Posts

Showing posts from February, 2021

Duke Deuce's 'Duke Nukem' - From Satisfying Destruction to a Mind-Numbing End

Image
   At first, a thunderous blood rush through bombastic beats and Duke Deuce's explosive energy, 'Duke Nukem' cripples into inconsistency where its downfalls stimulate symptoms of a caffeine crash. "INTRO: COMING OUR HARD" is a fitting track name, as an exhilarated Duke Deuce delivers a catchy hook and an earworm of his 'What The Fuck? Ay Ay" catchphrase over a punchy bassline. "SOLDIER STEPPIN" is a solid crunk anthem that follows. Duke Deuce is entertainingly more explosive as the production is fiercely trap-flavoured. Deuce continues his explosiveness in the roof-raising 'FELL UP IN THE CLUB' where he sprinkles a flavourful machine gun ad-lib and a decent guest appearance from A$AP Ferg. Following the satisfactory 'ARMY' and the Offset featured 'GANGSTA PARTY', 'Duke Nukem' does begin to lose its momentum at 'TOOT TOOT', where Duke Deuce's hook is quite obnoxious. In "SPIN", poor choruses c

Slowthai's 'Tyron' - 'A Heavnely Devil'.

Image
  In his sophomore album, TYRON, Slowthai brilliantly brandishes his flow over thumping trap instrumentals while showcasing fervency in anthems of perseverance and his battles against cancel culture. TYRON begins intriguingly with '45 SMOKE', where over murky trap beats, Slowthai delivers a catchy outro reflecting his tough upbringing. The thumping 'CANCELLED' follows, where Slowthai reunites with Skepta to take shots on cancel culture. The trap instrumental is pleasingly cacophonic, corresponding with a Skepta flow that shoots bullets through brags in the chorus and his verses. How can you cancel him? when he has 'cranium shots ready for those zombies.' Meanwhile, Slowthai would kick them like 'Ong Bak.' Madness then ensues in the revving 'MAZZA'. Slowthai's ad-libs are an earworm, like his hook, while a braggadocious A$AP Rocky is a pleasing touch. As a rather energetic first half of Tyron ends,  the tracks name become lowercase, anticipati