Maryland recording artist & producer Nosaint dropping his debut solo mixtape. A member of the Vanguard Music Group in-house production team, he also has 4 extended plays under his belt with 3 of them showing off his abilities as a rapper & the Saint Tape taking a backseat vocally to let some of his most notable collaborators rock his beats from Hardrock to Sk8star. For the past year however, he’s been preparing to reveal The Truth to the world & time has finally come.
“Weary Souljah” opens with a majestic 3 minute intro produced by his manager Zodiac reminiscent to some of Ye & Travis Scott’s material whereas “Absolutely Fucking Brazy” instrumentally gives off a delicate trap vibe so he can talk about his glow up. “Ruger” discusses treating life like it’s a scrimmage since it’s often compared to a game within itself leading into “2Bool” let’s it known to the haters that they better start worrying about themselves.
406ahmad gets behind the boards for the 2-parter “No Dubs / Dealing with Loneliness” laying out anyone who tries him over some hi-hats & synths that later get swapped out in favor of a vocal sample to describe feeling alone just before “See What I See” ends the 1st leg of The Truth talking about putting in worn to better his life. The self-produced “Q.2.H.” (Quarter 2 a Half)” boasts of him flipping the product & making it whole until the pluggy “Pharmacy” courtesy of his Vanguard brethren R8 dismisses those riding his wave.
“Chocolate Rain” spends 90 seconds talking about a person who never had it figured Lucy over a piano-inflicted trap beat while “Toosie” after the compositional “Palmy” interlude admits to hiding his heart behind his jewelry. “Youngest O.G.” nears closer towards the conclusion of the tape talking about sticking to the code since everyone else ain’t shit compared to him & following the “Masaka Choirs” intermission, “Psalm 13” wraps things up shrugging off muhfuckas who’re all bark with no bite.
Becoming a fan of his production work after hearing “slatty” off the Mogul EP near the end of 2022, I truthfully haven’t heard much of Nosaint as a rapper up until this point & was surprised at how much I enjoyed a good chunk of The Truth. I understand why he only self-produced 1 track, but I’d be interested if he continues to spit over his own instrumentals going forward even if the tracks R8 as well as 406ahmad & the mixtape’s engineer Zodiac all cooked up stood out to me the most.
Score: 3.5/5
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