The Inner Realmz – “Mass Collide” review

This is a brand new EP from California production team The Inner Realmz. Founded by Masta Cypher Devine & Goomson, they’ve been making waves in the west coast underground scene since the beginning of the current decade off their first 2 beat tapes SP 1000 and Build & Destroy followed by Low End Wizards as well as it’s sequel & Digital Chains. Goomson so happened to team up with Broke a year & a half ago for a collaborative beat tape Heavy Wreck displaying Broke’s talents behind the boards for Side A & of course Goomson on Side B except for Masta Cypher Devine doing the closer. Omnipotent masterfully selected & arranged jazz samples catching my attention this spring so with that in mind, it had me interested in where Mass Collide was gonna take it.

After the dusty “Fuck ‘Em” intro built around sampling a piano, the first track “Roughneck Reality” starts us off with a 4-minute boom bap instrumental that Goomson cooked up himself whereas “Passin’ Thru” feels like an old school beat that sounds like it was made in the early ‘90s. The keys throughout “Stress” feel every exuberant with the kicks & snares giving it a raw edge, but then “Don’t Shut Down on a Player” is ends the first half of the EP with a nostalgic vibe.

“Funky on the Track” lives up to it’s name excellently for 119 seconds blending elements of funk music & boom bap while “Misery” by Sirrealist & Vel 9 is the only cut on here with performed vocals, bringing them together talking about only seeing unhappiness & affliction. “Outra Vez” serves as the official outro hooking up a mellow backdrop with kicks & snares, but then the bonus track serves as a sequel to “Kick a Freestyle” off Chapter 1.

Masta Cypher Devine left the group a little while ago hence why he didn’t have any involvement in making these beats at all & even Goomson saves his production skills for a couple joints, but Jon Deliz alongside Mike B & Ripe143 take up a bulk of the 23 minute listening experience by showing off what they’re capable of doing as producers & keeping The Inner Realmz’ jazzy boom bap sound going strong.

Score: 3.5/5

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Tha God Fahim – “Dump Gawd: Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap 3” review

Tha 70 Tape Legend himself Tha God Fahim getting back with Nicholas Craven for his 49th EP. Starting as an affiliate of Griselda Records as well as being 1/3 of the Dump Gawds alongside Mach-Hommy & Your Old Droog, we also can’t ignore the massive discography that he’s managed to build for himself, some of the standouts include Breaking Through tha Van Allen Belts & Dump Assassins. That said: dude has been on a CRAZY ass run in 2023 with the standouts being the Camoflauge Monk-produced Dark Shogunn Assassin, the Nature Sounds-backed Iron Bull & the Nicholas Craven-produced Dump Gawd: Shot Clock King series, the Oh No-produced Berserko, Dump Gawd: Rhyme Pays produced by Mike Shabb, Tha Supreme Hoarder of All Pristine Wealth. Supreme Dump Legend: Soul Cook Saga produced by Cookin’ Soul & Machine Gun Vocabulary produced by Cartune Beatz. We got a 2nd AND a 3rd installment of Tha Myth Who Never Quit couple months ago but coming off Dump Gawd: Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap & the sequel, it’s time to close out the trilogy.

“The Intent of Vengeance” kicks off Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap 3 with a soulful boom bap instrumental talking about having to get right because shit could possibly change tonight whereas “Bullet Proof Confidence” works in some keys, kicks & snares flexing that his self-assurance is indestructible. The piano sample on “Senzu” feels reminiscent to “On My Block” by Scarface to talk about him still having it lyrically just before “Not for Sale” wants to know if you’re a foe or friend to him.

Getting the other half going, “Heavy Handed” brings a soulfully dusty flare back to the table comparing his longevity to current Los Angeles Lakers player LeBron James while “Kumite” Keeps it in the basement instrumentally promising to waste y’all like it’s Grand Theft Auto. “Makankosappo” ruggedly promised to take everyone’s words regarding him & making them eat ‘em at the end leading into “A Step Further” closing it out telling everyone to be good sports watching him making half court shots.

Ending his 2024 with a bang, the Dump Gawd teases big things coming down the pipe throughout 2025 by completing another trilogy of projects with one of the greatest producers of this current decade firstly. Nicholas Craven’s production carries on the boom bap emphasis both prior installments of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap series had put on themselves 6-7 weeks ago & Fahim outdoes himself from a lyrical standpoint.

Score: 4.5/5

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WTM Miles – “Road Music” review

Here we have the 4th EP from Detroit, Michigan rapper WTM Miles. A member of the WRLD Tour Mafia, he would properly introduce himself at the beginning of this current decade off his first couple EPs I Shoulda Been Dropped & Trapped n L.A. ahead of the full-length debut studio album Crackhouse Mafia. Miles’ previous EP Cross State Lines celebrated its 1-year anniversary this fall & is preluding the upcoming Shortstop mixtape by dropping off some Road Music.

“Shandeur Sanders” is this stellar Detroit trap opener produced by WTM Niketech boasting that he got more bags than Michael Kors whereas “Cup Dirty” puts a morbid flare to the Motor City’s unique take on trap music talking about a woman letting him know she’s worthless by looking for a come-up. “Future Bright” has a dark Detroit trap atmospheric remaining optimistic regarding his future while “Bad Habits” featuring Homealone Drock trades the mic back-&-forth over a Carlo Anthony instrumental. “Racing to Ms” ends with a 1 more Detroit trap joint talking about being on track when it comes to getting closer making millions.

I can only assume that we’re gonna get Shortstop at some point following R.A.F.A. (Rockstars Are Fuckin’ Awesome) in a few weeks until we get to crossing that bridge, Road Music will hold off fans well enough. The production primarily bases itself around the Detroit trap sound that the group he’s a part of made a name for themselves off & giving a taste of what’s to come in the form of a gift before the year ends.

Score: 3.5/5

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Boldy James – “Hidden in Plain Sight” review

This is the 8th EP from Detroit veteran Boldy James. Breaking out in the fall of 2013 off his Alchemist produced debut M.1.C.S. (My 1st Chemistry Set), the Detroit lyricist would later go on to land a contract with Nas’ independent label Mass Appeal Records for a little while before getting locked up. Once coming home, Uncle Al would help get his name back out there once getting out by dropping the Boldface EP around Christmas 2019 & then the sophomore album The Price of Tea in China. This was followed up with the Sterling Toles-produced Manger on McNichols which was as equally fantastic, but the Griselda Records-backed Versace Tape EP was a tad bit disappointing given how rushed it was. Bo Jackson though would become his most critically acclaimed work to date & Super Tecmo Bo was almost as great for an EP. Fair Exchange No Robbery produced by Nicholas Craven also became another essential until Penalty of Leadership surpassed it & Mr. 10-08 produced by Futurewave is up there too as is the Conductor Williams-produced Across the Tracks at the beginning of the summer & The Bricktionary produced by Harry Fraud. A month after the latter, Carlo Anthony’s joining him for Hidden in Plain Sight.

“I.S.D.A.M.L. (I Sold Dope All My Life)” starts the EP with a drumless, funky instrumental talking about being in the drug game forever whereas “Dirty Dancing” reminds us that no one wins when the family feuds & wants to make sure y’all bring your dance shoes. The title track featuring Conway the Machine & Styles P brings a jazzier vibe to the beat spittin’ that gangsta shit & after the “Wire Taps” skit, “1st & 15th” featuring King Hendricks goes for a cloudy boom bap flare talking about supplying the coke.

ZelooperZ joins Boldy on “Big Wigs” fusing chipmunk soul & trap together sitting back as they watch everything blossom after going from being at the bottom to chillin’ at the spot sittin’ on $600K prior to “Brick James” swapping out the chipmunk soul elements of the previous joint in favor of jazz rap calling for Only the Family Entertainment founder Lil Durk to come home since he got arrested last month & sending his condolences to their biggest signee King Von, who was murdered several years ago.

Carlo’s primarily known the Detroit trap scene so a lot of people were expecting it to be a lot like The Bricktionary in terms of sound, but he completely proved everyone wrong by trying out sounds that’re new to his wheelhouse. His production goes from drumless to jazz rap, chipmunk soul, boom bap & cloud rap in the span of 18 minutes so Boldy James can finish off 2024 the way he started it: Applying pressure.

Score: 4.5/5

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Peysoh – “Peysoh Did It” review

Maywood, California up-&-comer Peysoh dropping off a brand new EP with only 11 days left in 2024. Introducing himself 4 years ago already with the debut single “6 Block”, he would later sign to EMPIRE Distribution for his full-length debut Ghetto Journal at the beginning of 2022 in addition to a sophomore effort Get Rich or Life Sliding the next summer. He recently landed guest verses on Berner’s 16th album Hoffa & of course the title track of Kendrick Lamar’s 6th album GNX a month ago, preluding next album by declaring Peysoh Did It.

“Ain’t as Evil as Me” is this Mobb-influenced open or talking about how nobody out here is more evil than he is whereas “Not Me” eerily works in some pianos getting on the gangsta rap tip lyrically. “Lucky 7” embraces the Detroit trap vibes talking about his nickname & getting away with some shit while “What’s Beef?” puts a modern west coast trap twist on a homage to the iconic Biggie track. “Let ‘Em Run” goes Mobb for the final moments asking the city to tell you who be poppin’ shit.

Similarly to the new YoungThreat mixtape that came out earlier today It Gets Greater Later, we have another artist who was featured on Dot’s surprise LP coming through with a body of work that lands a step above Siete7x’s recent tape Stucc in the Hole in terms of quality. All 3 artists can very much rap, but the latter tape had too many features & the other 2 artists didn’t have to bring any in whatsoever.

Score: 3.5/5

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Elcamino – “Full Moon” review

This is the 18th EP from Buffalo emcee & singer Elcamino. Blowing up in 2017 off his self-titled EPwith 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. 6 months after having Real Bad Man produce The Game is the Game followed by Ill Tone recently producing Built for Cuban Links named after Raekwon’s iconic solo debut Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…produced by RZA, Meech started the final quarter of the year flexing his Millionaire status & is ending it with a look at a Full Moon.

“Who Braggin’?” awkwardly kicks things off by impersonating Future for whatever reason while “Legal Money” takes the atmospheric trap route instrumentally doing shit that no one else can compared to him. “Forever” works in some background vocals & hi-hats talking about being too valuable whereas “Real” featuring Duckman vibrantly flexes that they’re still clappin’ out here. “Dat’s My Bae” feels like another Future-inspired song & so does “Back Ballin’” except it’s more playful. “Everything He Knows” lavishly ends with promising that he’ll do this shit for life.

Not trying to make it to sound like that I’m hating on the guy because I’ve been listening to Elcamino ever since he first signed to Griselda almost 8 years ago & have given him his praise in the dozen of projects I’ve reviewed him in the past, but I’m kinda torn on this EP personally. He can very much sing as well as he can rap on trap production like he can on traditional east coast sounds, it’s that the heavy-Future influences can be a little off-putting to me.

Score: 2.5/5

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Frayser Boy – “Christmas Trees” review

Memphis, Tennessee emcee Frayser Boy ringing in the holidays with his 4th EP. A member of the Hypnotize Camp Posse, his first 3 albums under Hypnotize Minds Productions produced by his mentors DJ Paul & Juicy J would solidify himself as one of the label’s biggest acts ever as did the B.A.R. (Bay Area Representatives) collab effort with fellow Hypnotize Minds alumni Lil Wyte a decade ago already. Coming off the Bay Day trilogy of EPs however, Bizzle’s got Christmas Trees for everyone.

“Bah Humbud” is this choir-trap opener about smoking weed whereas the title track takes the Memphis route instrumentally telling us how he spending Christmas Eve gettin’ stoned. “Fly Away” gives off a dirty south vibe altogether talking about wanting to take a flight while “Let Me Smoke” returns to a trap direction inhalin’ & exhalin’. “High” featuring T-Rock formerly of the Prophet Posse ends with them flexing that you’re now smoking with the best.

Frayser for me has always stood out within the Hypnotize Camp Posse & I still hold his first 3 LPs in high regards when it comes to his discography. That said: Christmas Trees as a stoner myself is a fun holiday themed stoner’s EP to smoke to during the holiday season heavily basing it’s theme off puffin’ that good good in the middle of winter on top of production built around trap, the Memphis scene that made him who he is or even a hint of dirty south thrown in.

Score: 3.5/5

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Boondox – “Black Winter” review

Covington, Georgia emcee Boondox releasing his 7th EP. Coming up as 1/3 of the trio Southern Hustlas Inc. under the moniker Turncoat Dirty, he would go on to sign with Psychopathic Records in 2005 following the release of his debut EP Dama Blanca & remained under the Insane Clown Posse’s wing for about a decade putting out his first 4 albums along with his 2nd EP PunkinHed through the Detroit label that runs beneath the streets. “Sippin’” off his debut The Harvest is also the entrance theme for former 5-time JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion & JCW Hall of Famer 2 Tuff Tony if you watch JCW Lunacy. Former labelmates Twiztid later brought the Killer Scarecrow on board over at Majik Ninja Entertainment in the winter of 2016, whom he’s still signed to today. So Much Blood a couple years ago marked his return to the wicked shit & is now returning for a Black Winter.

After the titular intro, the first song “Punisher” produced by MIKE SUMMERS a.k.a. 7 is this dark trap intro likening himself to the titular Marvel antihero whereas “2 Wrongs Make a Right” embraces a rap rock vibe instrumentally warning that you don’t really want it with him. “Intermission” keeps the guitars in tact feeling like he won’t be forgiven because of the life of sin he lives while “War Journal” chaotically gets ready for a massacre.

“Vigilante” gets back on the trap metal tip again to talk about the season of killin’ shit coming as well as never being the same & undertaking in public safety or retributive justice without commission, but then “Vae Victis” suggests that everyone pulls the curtain down to see for themselves that everything really ain’t what it seems making sure they know who he is in the midst of giving everyone else the 3rd degree.

Both of the previous EPs that Boondox had put out through Mobstyle Music in tandem with MNE under his original Turncoat Dirty stage name has shown how much the persona has grown artistically in the past 2 decades & Black Winter reaffirms that. 7’s production is mainly trap-based with some trap metal undertones sprinkled in & Boondox’ lyricism tends to be more hardcore as opposed to the gangsta-concept of Cryptodirt over 3 years ago.

Score: 4/5

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Fury – “The Bender in November” review

Bristol, Connecticut emcee as well as Leathal Wreckords founder & the founder of the Leathal Weekends festival Fury releasing his 2nd EP. For 17 years almost 18, he’s dropped 3 full-length studio LPs & an EP by himself in addition to the Leathal Winter collaborative EP with Majik Ninja Entertainment alumni/iLLViLLE Worldwide founder Gibby Stites & most notably the You Already Know collab EP with Tre Lb of the Chop Shop over the summer. 6 months later, the younger brother of Shaggy 2 Dope from the Insane Clown Posse is now fully producing The Bender in November.

“I Wouldn’t” featuring Trikkdout opens up with this alarm-raising trap instrumental & both of them talking about their deadly tendencies whereas “Red Lights” featuring Vanity Grime somberly admits nothing good’s coming to him in this place he’s in right now. “Somebody Help Me” works in some guitars to talk about not wanting to go on & after the “A Friend” skit, “The Last Time” ends the EP by orchestrally wanting to heal this person’s soul.

Fury himself has been saying that The Bender in November stands as some of the best music that he’s ever made & being somebody who’s been paying attention to him since he formed the duo Something Awful alongside Bizarre of prior D12 fame, I’d have to agree with him on that fully. Tre Lb’s production maintains the consistency of You Already Know except this time around, he’s letting the Weirdo Movement member rip the mic by himself for 15 minutes.

Score: 4/5

Polo Perks – “American Pie” review

Polo Perks is a 30 year old rapper from New York notable for formerly being a member of the Surf Gang in addition to the 13 EPs & 3 mixtapes of his own that he has built up for himself since 2018 already. He just linked up with AyooLii & Feardorian for the collaborative effort A Dog’s Chance this summer becoming the most acclaimed body of work in the lowend subgenre thus far, returning 6 months later to drop off his 14th EP hopefully ahead of an upcoming full-length debut studio album & only 48 hours away from the current 2-time ROH World Champion Chris Jericho’s defense against the inaugural WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green’s husband in former DDT普遍的なチャンピオン, GCW World Champion, ECW World Television Champion, HoG Heavyweight Champion, TNA Digital Media Champion, NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion, WWE Intercontinental Champion, WWE United States Champion & 2-time WWE tag team champion Matt Cardona.

“Sir Loogie Noise” starts by jumping over a distorted, sample-driven lowend instrumental from Feardorian talking about being in his head and showing him the money if you want him to come to your party whereas “Elvis Presley is Dead as Fuck” dabbles with digicore flexing that he’s too turnt at the moment. “Skramz” goes for a hazier lowend vibe except that Polo’s vocals are mixed too low for my tastes & finally, “Stay Gold” featuring Reno ends with both of them dropping braggadocio over a flute-based beat.

What has always made Polo stand out for me is that he’s constantly trying new sounds from plugg to cloud rap, sample drill or emo rap & American Pie comes off A Dog’s Chance by continuing to do that. The lowend production from that previous collab album makes its way over here in addition to pulling further inspiration from the jerk, midwest emo & emo rap scenes as he offers a take on all those styles that’s more exciting than what other artists have been recently doing for roughly 7 & a half minutes.

Score: 3.5/5

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