Tag: Jack Jetson

Jack Jetson – “Winter Forever” review

Here we have the 7th studio LP from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom emcee Jack Jetson. Introducing himself in 2012 off his debut EP High 5 & subsequent debut album The Adventures of Johnny Strange under Real Life Drama Records, he would go on to follow these up with his 2nd EP Lo 5 preceding Eric the Red from the Creatures of Habit & NLP signing Jack to his own label Lost Scroll Records in addition to having his brother Illinformed produce Strange Cinema in it’s entirety. Fountainhead, the Sofiamaniac EP & Umbrellahead were all poorly received although the Qway EP was tolerable. Reuniting with Illinformed for Camogodskin & Kobayashi Porcelain through Illin’ for Meds Records to stronger feedback, he’s following up the Alien Rehabilitation Technology EP with Winter Forever.

The title track starts off sampling a set of violins sprinkling kicks & snares in the fold talking about being born inside the coldest season of the year whereas “Auditoriums” featuring Leaf Dog finds the 2 breaking down their terroristic tendencies when it comes to the pen. “Newton” soulfully talks about his lyrical precision & has a bar honoring the late Nipsey Hu$$le prior to “No Mistakes” featuring Datkid boasts that no one’s moving the way they are.

“Pray” chops up more crooning samples airing out the idiots who think he stays saying random shit in his music leading into “Static” featuring BVA joining forces so they can talk about being ready for war. “Outside” gives off a luxurious boom bap vibe advising that shit ain’t what it seems looking in from an external perspective just before “Reality” featuring Datkid & Leaf Dog finds the trio talking about putting a lot more time & energy in real world situations.

To begin Winter Forever’s final act, the song “Broke Brain” ruggedly boasts that he’s still blowing more smoke than an old train while the soulful “Thug’s Passion” featuring 1jack cinematically cautions of leaving any & all threats in a past tense. The orchestral boom bap crossover “Frozen North” featuring Luso addresses so called friends who wind up snitching to the feds when it was the ones they least suspected & “Nothing Weird” soulfully finishes by talking about apocalyptic visions in his terrordome.

If I had to name my top 3 albums in Jack Jetson’s discography, I’d frankly have to put Winter Forever it above Strange Cinema & The Adventures of Johnny Strange since it’s replay value slips in the same discussions as those earlier full-lengths on top of it being the greatest thing to come out Illin’ for Meds Records so far. From the sharp lyricism Jack’s spitting to Illinformed’s boom bap production, it feels like a huge elevation compared to Camogodskin as well as Kobayashi Porcelain & Alien Rehabilitation Technology.

Score: 4.5/5

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Jack Jetson – “Strange Cinema” review

This is the sophomore effort from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom emcee Jack Jetson. Introducing himself in 2012 off his debut EP High 5 & subsequent debut album The Adventures of Johnny Strange under Real Life Drama Records, he would go on to follow these up with his 2nd EP Lo 5preceding Eric the Red from the Creatures of Habit & NLP signing Jack to his own label Lost Scroll Records in addition to having his brother Illinformed produce Strange Cinema in it’s entirety. 

“Go Get It” sets up shop by working in this triumphant boom bap instrumental talking about wanting to rule the world similarly to 魔ま人じんブウ of the ドラゴンボール franchise whereas “Strange World” takes a soulfully dusty approach to the beat speaking of pushing white bricks & nice whips. “Time Flies” continues the sampling of soul music throwing some strings in the equation to discuss life shit leading into the crooning “Overdose” talking about shaving haters off like Britney Spears infamously did.

Former 3-time WWE world champion, 4-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, 3-time WWE Hardcore Champion, 3-time TNA World Champion, ΩCW Heavyweight Champion, 8-time WWE Tag Team Champion, ROH World Tag Team Champion, HOG Tag Team Champion, 2-time ΩCW Tag Team Champion, 2-time TNA World Tag Team Champion & The Crash Mundial Parejas Campeon Jeff Hardy gets referenced at the backend “4777” prior to Sean Peng & Smellington Piff joining Jack to talk about what “Paradise” means to them.

“Kandinsky” radiates a gospel-influenced boom bap atmosphere comparing himself to the abstract art pioneer Wassily Kandinsky just before “Flashing Lights” jazzily talks about being more elusive than camouflage soldiers hiding amongst the trees. “Creatures” has an eerier jazz rap flare to it talking about the earthquake upon the island of his mind’s eye “Spells” featuring Smellington Piff reunites the pair 1 last time referencing the late IWGPジュニアヘビー級王座, WWE Intercontinental Champion & 4-time WWE Tag Team Champion Owen Hart.

The song “Vices” comes off feeling more of like a 62 second breather talking about seeing double while “G.O.D.” gets back to kicking some jazzy boom bap flavor asking if anyone’s ever seen a higher power in the flesh. “Gone” soulfully talks about leaving a place that he’s always considered home until this point while the delicately sampled boom bap crossover “High Ona Hill” recalls him rolling through some valleys off pill, “1 Day” wraps things up soulfully promising himself he’ll make it out of this funk he’s been in.

Rather than having Leaf Dog coming back behind the boards like The Adventures of Johnny Strange, it makes more than enough sense from my perspective to have his brother handle all of Strange Cinema’s beats since the follow-up rivals it’s predecessor 5 years earlier as well as further establishing Lost Scroll Records amongst the biggest forces in the UK underground. Illinformed’s boom bap production is more jazzier & soulful compared to Leaf’s, reserving the guests for only a couple of his NLP brethren so Jack Jetson can primarily shine by himself lyrically.

Score: 4/5