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This is Friday to Friday, your weekly rap wrap-up going through our favorite releases in rap and hip-hop from Friday, September 11th to Friday, September 18th. My name is Jacob. I'm a mixing and mastering engineer from California and your host for today. And I have with me producer hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Gav aka Luna G. What up? As well as producer and artist manager hailing from Montreal, Canada, Matt Kerier. >> Yo, what's good? Last but not least, we got artist, producer, and DJ hailing from the Twin Cities, Minnesota, Terry Ve. >> Y just causing all type of problems. Before we get into our picks for this week, here is the full list of artists that dropped projects this week. We had ESTG, Hood Rich, Pablo Juan, Rio to Young OG, Standing on the Corner, Unknown T, Nine Vicious, Rosama, French Montana, Tissa, Korean, Vic or Vic, KO, Saliva Gray and 99 Zed, [ __ ] and YS57 or Y dollar sign 57, Prophet Elijah, Max Free, Staro and Don Trip, Poo, Jiggy, Dirty Clansmen, and Jordan. So, this week we had a lot of trap bangers. It was a very heavily trap focused week. >> Oh, yeah. >> So, we'll get into our first sort of trap pick for this week, which uh I did want to talk about the ESTG Bigger Than the Devil project. >> Yes. >> In the group chat. Matt, you were a big fan of this one as well. >> Yeah, I really liked it. It was the first project I heard of that week, like the first new one. It didn't become my favorite project of the week, but for the first like 24 48 hours, like yeah, to me this was like the the best project like I'd heard in a in a minute. The first song that like dark cynthy like villainous vibe kind of. >> Mhm. >> The production, man. Like that's that's what really kept me. >> Very stand out for sure. There was the PIMP sample on Way More. That was kind of crazy moment on the third song. >> Yeah. And well done. >> Yeah. Such a classic. hard sample to to do. Well, well, I mean, I've never I don't even know if it has been done >> because you kind of have to nail it cuz it's it's so classic. >> Mhm. I will say though, this like this beat sounded like something where like if you go back like I don't know, maybe 5 10 years, they would have put like extra features on it and maybe like made it like a bigger deal, >> right? >> Cuz to me, like I can I can perfectly like picture the the beat in my head, but there's no like bars or anything that like make me want to really go back to it necessarily. It's mostly for the beat. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. No, he goes in, but I was going to actually say that it feels like it's just ESTG doing his thing over a fire ass beat, which is not bad, but like kind of to your point, Jacob, not many people have done it. So, it's like it does feel like it should be more of like a moment. Not that it's bad at all. I just feel like they definitely could have like made it bigger or more like impactful on the project. >> I prefer that personally over like the big feature version of it. I I don't even mean like big feature, but just like >> making like a bigger moment or something. >> Yeah. Like stand out. I don't know if it's like lyrically or flow-wise or like what it is, but like I feel like it could have stood out a little bit more. And I feel like sometimes when people do stuff like that, they kind of try and like highlight it a little bit. But still a fire song. I just felt like Yeah, it could have been even better. >> Yeah. Who made the beat? >> There's like five producers on this, bro. John got it. Can't rush the vibe. Kix, where you at? Hermes Bill see the dawn. >> Okay. There. Yeah. There's five there's five of hats on it. >> Yeah. The beat's dope. The beat the beat was dope. Yeah. I mean, h I think it was just like like cool. Like I I the beat fire. Like in terms of the lyrics, like it was the same concept throughout the whole project, but they snapped with the production on this. Like my main takeaway from Bigger Than the Devil was that the production was dope. But outside of that, it just sounded and I don't I'm not a big ESTG guy. It's my first project listening to him. So, I don't know if I'm not getting it or if it's just not for me. But, I mean, it was it was cool. It was some um like your dig was dope. I love the hook on your dig. Like, I think I play You dig the most, >> especially in the gym. >> Like, just how that [ __ ] I'm on the streets rolling on the street, you dig? Like all like just the swag on that record was >> was dope. I I [ __ ] with that heavy. >> That's who he is. I feel like too like cuz I think he had if I'm not mistaken he had a like kind of breakout song with 42 dog and it's just it's just like street trap like there's no other way to put it like he's always kind of been on that tip so like that how you felt like there was a theme throughout it that's just kind of like most his albums is just like street trap kind of yeah like gangster rap >> and he does really just stick on one sonic vibe for a whole song too >> so if you don't like the beat you're not going to get anything extra out of it just Like if you're not into the vibe of the beat, the whole thing is kind of down the drain. But when he catches me, I have to playlist it like you dig. >> That was Supreme Sanders for me. I really liked Supreme Sanders. >> I had that one playlisted too. Listening to this project like this project sounded good in a gym and it sounded good to me when I wasn't listening to what he was saying. Like cuz even though like never made statements, he there's a line on there where he said, "I killed a teenager and made a mama cry." And I'm all like, and I don't know if that's just because of everything that's just happened like recently with OPF and the dirt trial and I'm just like digging into all of that stuff, but I'm all like, ah, that's not the flex that I would be. Yeah. like and I don't know, maybe it's just sign that like some of that [ __ ] is like getting to a point where I I don't know if it's just on my pallet anymore, but >> a lot of it was just all like, yeah, like it's it's like the beats are like, don't get me wrong, the beats are dope and it sounds good listening to it, but if I'm paying attention to what he's saying, I'm just all like, ah, it's it's it's not it's not really doing nothing for me. Like I said in the group chat, it sound like some [ __ ] that, you know, I'll play with my cousins if we just smoking or we was going out or, you know, we just like want to throw something on just to have something on. you can nod your head to like it get it served it serviced that for me but nothing that I would probably like I probably wouldn't go back to this I mean I may run back your dig though like especially in the gym like I was playing that today like it's just something about that hook though I go >> but outside of that yeah that's just how I felt about the project >> and you dig is featuring ski mic as well by the way >> so they got a whole crew >> yeah yeah >> okay I didn't know that okay >> and then uh other stuff I playlisted call spitter I found the beat super basic, but it's all it needed to be for him to just kind of do his thing on it, which is like a very ongoing theme in the project. He uses the same cadence for a whole song pretty much every song. There's these certain songs where it just it just really works for me. I also playlisted Ben Had Money. Fantastic. Like high energy trap. >> Had money. Okay, >> that one was kind of like the quintessential like thing I'm looking for from an ESTG song. And then Supreme Sanders as well, like Cav said. So, yeah, I liked the I liked enough stuff off of it, but I agree that You Dig was probably the standout. >> Mhm. >> I wasn't really impressed with EST Ski Mic's verse, and I think that's why I didn't play You Dig, just to be fair. >> But then sometimes Hall of Fame and Ben Had Money, I playlisted Supreme Sanders, Skirt and Slide. >> Yeah, skirt too. I liked. >> But again, like beats and [ __ ] like it was just like what can I bob my head to? >> Yeah, cuz he could have he could have did your dig over the whole beat >> and I still would have I still that would have been my like he could have just did that through the whole song like um at Juvenile Han Flow where he just did that same thing throughout the whole entire like he' have did something like that for you. Dig I >> that probably would have been but that >> production man. >> I mean he kind of did though. He kind of did though. Oh yeah. >> Well, that's ESTG with bigger than the devil. Next, we can move a little bit more to the south with Rosama MyForte. >> Yes. >> And his last name is actually Forte. So maybe this is too obvious of an explanation, but MyForte is, you know, like an expression for my specialty. >> Mhm. >> But that's actually his last name. So that was a cool little play on words for the title there. But yeah, I playlisted a lot of stuff on this. This is a strong project. We were talking a bit this week about how it's rare to have a second person in a group be really good. >> Mhm. >> But Rosama is proving to be like as good and some sometimes better than Big X. So >> yeah. >> And that's his cousin. That's a Big X's cousin. So I mean like sometimes empathism works out, you know. >> Oh man, I didn't know that. >> Did not realize that. Yeah. >> And that's so that brings even more sense to why he said X says you should be huge. She said, "Man, I just hope y'all listen to my lyrics." This felt like a lot of passion, you know, like it felt like this he like cared about this project a lot. >> Yeah. >> Just even having like his mom, his aunt, grandma, like everyone doing like interludes and [ __ ] >> Yeah. They're almost like little poetry interludes. They were very kind of poetic. Yeah. >> Out of all of the trap projects we did get this week, like Rasama's my favorite because just like what you were saying, Gab, like you could feel his passion throughout this whole album. Like this wasn't somebody who just threw some [ __ ] out there or just was in a studio just all right this the beat let me just throw some [ __ ] onto it. >> Yeah. >> I mean he even even brought up like DJ Rob Bass like who's talking about Rob Bass today unless you like study this [ __ ] >> Mhm. >> I'm I'm excited to see what he does next cuz he can rap his ass off. I think the thing for me >> Oh yeah. >> Um is just working on just creating better hooks. Not saying that the hooks were bad but I think that's the thing that's going to take him to the next step is when he can like really create some more solid solid hooks. like with the if the hook is solid and he's like repeating something, it works for him, but um like a good example of that, at least for me, was um Hurt Nobody. I feel like Hurt Nobody with that sample, like the beat was dope, but it just I feel like he left a little bit more on the bone and I feel like a stronger hook would have just made that song pop more. >> And Big X is so good with the hooks. >> Yeah, holl at your cousin, man. Holl at Big X. I got to say, light show and can't be [ __ ] with, those hooks do stand out to me. That can't be [ __ ] with. I get more chicken than dumplings. >> But he got a swag to him. He got a style to him. >> Yeah. I love the way he enters his verses. I find he enters with a lot of charisma. Like sometimes I find certain rappers kind of come in awkward into verses and then like bar like the the fifth six bar kind of like they're starting their punch lines. I find he starts in really really strong. I I love the way that he uh that he does his verses. But yeah, I agree with the with the hooks, but somehow even with the hooks being kind of like the weaker aspect, I found that everything flowed super well regardless. Like it wasn't like, oh, like this is like a problem, you know? >> Yeah. No. And it's not that the hooks are bad. I'm just saying like once he like masters them and gets them, like that's just going to take it up to the next level. It's it's something there. I'm a fan and he continues working and growing. Like I can see him being up there with Big X. He's not quite there now, but like lyrically though, he's he's probably surpassing. >> His big look was like on the 6wa album, which we uh we covered. He had like the highest amount of verses on that yet. >> So, like this is it has exposure, you know, like this is like a polished, you know, album >> and like with his previous project with Orange Shape, like there's there's a lot of features on it and it's it's shorter. This I was surprised to only see one Big X feature. Like he's not he's not being carried at all. This is this is a Rosama project. >> I think you have to do that. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, I agree. >> Yeah, I think one was perfect, actually. >> Yeah, cuz how we were saying, you know, it's rare for, you know, two people to be in that same group to grow. You kind of got to give him his space to iso and do his thing and show what he can do. >> And then on the next one, cuz we already know, we're like, we're interested. Then on the next one, you know, probably throw like, what you said, two or three big ass features and then boom, boom, boom. But if them hooks get to cooking more, I'm just saying, you know, catchy. He >> Mhm. Agreed. >> Yeah. >> I hope they do another group tape, too. I would love just like a group tape every couple years from them, cuz I could just see those getting better and better. >> Yeah. >> Do you guys remember 93, the outro? >> Yes. 93 was the best song on here. >> That's what I sent you guys as soon as this dropped. I was like, "Dude, that beat is insane." >> I overlooked this. I'm not going to lie. Like, Rosama, I'm sorry. I overlooked it. >> I was like, "Okay, ESTG, I'm doing real for sure." Like I was like, "Rossama, like when I when I get to it, you know?" And then when I when you said 93, I was like, >> "Yeah, as soon as you said 93, I was like, yo, >> this is crazy." >> Disgusting. >> That [ __ ] >> It's disgusting. >> I've listened to this project probably like six times, bro. I can't get over this one. I'm not going to lie. >> Yeah. >> The 93 beat, it switches between like the Spanish chant and then down into the most basic trap string line. But the basicness of it and the way it just kind of hits on the one repeatedly is just so strong and like it's a crazy combo. >> Dude, then they bring the chant in too like it's just >> Yes. And then they bring the chant into on top of the basicness of it and it's just like wa you kind of feeling it all. It's crazy. >> I was in a county vehicle blasted. I ain't going >> man. Shoot. >> So good. So that got me excited to listen to the album and then after going through it and listening to it, it was just that's why I'm saying like he really has something and um I want to see where he takes it next. And he doesn't sound like somebody who's just taking it for granted. It sounds like he really wants to get better and um perfect his craft and I'm all for it, man. I'm I can't wait till he drops the next project. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And I find it's kind of rare to get like introspective trap music, you know? And like that's what this felt like even through like the club bangers like the party songs and [ __ ] like there is this common theme of like almost it being like a like autobiography like this is who I am this is what my life's about kind of thing. >> Speaking of raress as well I wanted to say on the song ET the first part of the song is in 68 time and then it switches to 44. That's really rare in rap music especially trap music. And then they chop the [ __ ] out of it and the way they bring it in like dude this song is just >> for this being pretty much the intro or like the the first track. >> I was like, "Oh yeah, no. I'm I'm all for this." >> Really strong starter. And he's talking some real [ __ ] too. Like right off the top, he said he had twin daughters last year, so congrats on that, Rosama. >> Yeah. >> He basically said he was already successful, but he's he's going to grind harder than ever now that he has kids. >> You can tell. You could you could hear it in you can hear it in the music and and I love that especially from trap music because some artists drop [ __ ] and they just say [ __ ] and and that's cool for whatever you know everybody like what they like you know I'm not you know but I love when it when somebody actually like take time to put energy or effort into their music and not just using that as a way to just you know just get some bread. It's cool but I love that when you can when you can hear the passion you hear somebody actually cares about their um their craft. Oh yeah, we got the Mona Leo feature, too. >> Yes, >> we've been getting a couple. We talked about her on Caribou's project last week. She's on Rio's project, the old cover, like all sorts of [ __ ] But she uh I don't know like what it is, why she's on so many features, why they're coming out all right now, >> like so close together. But I'm not mad about it cuz I hadn't really caught on to her. >> She's been putting [ __ ] out for a couple years now. So >> she was stepping on that [ __ ] I love her energy, too. >> Yeah. No, >> just her her confidence on the song. J ain't sounding too light. Like she rapping conf like no I'm that just letting it like >> and it doesn't feel like recycled or anything personally like it doesn't feel like oh man I've heard this before. >> Oh yeah. >> We also got a Mona Leo feature on the Rio project. So we'll wrap up with Rosama my Forte and move over to Rio de Young OG with the world is yours. This was super anticipated for me and it did not disappoint. I playlisted like 13 songs or something. >> I was gonna say >> with Rio for me there's a lot of these like S tier Rio songs, but I also playlisted a lot of the A and B tier songs >> just cuz I really love what he does. So, lots of saves for me. Like even stuff that I won't mention cuz there's just too many to mention. >> Playlisted more than I didn't. >> Yeah, that's the best way I can put it. First, I want to mention who did the body, which is featuring Mona Leo. >> Yeah. >> I feel like this is a perfect way to talk about like her flow not just being a repeat. Like she just does the same thing on every track. Like this song is not at all her flow. Her bars do not sound like her Rosama feature. And that's not to throw totally throw shade at like other uh female rappers that are really popular right now. But I just feel like this is dope, >> you know? Like it's slowed down. It fits. She stands out in that in that way. >> Oh yeah. >> And then the the rhyme scheme too. They know I apply that pressure like a PSI. We going to fold his ass in half like a DSI. I was like, good lord, bro. >> Gong style. We call him PSY. >> It's funny, too. Yeah. And it's totally keeping up with Rio. >> Yeah, that's what I was like. They felt like this could have been a bar for bar type song. >> Yeah, it felt like it. >> And first, too, right? She gets the first verse. Yeah, she is first. >> I'm both features this week. >> Oh, yeah. Damn. They know. They know. >> Yeah, she did go first. >> And she references Rio too in her verse, right? She says that Rio made her weight or something like that. >> Yeah. Yeah. And I also wanted to shout out uh we got a tiar wack feature on Crooked Elbow as well. Really dope. And then Lil Yachty on that one as well. So the whole interconnection of Yachty and Caribou. >> Crooked Elbow was my favorite song off that project. >> Nice. Nice. That was That was my favorite song about the project. >> Douchebag is definitely my like absolute standout. >> Me too. Douchebag. Yeah. >> With the douchebags. >> Yes. >> I like it. >> Crazy beat. >> I don't like it that much. >> Oh man. The guitar for me too. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. That's the big thing about this song is it's like a heavy metal guitar riff and he's just the hook is all about like douchebags. It's interesting. It's different. It belongs on there for sure. I don't dislike it but not one of my favorites. There's so much stuff on here. like superstar featuring V's. >> Yes. >> It was funny that V's had a Cheddar Bob reference which we just just came up last week as well on the shooter gang project. >> Mhm. >> Kind of crazy. >> Yeah. And then Lace Blunts featuring Trippy Red. That Trippy feature was amazing. >> Yes. Perfect hook. >> Trippy. Yeah. Trippy went crazy. >> Trippy's been going crazy, man. >> Yeah. >> Like >> Canal Street. >> Canal Street. Yes. One of the best. So, also Lost My Voice was a really funny one where like he often has like this really scratchy like lost his voice kind of sound, but he like super leans into it. I did this, then I lost my voice. I did that and so I lost my voice. >> It's so funny. I loved it. It kind of took me a couple listens to like get into it, but now it's one of my favorites on there. Uh 100% alcohol is dope. >> I like Easter Pink with Rio. Did you guys like the Rio verse? I thought it was solid. No one uh on Easter pink. >> I was actually going to bring up that I was kind of like disappointed a little bit >> cuz Rival just dropped a few weeks ago. Skate or something like that. >> And I feel like I didn't like it that much. This one I feel like I I preferred this verse over what I'd heard on on his album. But >> no, this was probably the only skip on on the album for me. >> Damn. >> That song is a skip. >> Yeah. I feel like it's the beat in a way, too. Like it just felt kind of boring. It just doesn't fit. >> I feel exactly the same. Yeah. But then I was also really let down by Button Up. I'm not going to lie. Cuz normally they have RMC Mike and Rio have insane chemistry and I just felt like it didn't >> just a little mid. I almost playlisted it. I was like, is this one good enough? I don't know. Is it? >> No, that's exactly where I was. >> It's right on the edge, but I was like, there's too much good [ __ ] on it already to bother. I was just like >> And there's in comparison, there's too many like insanely heat songs that Rio and RMC Mike have done together. uh from previous projects. >> Yeah, it just doesn't hit the same for me. New York Minute though with YJ. >> Yeah, >> that one's a really nice vibe switch up because that is a different feeling beat but in a way that still feels very true to the album. >> I think it's because it's so YJ. He's more on these kind of like dark reverbed out songs. >> And at this point, you're at song 13. The album never started getting boring at any point. >> Yeah. Like at any point was there like a whoa okay like this is like stalling you know cuz a lot of albums kind of start really strong and then lose their spark but >> right no this held my attention it's long >> work different I didn't save I thought it was cool >> yeah same but then I will say after work different I playlisted every song until the end so that's just me >> the second crooked elbow came on I was like okay this is like strap on I don't know what's coming after this but it just kept getting better and better >> yeah Milwaukee Bucks that was an amazing Danny DGB too many years, man. I was just going crazy. I was just like playlisting everything. >> I think for all of us, we can all like pretty much say like 20 out of 22 were were like playlistable songs or maybe like out of 19 out of 22. >> I probably had three. >> I had 15. >> I had 12 >> for me. Like I was when I first when I first heard it and was listening to it and going through it, I was all like, "What the [ __ ] is this is this man talking about? Bro, the whole time I'm just listening to it. >> But that's the So, it took a while for me to get it like, "Oh, this this man is just literally just saying whatever the [ __ ] comes to." He's in a booth like, "Hit record." It's a lot of that. But he was saying he was saying [ __ ] like I was in a I was in a >> laughing cuz I'm like, "Wait, what the [ __ ] did this just say out this loud?" Like on Canal Street. Like it's I'm like I've So I'm like okay. So he it's just it's just him just making some [ __ ] oneliners. >> Yeah. It's just him just making some [ __ ] to some dope ass beats cuz >> but it flows. >> And then at the end of the song there's a couple of songs where he was just like freestyling and just would keep going. >> Yes. >> Yeah. After the beat ends. That's one of his >> giving you free bars. >> That's one of my favorite shits. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> It became a lot more fun the more I listened to it. >> Yeah. For sure. That happened to me with him too. Like when I first got onto the Flint project last year, I was like, "This guy's huge right now. I like it. I'm trying to understand it." And then there came kind of a click point. This shit's fun and it's funny. It's nasty sometimes. [ __ ] up sometimes. >> That [ __ ] Yeah. Yeah. Like, what the [ __ ] It's It's this This dude unhinged. >> It's a line. And he says something about shorty breath stink or something like >> what the [ __ ] is this [ __ ] talking about? >> Yo yo this this man like this is crazy. But then it also made me it also made me sit back and think like as artists sometimes we do too much overthinking in terms of like creating and crafting music and you know for whatever reason you do it for like people do it for multitude of reason expression to gain money to to to to get out your situation and all this other stuff but it really made me look like dude maybe I'm thinking too much maybe I just need to get back and just get back to enjoying it because like some of that like some of that [ __ ] is unhinged. I ain't going to hold you. It's wild. This [ __ ] is wild. But that [ __ ] funny. Yeah. I was definitely like, "Bro, it's it's it's time to just not overthink this thing and just create." Cuz I was like, "What the [ __ ] How is this how is he popping?" Like, "I don't get it." And then like the more I listen to I was like, "This he's not taking himself serious at all." >> Yeah. >> Rio, you a wild boy, man. >> Like I would love to be in a studio session just hear this man cooking. That's like why he started going viral, why he started to blow. And like Loki just brought the whole Flint scene with him because if you listen to Y&J, Louis Ray, uh RMC Mike, they all have these bars that are just like, "Yo, pause." What did he just [ __ ] say, bro? Like there's no way he put that on a song forever. >> It was a lot of that. Yeah. Just >> Flint in a nutshell. >> Have we done a BFB Pac-Man album this year? No. E >> cuz he's he's one who has some wild bars like that. Damn, you just hit us with the most Canadian A I've ever got from you, man. >> Low key. Low key. I always >> Yes, he did. And bro, the title is God blessing all the fat dudes, too. And it's not dudes. >> Oh, >> that's that's shit's crazy. That shit's crazy. >> A lot to unpack. >> Yeah. So, it took it took me a while to get it. That's a great point that it can kind of remind you how popping and good music can be without taking it too seriously >> or just Yeah. Just that overthinking it. You know how cuz some artists will be like, "Dang, I want to write this or I want people." It's all like, "Bro, just put the music out." Yeah. Cuz when I first heard this project, I was all like, "I got to ask them like what it like I don't get it. I got to figure out what it is." Cuz now you're like, "Oh, this shit's crazy." I'm all like, "I don't." And then it was all like, "Okay, I I get it. That [ __ ] is crazy." Ever since I heard Rio the first time in 2019, I was like, "No, I'm in. I'm in." I don't know what it is. I was just like, "This is absolutely [ __ ] insane." Like, >> I see. Hey, if y'all watching this and y'all ever having a bad day or you just want to laugh at some [ __ ] I swear, play this [ __ ] cuz especially if you're a serious rapper, too. Like, listen to this [ __ ] and tell me this [ __ ] don't just hit you like what the [ __ ] How did >> that [ __ ] crazy? Yeah, this this this is the this is the big surprise for me during the week. I'll say that. This [ __ ] surprised me. >> This was my project of the week for sure. Easy. >> Yeah. Oh yeah. 100%. >> I did want to shout out a lot of beats produced by Wayne. Dude just goes by Wayne. If you hear the tag fuckfire, we got grease. You'll hear that tag a lot through that project. >> Hardest hardest beats on this all. >> That's his name. I was wondering what his producer name was going to be cuz I kept hearing that. >> Fire we got grease. You expected him to have Greece in his name, but he doesn't >> or some like something close to it. But Wayne is that's a crazy tag. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. He I feel like he's been working with him for a long time, too, if I'm not mistaken. Like all the way back to some of his 2019 [ __ ] >> That was uh We should move on. That was Rio de Young OG with the world is yours. Really strong project. Favorite a few of our favorites. But, uh, I like to use my catchphrase. Now, on to something completely different, which is going to be Maxfree with genuine leather, which, uh, super interesting production. Really caught my attention. There's a lot of stuff I passed over this week, and this really like grabbed my attention because of the production. It's like fully electronica focused. There's some drum and bass elements. There's like some garage elements, jungle. That's the genre. Yeah. Okay. >> And all of it fire. There wasn't a single song that I was like, >> every song had its own kind of like unique flavor to it. >> Mhm. >> It was nice and short, too. Like only eight songs. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I think that's the genre that I was cuz I was trying to I couldn't like pin down the exact genre, but I think it is garage and like breakbeat. I love that sound. I I love that sound. So like when I said this one might be my favorite. It was purely based off like the sound and the vibes of this project. The hills have eyes, lust for life, wine and spirits has like that Maxwell Ascension flow. I think he did for the hook that shorty. I really Yeah, I think it's um Maxwell Ascension by Maxwell. But >> hearing that just on these beats was like was really dope. The way he blended that like those '9s R&B songs into like this more modern or this weird garage break beat type vibe. It was just, it was really dope. And we had a lot of trap this week. So to hear this project, >> it was just like it was different. >> And when I heard it, I was like, "Yo, this [ __ ] is >> I Yeah, I I um I think I saved almost every song on here." But then you got a song named Kyler Pratt. I used to have a crush on Kyler Pratt. So >> no, that was hard as [ __ ] I liked Lust for Life a lot, too. He's like, "I got a lust for life like a Mana. I got a lust for life like a Maggie." >> That song was too short. I love Lana Del Rey. I love Iggy Pop. Like I'm a big fan of both of theirs. And so >> I thought he was saying Iggy Aelia. I thought he was purpose of naming women. >> No, no, no, no. Iggy Pop cuz they got the song Lost for Life60s7s classic rock song. Yeah. >> Either song if I'm not mistaken shouts him out. >> Okay. >> Yeah. No, it's like old. He was one of the like OG punk rockers like ' 70s kind of crafted like punk rock in a sense. Yeah. So I just I've always loved Iggy Pop. Love the Stooges. Lana Del Rey, another one that I love. So, Lust for Life freestyle is just kind of hard. Like such a basic simple way to like reference both of them. But then the beats fire as [ __ ] too. It's got this like kind of swelling synth. And so >> I just I like it all >> for me. The first four songs in a row really blew me away. It was like like that first half I was like, "Wo, this is really amazing." And I do want to say also like really wellcraftrafted lyricism over these super interesting beats as well. >> Yeah, the lyricism was strong too. It's not it's wasn't just the beats, but the beats were what caught my attention and made me care about and remember Max Free. I was like this project I have to go back to. >> And the way he was flowing cuz it's not it's not easy. A lot of these beats were like >> right >> it was they were really weird, but he was flowing through there and it was really some some interesting flows and melodies that he was doing. Like it really uh >> I the songs were switching and I wasn't even realizing it was all so smooth and and great. >> Just imagine being in a warehouse listening to this [ __ ] This is like even the song afters is like a perfect >> way to describe like after question mark like where's the rest of the party at? Like that's what this feels like a soundtrack to >> just kind of wild night >> with that touch it sample playing in the beginning that he flipped. >> Yeah. >> Oh, that's right. This [ __ ] was dope, man. And >> Mhm. >> It's a toss up between Rosama and Max Free Genuine Leather like for my favorites out of this week. But just the like the dopeness and uniqueness like these type of beats I want to I want to start producing more stuff like this and making some stuff like this. So this was this was right up my alley. >> Oh yeah. >> It made me think that too. I was like, man, this is kind of coming full circle, this sound for me right now. Like I got into like '90s electronica and this this style in like high school, which was 18 years ago for me now. So >> I'm realizing like that is like in my DNA in a way I forgot about >> and this album reminded me like, oh, I love that [ __ ] Like the first song, Friends, off the bat, starts off with this super high energy almond break, which is like a really classic break that's used in a lot of drum and bass. Kylo Pratt, like you mentioned, it starts super chill and then it slowly moves up towards a full-on dance beat. >> Mhm. Like, I love this sound and I don't hear it a whole lot. So, if you got some recommendations, bro, send them my way because >> I need to like dig through my old iPod classic for that. Like that thing is loaded up with tons of torrented electronic music. >> Hey, there them Limewire days. >> But yeah, I love this sound as well. Really? Yeah, really excellent work. Uh it makes me want to listen to some other stuff in his catalog and see is this just his style or is this something he visited for projects in particular? >> Yeah, he's only got one other one other album too back in 2019. >> I want I want but either way, this is inspiring me to get back in this bag cuz this this this shit's >> Hey, man. We had to cook some stuff, man. >> I didn't know I missed this. >> I've been saying it. The '9s are coming back >> in so many weird ways. >> Yeah. >> Let's move into some singles. We're going to talk about a interesting collab between Rich the Kid and Gunonna with Too Hot, which is actually off the upcoming SAV album by Rich the Kid, which we don't have a release date for that currently, but interesting collab sonically, but also interesting because of the history between Thug and Rich the Kid. Maybe it's just the music, but maybe Gunn is trying to say something by working with one of Thug's old ops. Hard to say, but >> either way, this track was fire. I'm not a particularly big fan of either of these artists, but this this was like both of their sweet spots. >> Rich the Kid for me was like peak high school. Like uh Plug Walk like all that [ __ ] was just massive when I was in high school. So, and then like since then he kind of cooled off a bit. I've heard a lot of his stuff and I've just kind of been like nah, you know, like it's not I don't need this. Whereas like too bad I was actually like yo I'm actually excited for this album now. >> Yeah. >> Too bad. I think I might have said too hot earlier. >> I don't know. I'm excited for this man. >> It sounds like Rich the Kid like that I remember that I like became a fan of. >> Yeah, this could be a comeback album for him. >> Sometimes with singles I'll fall in love with the single that I hear or the sound that I hear on a single and then when that album comes out sometimes it it doesn't follow that and you get a whole bunch of different [ __ ] But if it sounds like this, if it's a vibe like this, then like [ __ ] Rich might has some [ __ ] He might >> cuz like you were saying, like only the [ __ ] I heard from him is like, you know, the old [ __ ] when he was popping popping plug walk, new freezer and [ __ ] like that and some features, but outside of that, I haven't really been checking for. Bro, >> he's he puts out a lot of music. It's just I think maybe like he puts out too much music where he doesn't like concentrate his writing on stuff that's like catchier. >> No, I agree. Cuz like the singles that he's put out this year are kind of all over the place, too. like sonically and he was even on Rick Ross' album. Like I definitely agree with what you said, Terry. I hope this is not just kind of a one-off like fire single on the album. I hope that the album kind of feels more like this cuz I'm like this is to me what he floats on. Like he needs these spacey laidback kind of beats for his flow. Like the way that his vocals are mixed like all of it like I just feel like it's very cohesive. I'd love to see more Guna Rich the Kid cuz >> Yeah. >> They sound so good together. Yeah, definitely. >> Correct me if I'm wrong, Matt. I think you sent us a a single that Rich the Kid dropped earlier off of um was it like a Hoodie sample or something? >> Oh, yeah. There was a there was um a blondie a blondie sample. >> Blondie. Yeah. Like that beat was crazy, but the flow was start this thing where I find he picks almost sometimes beats that are like too challenging for the writing that he can and again like I don't know what happened during the new freezer era cuz that flow is like absolutely heat but like some of the beats sometimes it's just like like one of the songs we talked about was on the Chief Keef album. He was a feature on there and there's a song called PS5 >> and it's one of those beats where like the kicks are like really really kind of crazy and Chief Keef raps on it perfectly and and Rich the Kid kind of I found had a hard time finding it. >> Gotcha. Now >> I think that's a perfect way to put it. I think that kind of sums up why I'm like mid on him for a lot of his releases and then sometimes he just like finds the pocket perfectly >> and I'm like, "Oh yeah, no, this song's going to [ __ ] explode." >> Mhm. Like the last project I really paid attention to was 2021 the trust fund babies with Lil Wayne that like go back >> dual album that they did. >> That one I ended up liking a lot off of >> but he was even featured on the scythe project. >> Yeah, he's he works a lot. Like I think that's the thing is if when you put out like 50 verses a year, you know, and then his album has like another 20 songs or whatever. It's it's a lot to be writing. >> Yeah. And and there's nothing wrong with that. Like that artist compassionate side of me. Hope he finds his way back because, you know, for artists, I always want to see them, you know, succeed and do their thing. But I don't know. We'll see. I'm not holding my breath for it. >> So that's Rich the Kid and Gunner with the Too bad single. We can do some honorable mentions. Uh I wanted to mention Kendrick had a verse on the Gene Iiko project, Westside Whimsy from this week. I also uh actually got a couple saves off this Hood Rich Pablo Juan project. I like Rabbit Got the Gun. >> It has like a crazy Young Dolph energy to it. And then also I was [ __ ] with Locked Up or Dead. But uh that's it for me. Did anyone else have an honorable mention they wanted to mention? >> I got to shout out the 99 Zed Saliva Gray. I kind of like it when a lot of people die. Yeah, this one was fire to me. All right, so that's all of our honorable mentions. And before we get into the releases for next week, let's do plugs. For me, I uh had the pleasure of mixing and mastering some songs for some some of my favorite regulars. Mixed for a snakeo, Terry, Terry V, and Lucious B Thundercat. And then also um Yard Baby. And uh you can always check us out at frequencyoverflow.com. What do you want to plug Terry? >> Um Cycles. Cycles is still out. Um working on some another single that I'm going to drop soon. So pay attention and wait for that. Other than that, you can find me on social medias at Yo Terry V. Oh yeah, also working on a website by uh Matt. So I'm excited to I can't wait till that drops. >> Nice. So what do you want to plug Matt? >> Uh you can follow me at SDR Karier. Follow my artist Lucious Speed Thundercat. Uh, and we also, as of right now, just dropped a new single, uh, which has been mixed, mastered, and produced by Frequency Overflow. Other than that, yeah, just been, uh, listening to all this new music. Yeah, go check out Hard Times. Just dropped on all streaming services and stores. >> Hell yeah. All right. What about you, Gav? What do you want to plug? >> Um, you can follow me on pretty much every platform. been working on putting together some content with Matt. Just kind of starting to roll out some more beat previews and stuff like that. I got a lot of stuff sitting around that I want to want to share. I want to make uh make sure it's known. And other than that, I've just been working a lot on um honestly just like getting my chopping skills more polished. Doing a lot of beats with like just trying to find cool samples and chop them up and like recreate different melodies out of them and like [ __ ] like that. So, just doing a lot kind of personally to sharpen skills. >> Cool. Working on our crafts. That's plugged. So, releases coming up next week. We have a chike, which I'm really excited about. Couple Tyler features on that. And then also a project from Rakim, Corrupt, and Master Killer. >> All on one project. >> Some classic names there. And that's all we know about so far, but I'm sure there'll be lots more that comes out. But that's our show. Well, you can check us out on our website at f2fpod.com. That's the number two. You can follow the podcast on Instagram at Fridaytofrpodcast. You can follow us on Tik Tok at Friday to Friday Pod. You can save the official Spotify playlist to hear the best releases from each week before the episodes come out. That link is in the description. Our intro and outro music by Lunar G. 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