers intro sample, it's really catches my attention. The intro sample fades into a really sad guitar.. and like I told you guys before: I love guitars. Maybe this track was made when Edd Bundy stepped on some cake.. we will never know. What I do now is that this beat is really deep and has some nice switches in it.
9. Still Wonder
'Still Wonder' opens with an epic sample with a little vocal fragment in it! YES.. Vocal samples! This is a really hyped track with nice switches in it!
Long story short (The Overview)
Edd Bundy's goal was to deliver a comic book / superhero themed instrumental project and that's exactly what he did: creating an epic instrumental project. My only point of attention is that the beats were looped.. like someone was suppose to rap on it. Anyways this can is the style Edd choose and I don't wanna be a cunt about it. I am a man that likes switches in beats (when the beats are not for an MC) This is a matter of taste. And with that said Edd Bundy is a hip hop beatmaker and not a movie score composer (at least I think so). Edd Bundy created an project that has banging beats on it. The beats are mixed very well and you can clearly hear that Eddie is a veteran producer that knows what he is doing.
This album is downloadable for free, so get it for free or make a donation to the good man. He clearly deserves that after creating this project.
Favorite track
'The Punisher' is my favorite track.
This one is deep and sinister at the same time. I was really vibing to this one.. Love it!
Review by Leon (Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha) for Crypt Keepers of Hip Hop
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Tracklist:
01. 70’s Kill
02. Papa (feat. Duvel)
03. Flex Fotto
04. Push Kick
05. Blauwtjes (feat. Jacky)
06. Post
07. Guilty Pleasure
08. Fuck Rap
09. Novi Nove (feat. Roscovitsch)
10. De tijd/het Tij (feat. Rosa Ana)
11. Ill Chambers
12. Zomer/loungin outro
Review:
Eigenlijk was mijn doel om per track een review te maken, maar het is 2017.. mensen zijn lui en ze lezen niet graag, dus bij deze een korte review van Novi, het nieuwe album van Nosa, wat volledig geproduceerd is door Nikes. De lyrics van Nosa op deze plaat zijn zeer on point. Je kan de ervaring van de Nijmeegse MC hier goed horen op de dope beats van Nikes. De plaat heeft nummers erop staan zoals 70's Kill, de track die je meeneemt naar het grimmige gangster verleden van Nijmegen, maar ook nummers zoals Blauwtjes, wat gaat over.. tsja je kan het misschien al wel raden: blauwtjes lopen!
Voor de liefhebber van dope lyrics is er qua onderwerpen van tekst veel variatie: van nummers over liefde voor de skatecultuur (Push Kick) naar nummers over de hedendaagse rapscene en Nosa's blik daarop (Fuck Rap en Guilty Pleasure). Alle nummers hebben naar mijn mening een nostalgische vibe. De featured artists zijn ook zeker goed uitgekozen. Duvel, Jacky, Roscovitsch en Rosa Ana waren naar mijn mening allemaal on point en voegde ook echt waarde aan de track toe.
Als producer zijnde MOET ik uiteraard ook even over de productie van de plaat schrijven. De beats zijn keihard! Ik heb genoten van de combinatie van Nosa op de mic en Nikes op de productie! De beats hebben allemaal een boom bap sound, maar variëren van smooth boom bap beats naar rauwe beats met hier en daar wat grimmige dubstep sounds erin. Dus ook voor de liefhebber van rauwe boom bap beats kan ik deze plaat zeker aanraden. De beats nemen mij echt mee naar de jaren 90 vibe en dat is wat ik persoonlijk altijd zoek in een boom bap sound.
Favoriete track:
Ill Chambers, geen twijfel over mogelijk. Ik heb van iedere track genoten, maar Ill Chambers is toch echt mijn favoriet. De referenties naar Illmatic van Nas en Enter The 36 Chambers van Wu Tang Clan zijn heel erg sterk en zoals elke track op de plaat worden de vocalen van Nosa goed versterkt door een dikke beat van Nikes!
Om een lang verhaal kort te maken:
Ik ben heel erg blij dat Nosa en Nikes dit album gemaakt hebben. Nosa was ook al eerder te horen op het laatste album van producer Christov, dus ik zat al te hopen dat er iets aan zou komen in samenwerking met Nikes. De heren hebben bewezen dat ze nog steeds goed in vorm zijn!
Review door Leon aka Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha (voor Crypt Keepers of Hip Hop)
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