Monday 28 January 2019

Late pass!

Pablo Skywalkin - No Big Homie
(From YouTube; 2017)



2010's Detroit street Rap: a scene where Newcleus are more influential than Nas. Prefer this 2017 Pablo Skywalkin single to Cash Kidd's 2018 Jam On It interpolation, meself. Aside from a Zorbas here, a Planet Of The Apes there, or a LLYGMISTA everywhere, this current wave of Detroit street Rap still makes the most sense to my ears when it goes jackin' for beats from decades past/parts elsewhere.

All of which is a convoluted way of saying I ain't feelin' the production on Sada Baby's Bartier Bounty album apart from a couple of last year's singles. Can't fault a city for having its own default sound, but I can fault the default sound for being merely functional rather than function music.

9 comments:

Ray Garraty said...

feeling the same about new Sada. it's mediocre by his standards. the Pure Soda comp made of loosies from last year was so much better.

GGGGGG said...

The r&b songs are so bad

hotbox said...

bartier is kinda weak but i'm more disappointed in myself for getting excited about an actual rap album in 2019

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Fan-made playlists FTW.

DannyBrownsGap said...

I don't know if Mutumbo or Dumbass were part of Sada's run last year, but I thought those songs were the best "new" songs I heard on Bartier.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

The real talking point here: yeah, Newcleus is cool, but what about Jonzun Crew?

sisilafami said...

the worst tracks of bartier bounty are those that lack a functional detroit type of beat imo.

rym snitch said...

Hear, hear. Pablo has some jams. Any recommendations for detroit releases in this vein?

80s Baby was my favourite from Detroit, dude didn't ride jumped up beats but he had hella bars and was able to imbue his delivery with meaning and sentiment. Very few rappers can do that.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

I mostly just stick to singles Detroit wise, tbh.