Sunday 3 September 2023

Life's A Beech

"I peep shit, I beep shit, this Rap shit that weak shit
My kids they don't need shit
My broad she a vegan on the ocean with the pole and what we catch she don't eat shit"

TREE - I Usually Say How I Feel
(From FREE TREE album; 2023)


Mentioned this song a while back but it really deserves a proper post dunnit? I Usually Say How I Feel is what happens when TREE grabs the crispest snare from his sample kit and reimagines some 1996 Busta Rhymes type shit in the Soul-Trap stylee. A good example of why TREE is less a Rap moniker and more a Rap modus operandi: Milk T's music stays rooted in the past but keeps branching out in subtle new directions. Or sumfink lol. 2nd best song on FREE TREE after 10 Mac 11's IMHO.
at

12 comments:

  1. Yohan4 September 2023 at 07:44

    Great song indeed. Which 10 Tree songs are your favourites?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous4 September 2023 at 20:05

      I’d add this https://youtu.be/Dgb56BP7AgE?si=i5gT61-1QJMVuwWB

      Delete
  2. Kelvin Mack10zie4 September 2023 at 08:47

    First 10 to come to mind, no particular order of preference:

    Nino (with Giftz)
    The 3rd Floor
    Probably Nu It
    Like Whoa
    Soultrappin'/I Believe
    Trouble
    Pride (with Tone Skeet)
    Backflip
    For Y'all
    10 Mac 11's
    I Usually Say How I Feel

    ReplyDelete
  3. Yohan4 September 2023 at 12:13

    ^ Solid list, Sunday School tracks are noticably absent though. Not a fan or just other, better shit out there?

    ReplyDelete
  4. Kelvin Mack10zie4 September 2023 at 12:26

    Latter.

    ReplyDelete
  5. David13 September 2023 at 20:58

    i'd have to think about my top ten tree songs but 'live at the atrium' is 100% on it even if burt bacharach needs publishing

    ReplyDelete
  6. Kelvin Mack10zie13 September 2023 at 21:39

    Peak piano Soul-Trap 🎹

    ReplyDelete
  7. Andrew Barber14 September 2023 at 05:56

    10 Mac 11's... IYKYK. One of my faves of the year for sure. Good call Marty.

    And to Yohan...

    #1 Tree song OAT for me is and always has been "My Ether"

    ReplyDelete
  8. Andrew Barber14 September 2023 at 05:58

    shit...can't forget about "Just Chill"

    this is the Chicago version of when 2pac stole the show from DU on "same song"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkzl_VRLZFg



    ReplyDelete
  9. Kelvin Mack10zie14 September 2023 at 09:08

    Damn, I've not heard that Project Mayhem song before.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Bobby Deee4 October 2023 at 20:15

    Woah that Project Mayhem passed me by as well, currently on repeat.

    A list of best TREE has to include 'All', absolute anthem.

    Fuck the coppers, the coppers, steady buying choppers. I come from them high rises the cops need helicopters... etc

    ReplyDelete
  11. Kelvin Mack10zie4 October 2023 at 21:18

    Yeah, All is probably my fave cut on that album.

    ReplyDelete