Bristol, England, United Kingdom emcee/producer Axel Holy self-producing his 10th extended play. Originally known under the moniker Baileys Brown producing for several local underground hip hop artists, he would eventually make his full-length solo debut in the spring of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic with WonderWorld followed by his last 9 EPs. My favorite of which are the Micall Parknsun-produced Got It Down & the Badhabitz-produced Persian Grillz, hoping Extra Sauce would be more enjoyable than On My Life & Ancient Rhythm respectively.
“Ferris Bueller” hits us with a soulfully drumless intro talking about how anything can happen on a rad day prior to the title track reaching the midway point of Extra Sauce going for a boom bap sound making something outta nothing. “Sunset Over Okinawa” kicks off the 2nd half talking about being in front of those who doubted him even if it took as long as it did & “All I Do” takes up the final minutes admitting that he’s been trying to maintain lately.
It was only a matter of time until Axel Holy gave us something that was entirely self-produced, so I went into Extra Sauce thinking I’d enjoy it more than On My Life & Ancient Rhythm much like how Persian Grillz was a significant improvement above Welcome Back & Chess. Sure enough: That’s exactly the case. He goes significantly harder than his last couple EPs saving himself a stellar collection of boom bap, drumless & chipmunk soul beats he made.
Score: 4/5
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