Elcamino – “Bruv” review

2nd extended play of 2026 & the 22nd overall from Buffalo, New York emcee & singer Elcamino. Blowing up almost a decade ago off his self-titled EP with Griselda Records, his profile increasingly grew after being followed up by Walking on Water mixtape in the summer of 2018 along with dropped 2 studio albums & a few EPs the year after that. They Spit on Jesus proved to be a well received Black Soprano Family Records debut becoming the first Camino project that I had covered since On the 3rd Day & that much like No Weapon Formed Against Me was an improvement over some of the material we’ve gotten from him in recent memory. Real Bad Man would produce The Game is the Game followed by Ill Tone producing Built for Cuban Links named after Raekwon’s iconic solo debut Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… produced by RZA in addition to flexing his Millionaire status & Full Moon showing a heavy Future influence. Martyr’s Prayer III produced by 38 Spesh made for a gratifying conclusion to the beloved trilogy as did Mino, but now he’s coming off the Ill Tone-produced God is Love to drop Bruv.

“London Bruv” hops over a soulful boom bap instrumental to give his flowers to the United Kingdom’s capital whereas “Green Beret” produced by Ill Tone continues the chop up the soul samples talking about those kind of people not getting a whole lot of love. “Adele” keeps the crooning chipmunk soul vibes going using the same rhyme scheme for a couple minutes while “You’re Here” talks about doing it all for the glory & taking pride in the joys of him being African American.

The song “Getting Old” continues Bruv’s last leg going completely drumless to speak of knowing he’d lock himself in since there was always more in store for him than what he’s already achieved while “Eating Steaks” brings back the sampling techniques so he can talk about being in Paris for Fashion Week last year, embracing some jazzier undertones additionally. The closer concludes the EP with a chipmunk soul outro calling out a backstabber who doesn’t wanna see the “Other Side”.

Although I lean a little more towards God is Love, I can appreciate Elcamino getting in passport mode for Bruv since France & the UK have always been my 3rd & #1 biggest audiences outside of the States respectively. The production’s more soulful than it’s primarily drumless predecessor & Meech details a hustler philosophy with runway lighting including overseas backdrops, designer details & war-ready bars balanced by flashes of family, memory, the weight of who didn’t make it, grief, pressure & discipline through flexes that he earned himself.

Score: 4/5

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Fliptrix – “Elevation” review

Here we have the 11th solo LP from Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom emcee Fliptrix. The founder of High Focus Records as well as a member of The 4 Owls, he made his debut in 2007 off Force Fed Imagery followed by Theory of Rhyme and later 3rd Eye of the Storm & The Road to the Interdimensional Piff Highway. Polyhymnia came out a couple years later as did Patterns of Escapism & Inexhale. Light Work was alright & Mantra #9 took a more mature approach, coming off the Leigh Brothers-produced Dragonfly to have Telemachus soundtrack his Elevation.

“Teacher” begins with them providing a ray of light during these troubling times whereas the 3rd single “Transform” takes the soulful boom bap route instrumentally providing more insight penmanship. “1 Heart” continues from there brutally observing the modern condition leading into the 4th single “Better Watch Them” jazzily leans towards conscious vibe lyrically.

As for “33 Vertebrae”, we have Flip embracing a hip house sound talking about the part of our body that helps us elevate just before “The Divine Feminine” makes a powerful statement condemning misogyny. “Energy! Energy! Energy!” featuring General Levy fuses hip hop with jungle for a captivating teaser that could be played at EDM festivals to come while the 2nd single “Floodlights” talks about rebellion.

“Who’s the Saviour?” calls for everyone listening to rise up while the 7th single “Freedom?” featuring Coops talks about the world spiraling downward in real time. “Do You Wanna See” featuring Da Flyy Hooligan dismisses those who don’t wanna see the forest like they say they’d like to while “Dangerous” by The 4 Owls featuring Coops, Cracker Jon, Dabbla, Farma G, Harry Shotta, Jman, Kemastry, King Kashmere, Ramson Badbonez, Renelle 893, Sparkz, Truemendous, Verbz & Vitamin G comes through with an outstanding High Focus posse cut.

Continuing the 2nd half, “Tears in the Eyes of Gaia” has a more emotional approach to it talking about the way perceives beauty while “Chilling” dedicating this one to all the people who’re typically calm out in public rather than wylin’ out or getting hyped. “Ups & Downs” talks about life being similar to a rollercoaster while the 8th & final single “Visionaries” featuring Frisco adamantly expresses their desire of making perfect use of their final breaths.

“Mighty” featuring Kamakaze joins forces for a grime track cautioning not to make any moves unless you’re strong enough to bare the tussle while “It Ain’t Easy But I’m Surfing” talks about staying focused & determined although it’s not a breeze to do by any means. “I Be on My Way” sends off the Elevation with Flip discussing that the pain he’s endured can be seen on his face & carving his own path for 16 years via the biggest underground UK hip hop label.

Desiring to make something completely different compared to Dragonfly, Elevation takes the maturity of it’s predecessor & Mantra #9 by delivering an album that joins the ranks of Fliptrix’ last couple except I love this one slightly more. Telemachus’ production is more experimental than the Leigh Brothers’ was & Fliptrix’ lyricism aims to lift the world to higher state of consciousness & trigger conversations regarding the state of the world in the hope of enacting positive change during everything that’s happened in these past 14 going on 15 months. There are also a few guests that he’s never worked with before & did so in attempt to sought out new energies after collaborating with all the greats in his scene.

Score: 4.5/5

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iyrus – “III” review

Up-&-coming Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rapper & producer of Nigerian descent iyrus is back for the final installment of his ongoing extended play trilogy. Emerging in the summer of 2024 after doing an On the Radar freestyle, he would later introduce himself more properly last spring off his debut EP Resurgence until continuing to make waves with I & II. It’s only been a couple of months since the latter began turning more heads & III has dropped exclusively on his SoundCloud page.

“Scarlett Johansson” begins with him looking to turn up the streets whilst driving a trackhawk Jeep over a sample-based trap instrumental whereas “Igbo Man” turns up the rage so he can talk about the way he’s been living. “Noise” featuring diamond* finds the 2 boisterously boasting their top shotta statuses leading into the self-explanatory “Make Money” talking about waking up every single day to stack up his bread.

Wrapping up the 1st half, “oK” discusses walking off the stage & going back to his hood a lot similarly to Miley Cyrus prior to “Blessed in Hell” incorporating some heavy 808s to talk about his confidence of always doing all of this without needing any help. “Spam” featuring Zukenee claims to be damned if they fall off harder than Lil Xan when both of them are more talented than he ever was while “Big Red Dog” talks about paying the cost of any artist wants to be at his level.

“Get Money” winds down III’s final minutes flexing that he’s been letting his expensive habits get to him, coppin’ an expensive palace out in Calabasas over more rage beats & once “Kunta Kinte” talks about going from middle schoolers insensitively calling him the main character of Roots: The Saga of an American Family during his adolescence to the one their bitches want, “Pablo” ends the EP talking about feeling like Gregg Popovich whenever he’s in Texas & the reputation he has in his own hometown.

Local artist slayr has been making a lot of waves this month because of his 2nd mixtape Half Blood being reissued, recently joining ApolloRed1 & 9 Vicious in the studio last weekend. iyrus on the other hand already began revealing his artistic potential back in January although it hasn’t been fully realized this, continuing to flourish throughout his 4th extended play. I can appreciate him taking a backseat in terms of production compared to its predecessor like I to focus more on lyrically spazzin’ alongside both guests.

Score: 3.5/5

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Pradabagshawty – “5 Problems” review

Brand new mixtape & the 3rd overall from Columbia, South Carolina born albeit Atlanta, Georgia rapper/producer Pradabagshawty. Introducing himself in the spring of 2023 off Bloxk Addiktion, his popularity within the plugg subgenre of trap continued to grow last year by putting out 3 more EPs in 1 Love as well as his Cegular Records/Sony Music debut 10 Freak Ho’s & of course and Forever & After. His last few projects B What You B as well as Home Invasions and Red Flags & Roses have become his most celebrated material thus far, coming off B45P to drop the main course.

“RL Gang” hops over a plugg beat to get things going talking about rocking out a sold out show with all of his homies whereas “I’m Upset” boasts of him having an X on his chest & only doing what he feels is necessary. “Drop Dat Bag” gets back on a lavish plugg vibe instrumentally talking about giving someone some cash only for them to come back & blow it all prior to “Beat It” fusing cloud rap & rage for a nod to the late Michael Jackson’s iconic single of the same name.

b4l.scrap’s appearance on “Hootie Hoo” doesn’t really captivate me that much despite returning to a pluggier sound & the gangsta themes Pradabagshawty’s become known for leading into “My Ho” talking about his girl pulling up whenever she’s feeling horny. “Chopstick” incorporates more hi-hats as synthesizers explain explaining that life’s too short to be pissed off daily just before “Ain’t Wok” talks about missing his high when he’s feeling low.

“Domain Expansion” kicks off the 2nd leg of 5 Problems observing a snake who’s desperate to hang out with his crew over a self-produced beat while my favorite single “I Know” produced by Whyceg talks about treating his bitches like gold & playing it cool the second they turn their backs on him. “I’m Scared” discusses the guy having a yerc waiting for him at their designated spot while “4Ever” references WWE Hall of Famer, former 3-time WWE world champion, 3-time WWE United States Champion, 2-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, 9-time WWE tag team champion, 8-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion, The Crash’s inaugural Mundial Pesocompleto Campeon & アイアンマンヘビーメタル級チャンピオン Rey Mysterio.

Rounding out 3rd, the song “What I Was Sayin’” talks about the fact he’s done a lot to get his career moving full motion while “Gun Kick” featuring yotti contains one of my favorite instrumentals throughout the tape thanks to Whyceg again doing an average job at depicting the gangsta lifestyle they’ve come to know very well. “Tin Foil” cloudily speaks of staying loyal to the streets after everything he’s done for his streets & after “Night Sight” clarifies to a woman who had her chance to be with him that she filed it up, “Lies” spends the last few minutes talking about his relationship experiences.

B45P still remains one of the weakest things Pradabagshawty has done ever since his Cegular Records deal came to fruition alongside 10 Freak Ho’s, but 5 Problems thankfully makes a couple of improvements although I wouldn’t rank it up there amongst his strongest output like Forever & After or Red Flags & Roses. The argument of him being the greatest artist on the label can still be made, although both guests leave little to be desired & the plugg production’s a tad bit superior than the prelude EP almost 2 months ago.

Score: 3.5/5

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J Reno – “The Dirttape 2” review

Here is the 3rd mixtape from Windsor, Ontario, Canada emcee/producer J Reno. Introducing himself over 2 decades ago off his debut tape Ground 0 as well as the full-length debut Unleashed & the sophomore effort The Lunatic’s Back, he would follow it up with 6 more albums preceding Crossworm signing him to Dirtcore Music: Lost in the Dark, Politikilla, Into the Fire, Welcome Home, Blood, Guts & Boom Bap and Me & My Demons. His debut for the Grand Rapids label The Dirttape came out a cool months earlier & the bridging portion of the trilogy has arrived.

After the “Press Play” intro, the first song “Consume” begins with this bloodthirsty boom bap beat talking about facing repercussions of playing haunted cassettes whereas “Fuck It Up” goes for a trap vibe instrumentally talking about him not being here to save a soul. ZOT’s appearance on “It’s Hip Hop” doesn’t really do much for me despite the topic of this culture running through their veins while “All In” somberly talks about the rap game being like a casino.

“Catch a Body” ends the 1st half continuing to embrace the influences of trap explaining that social media nowadays would be the new way of giving yourself a lobotomy leading into “Smoke” featuring Dr. Gigglez finds the 2 teaming up for an average stoner’s ballad. “In a Box” featuring Madd Maxxx would be my favorite collaboration of the 4 talking about people trying to pigeonhole them over a horn-inflicted beat just before “Eat You Alive” brings some orchestral influences to the picture warning that the struggle will consume all.

The track “No Compromise” featuring JxmesLxmb rounds out 3 talking about how there isn’t a check big enough for them to sell out & nobody having the power of being persuaded regarding what’s real while “Do Something” hops over some pianos for an attack directed at someone who isn’t anything like him & has no respect at all. “Step Back” ends by taking an introspective approach topically, feeling like a failure at wanting to give the ones he love an easier life than his own origins.

Now that there’s only a couple months left until the concluding chapter drops, The Dirttape 2would have to be my least favorite of this entire saga although the good moments outweigh the bad. Him carrying the concept of the series’ original installment revolving around the Tape Keeper forward & the increasingly varied production are both 2 of the biggest pros this sequel has going for it, but the guest list doesn’t make that much of an impression on me like the previous Dirttape did other than a couple of them.

Score: 3.5/5

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Dylan Brady – “Needle Guy” review

St. Louis, Missouri singer/songwriter & producer Dylan Brady dropping his 5th extended play under his own imprint Dog Show Records in tandem with Atlantic Records. Known for being 1/2 of 100 gecs, he would eventually carve a path of his own by releasing Saxophone Joe & Taste the Rainbow as well as the full-length debut All I Ever Wanted & Choker respectively. Dog Show would eventually catch the attention of Mad Decent, whom Dylan signed to for his previous EP Peace & Love. 8 years later, the Needle Guy ready to make his major label debut.

“Throat Song” co-produced by Skrillex kicks things off with the weakest composition of the bunch due to how repetitive it mostly is with the central Asian throat singing whereas “Stay High” could be my favorite instrumental here, leaning heavier towards the festival progressive house side of things. “Ashley” embraces a Dutch house vibe decently remixing the Afrojack single “Ashley” while the title track finishes with Dylan blending dubstep, tearout & hard techno

Peace & Love almost a decade later has been widely considered to be the finest entry of Dylan Brady’s solo career, but Needle Guy returns to the averageness a lot of his individual output tends to suffer from. His production’s more catered towards the sounds of hardgroove techno, tearout, Dutch house, festival progressive house & tribal house than it’s hyperpop & alternative R&B predecessor except it isn’t as groundbreaking for those styles of electronic dance music than I would’ve hoped.

Score: 2.5/5

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Hus Kingpin – “Wavo Forever” review

Brand new LP & the 9th proper one overall from underground veteran Hus Kingpin. In addition to being 1/2 of Tha Connection with SmooVth, he has also built up over both a dozen mixtapes & EP in his discography all in the span of almost 2 decades with my personal favorites being Cocaine Beach produced by Big Ghost Ltd. as well as the Portishead-inspired Portishus & more recently The Supergoat fully produced by 9th Wonder. The latter in the beginning of 2024 has quickly become his most celebrated material in years, returning with Wavo Forever under Holy Toledo Productions.

“RZA Fangs” produced by RZA starts with him talking about keeping a razor in his mouth in case the gun’s jammed whereas “Ghost of Camay” goes for a soulful vibe thanks to Mathematics & he could’ve given us 1 more verse instead of letting the beat ride out for the last minute. “Next Level” featuring Inspectah Deck finds the 2 spending their 95 seconds together talking about turning people into ghosts when the smoke settles while “Hang Glide Samurai” featuring Kurupt & Raekwon comes through with more hardcore penmanship.

Killah Priest & Planet Asia both join Hus on “Mind Devine” aggressively talking about having guards around them because they’re well known while “Who Made You Look? 2” featuring Shyheim find the 2 teaming up for a sequel to a Portishus highlight. “The Pleasures” by Tha Connection featuring Rozewood brings all 3 of them together to look back at getting chains at 16 while “Majestic” featuring Ghostface Killah & Planet Asia lets the trio spit darts over a Big Ghost Ltd. beat.

“Killer’s Theme” featuring the Wu-Syndicate rounds out 3rd with everyone making an anthem for the kind of people who aren’t afraid to let some blood shed while “Saigon Velour” featuring Ghostface Killah & Tricky doesn’t hit me the same way “Majestic” did although I do like the Relense instrumental. “Wisewave” featuring Bronze Nazareth finishes up the full-length pairing both of them over a soulful beat the latter cooked up individually spitting verses of wisdom.

There are a couple of guests that I could’ve done without & some of the production can be a tad bit inconsistent compared to The Supergoat other than a few noteworthy exceptions, but I can definitely say that Wavo Forever’s the most I’ve enjoyed Hus Kingpin’s music in a couple years. If he makes an adjustment or 2 to the areas where this album lacks, then I really think he can make something nearing the same pedestal it’s predecessor & Cocaine Beach stand regarding the most essential entries to his catalog.

Score: 3.5/5

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Jon Connor – “The Artist Yahn Freeman III” review

Flint, Michigan emcee/producer Jon Connor returning for the 3rd installment of his ongoing 12-part series of extended plays almost a week since Divine Dominion, the current CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion Místico alongside JetSpeed & Jack Perry all became the new AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions, AEW World Trios Champions & AEW National Champion at Revolution VII and days after Wren Sinclair & Aaron Rourke became the new WWE Women’s Speed Champion & WWE EVOLVE Champion respectively. Someone who’s steadily been holding it down for the last 2 decades including The Calling, Vinnie Chase & S.O.S. trilogies along with the Best in the World series paying homage to some of Jon’s influences, Salvation, While You Were Sleeping & Unconscious State. He was even signed to Aftermath Entertainment for 6 years before departing after Vehicle City wound up being shelved, coming off Food for the Soul & 24 produced by KLC of the No Limit Records in-house production team Beats by the Pound to go on a 3-peat with Smitti Boi.

“Black Messiah” aggressively comes out the gate talkin’ about fightin’ & throwin’ fists until his arms gets tired whereas “No Smoke” takes the trap route instrumentally explaining that BabyChiefDoIt using AI to write his raps has to be the dumbest shit he’s ever heard. “So Far Gone” goes for a bit of a boom bap vibe talking about public opinion changing only when you’re dead while “War” apocalyptically confesses to feeling like we’re at conflict.

Reaching the halfway point, “Good Money” addresses a woman who claims to be stripping to make it out the hood except she’s still doing it even after becoming wealthy leading & after “To the Young Lady at the Barber Shop” melodically speaks directly to a female who isn’t receiving the love she wants promising it’ll all be ok, “Come Over” goes for a conscious rap rock direction wanting to elevate the female he’s talking about & leaving the old version of her behind.

“Look the Other Way” begins The Artist Yahn Freeman III’s encore soulfully discussing an experience he had the the other day where he ran into someone he personally knew & they eventually turned their heads after saying something while “Silent Conversations” returns to the boom bap telling everyone who’s tuned in to keep going no matter what. “Things You Can’t Control (For TTT)” soulfully ends the EP talking to a young king who should play this when lost in their thoughts.

So we’re almost a quarter way through 2026 already & of the 3 entries to come out of this whole saga so far, The Artist Yahn Freeman III makes improvements above The Artist Yahn Freeman II & dethroning the 1 that began it all. It’s starting to look increasingly likely that Smitti Boi will be producing the whole series & I can’t complain because the production’s more varied than the other 2 installments, backing the messages Jon’s portraying through his rhymes tend to be more urgent than it’s predecessors.

Score: 4/5

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Ouija Macc – “Pyramid of Skulls” review

Here is the 10th studio LP from Las Vegas, Nevada emcee Ouija Macc. Breaking out when the Insane Clown Posse signed him to Psychopathic Records shortly after putting out his debut EP Trashfire independently almost a decade ago, Ouija has since proven himself as the hatchet’s biggest solo act dropping his last 9 full-lengths, 2 greatest hits compilations, 8 mixtapes & 5 EPs all in the span of nearly 8 years. He even started his own label Chapter 17 Records, with Darby O’Trill now being the only artist signed. He has since declared himself America’s Most Wicked back in November & looks to enter the Pyramid of Skulls weeks after CoKane as well as 2 Tuff Tony & Willie Mack became the new JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion & JCW World Juggalo Tag Team Champions respectively.

Devereaux samples “Psycho Killer” by Talking Heads for the intro “Chalupa Mode” laughing off all the dummies who’re getting salty because they’re not finding any dirt on him whereas “0 Day” wickedly suggests to step out of his zone if you’re trying to imitate the type of shit he’s been on. “Faygo n’ Crown” flips “The Graveyard” by Project Born featuring ICP to talk about mixing the Juggalo Juice & whiskey prior to “The World is Hell” addressing an observation he’s had this whole time despite the name reminding all of the previous generation juggalos who’ve become down with Ouija of a track Esham did with Twiztid off my personal favorite album of theirs The Green Book during The Unholy’s brief Psychopathic tenure in the early 2000s as “The Boogieman”.

“Gnome Sayin’” shows a bit of a Memphis influence talking about stacking skulls all the way up to the ceiling while “Leviticus” blends a bassline & some hi-hats to tear down a bitch to dismantle a bitch with a gun, except Ouija knows he’s too much of a bitch to pull the trigger. Things lean towards a ghostlier direction instrumentally on “Behind the Beyond” talking about receiving messages from spirits that’ve been haunting him leading into him “Fillin’ Up My Bag” full of severed heads.

Reaching the halfway point, “On My Mind” gives off a more Hellish sound talking about having the idea of murder stuck in his head until telling the story of a “Haunted Cabinet” he stuffs all those dead bodies inside of. “Up 2 Something” continues the 2nd act of the Pyramid of Skulls speaking of the chosen few being excluded when armageddon eventually comes while “Chest Pain” makes it clear that all the real ones ain’t ever coming back once they’re gone & laying his ass to rest because of the dead holes he got.

“Killem All” was a phat lead single to begin the rollout talking about murdering everyone while “Bloody Mess” gets on his emo shit over the quirkiest instrumental of the bunch constantly thinking of death because of his depression. “No Place Like Home” talks about him continuing to stack up skulls like he’s building a masterpiece while “Candle of Revenge” vividly describes him dismembering guys who mistreat women. “Crying in the Pyramid” might be one of Ouija’s greatest songs taking an introspective approach to the lyrics on top of this cloudy beat using a sample & “Never Die” ends with him making sure his homies live forever.

Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) will be kicking off their March Massacre weekend of JCW Lunacy tapings tonight & of course I have to mention Juggalohio IV going down next weekend, so America’s Most Wicked takes the disciples of the Sunken Church through the Pyramid of Skulls whilst reaffirming Ouija Macc’s constant balance of quantity & quality. Being teased since the Temple of Ash era almost a year & a half ago, it thematically picks up where Sunken Church left coming straight off the top of his head.

Score: 4.5/5

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Samara Cyn – “Detour” review

This is the 3rd EP from Murfreesboro, Tennessee rapper & singer/songwriter Samara Cyn. Beginning her career in 2019, it wasn’t until the fall of 2024 where her debut EP The Drive Home began to turn heads and catch people’s attention because of the way she fused alternative hip hop with neo-soul. Her most recent extended play Backroads came out right around the time she was selected to be apart of the 2025 XXL Freshman Class last summer, looking make a quick Detour exactly 9 months later & only a week following her most recent single.

“Free” starts us off with this heavenly intro singing about wanting to fall in 2 prior to an EDM breakdown to conclude it whereas “Good is a Lie” produced by ovrkast. blends neo-soul & hip hop talking about her desires to light this guy’s world up. “oooshxt!” honors the legacy of Missy Elliott admitting that she hasn’t been doing so sweet as of lately despite all of her successes, but then “Bushwick” featuring ovrkast. brings both of them together so they can talk about nobody threatening them.

The song “over influence” continues Detour’s final moments rapping like the rent’s due on top of promising that she won’t ever let a weak bitch inside of her home & taking some inspiration from orchestral music with the strings while “Highest” incorporates 1 last ovrkast. beat talking about doing shit that others out here aren’t. “Nomad” finishes things up with a moody closer detailing her experiences of being stood up, lied to, led astray & people spitting in her face.

Known for often fusing hip hop & neo-soul in her music, Samara Cyn comes off her Camp Flog Gnaw performance this past fall by creatively pushing herself throughout Detour to the point where I have to put it above the EP she gave us 9 months earlier. The pop rap, boom bap & alternative R&B production’s a bit more experimentally darker than what many of us familiar with her have grown accustomed to & conceptually, she’s issuing a statement based off her own experiences of disconnecting from social media built around remaining human in the modern age of the internet.

Score: 4/5

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