Nipsey Hussle, Trippie Redd, Open Mike Eagle, Boldy James & Moldhands

This is Friday to Friday, your weekly rap [music] wrapup, going through our favorite releases in rap and hiphop from Friday, August 14th to Friday, August 21st. My name is Jacob. I'm a mixing and mastering engineer from California, and your host for today. And I have with me producer and artist manager hailing from Montreal, Canada, Matt Kerier. >> Yo, what's good? as well as producer hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Gav aka Lunar G. >> What up? What up? >> Before we get into our picks for this week, here is the full list of artists that dropped projects. We got Channel Tress, Girl Talk, Michael Christmas and Chris Crack, Nipy Hustle and Bino Reo, Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Seagull, The Mussolini and Ninth Wonder, Trippy Red, Nuda05, YTB Fat, Internet Money, Chromo Po, DBaby, Baldi James and Your Boy Posa, Jack Boy, Len Mold Hands, Bo with a deluxe edition, RJ J Payne with an EP. And lastly, Ransom with his album, The Price of Clarity. Dropped right at the end of the week. Uh had time to listen to it once, loved it, but we're not covering it today only because it dropped so late in the week. We didn't get enough listens in before recording, but it's really good based off first listen. So, go check it out. So, let's get into our picks for this week. We got a lot to cover. I'll kick it off with Nipy Hustle and Bino project called Prolific. This is the first postumous album we've got from Nipy since his passing in 2019. I heard in an interview with Black Sam, who is Nip's brother, he was saying that this was actually completed already before Nipy passed and was slated to be the next project to come out after Victory Lab. And say that to say that this is far from them putting a project together for him. Nipy detailed this project before he passed. He's someone that's really meticulous about details and about tracklist order and even the cover art was picked out by him and he went back and forth with the graphic designer on it and it has a lot of his personal touch on it. Although Vino did say that they did re-record just a couple of his tracks, but uh what Black Sam was saying is that every time they made a change, it was like nah, the original was better. Just leave it how leave it how they had it. and uh they had the exact production team handling all the finishing touches as as the victory lap team. So Nipy stayed in the studio. He was the studio rat. So also important to note that although Nip has a bunch of unreleased songs, Black Sam let us know straight up that this is the only full project Nip had finished. Um there's no more of these full projects that Nip touched and this one took years and years for them to feel solid releasing. So Nipy isn't someone that we're going to we should expect a lot of postmiss projects from, but it's because his team is putting a lot of care and attention into it. This is literally his blood brother. Like if you see Black Sam, he looks just like Nipy. >> That's crazy. >> But what he did say is that there is a Nipy Hustle documentary in the works uh that will have an official soundtrack and that is likely where a lot of those best songs from those random sessions are going to end up. Yeah, it was a powerful project. I have a lot of favorite songs on it. Uh, reckless 500 horses, super real situations, all summer, back of the back. >> That [ __ ] banged. >> I liked a lot of this project. It was interesting to get the Bino Rido melodic rapping type vibe mixed in. It's very different than Victory Lap. Like, if this did come out right after Victory Lap, it would have been a really interesting comparison cuz it's not necessarily your typical Nipy album, >> right? I feel like too even like just the name like prolific victory lap like >> you can kind of tell like he he knew he was on a run you know like it's very confident in a way >> but that's it's interesting you say that like the stylistically how different it is cuz I know I texted you guys and I was like >> yo this kind of felt like like love making music in a good way you know like at least first listen it was a lot more like R&B infused like a lot more just kind of like laidback more smooth [ __ ] >> um but And still like you were saying a couple songs snap too like Back of the Back 500 horses like it goes in on those. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> It's both vibes for sure. >> Yeah. I I think I ended up saving like outside of what you talked about. I had like Makeelie and I just want to know. I thought those two were pretty fire too. Like the tie dollar sign was a cool little feature and like Cardi B on there. I didn't expect that. I'm not her biggest fan but like she kind of killed it on that verse too. So I was like pretty solid uh solid song if you ask me. >> Yeah. Yeah. some some cool features on there. Also just loved all the clips of Nipccy just talking. My favorite of which was him saying something like, "If you see someone named Nipy Hustle on Facebook talking about loveydovey [ __ ] and a girl breaks your heart, blah blah blah." That is not me. [laughter] I'm promoting albums. I'm promoting clothing brands. That's the only thing I'm doing on there. [laughter] That [ __ ] made me laugh. >> Oh my god. Yeah, that's a crazy thing to say. like I don't know who these Facebook impersonators are, but like yo that's not me. [laughter] He's like I'm not on that [ __ ] >> Yeah, that was pretty funny. >> Which still works with the time like it's still like even though he did that like recorded that a few years ago, right? Like it's still a thing that happens in 2026. >> Oh yeah. >> Oh yeah, absolutely still relevant. And actually that's a good note because the whole album is totally relevant. It does not sound like 2019 music. >> No, >> that was like Nipy's superpower. like he was always pushing the sound forward in my opinion. Like kind of setting the tone. I don't feel like he was ever scaling back to fit what's going on if that makes sense. >> Yeah, that's true. He was always pushing himself and his music and making sure that his music had impact. That was way more important to him than numbers or money. So huge ups to Nipy Hustle and Bino with the prolific project. Next, let's talk about the other biggest release from this week, I would say, with Trippy Red NDA. Been a few years since we got a Trippy project. This is a good length, too. Over an hour, so that should keep fans fed for a while. >> Well, let's talk about the fact that he surprise announced right after it dropped that this is part of a two-part album. So, we're about to get #NDA next with like an undisclosed date this month. So, that'll be fun to cover, too. >> That is awesome. There's so many big features on this one. Like it's it's kind of a ballsy thing to try and and top something like this. And it's it's, you know, it's a lot of songs. Again, a lot of features longunning. Like what is going to like what's this part two going to look like? Is it going to sound the same? Is it going to be different? >> And I feel like this one had so many vibes, too. Like I can't put it in a box. I got you. You just set it up perfectly. This I was like reading up on this trying to kind of understand like where' this come from cuz like you said Jacob it's been I think like 3 years since we had uh Mansion music and I'm not going to lie, mansion music was good but it it kind of made me go like ah this like maybe I'm outgrowing this sound a little bit. Like it just wasn't hitting for me quite the same. But Matt, what you're saying about like all the different vibes and [ __ ] it turns out over the past 3 years he's been recording this album. like this isn't something that just got put together like kind of recently or anything like that. And he ended up changing the direction four times sonically. So he had that's why you hear all those different vibes because he was thinking like do we do rage? Do we do more of like a trip at night kind of vibe? Do we do like just some of his older stuff like the more like some of the softer stuff? >> Well, even like for her with um I don't know how you pronounce them, Remma Remma. Like that has like dance hall vibes to it. I was like, "Oh, I don't know if I've ever heard that kind of trippy before." You know, like >> Yeah. And I mean, if you take it way back, he did a song with uh the DJ Alice in Wonderland High, that was like just a single that came out like 2017 or something. 2016, I think. So, it just like he's been versatile. So, it was really [ __ ] cool to see this just like the way he laid it out. Yeah. He ended up kind of just going, "Well, [ __ ] it. Let's just put it all in there." So, I think #NDA is probably going to be similar. I'm excited to see >> given it's the same name with a hashtag at the front. It makes me think it's going to be like disc 2 basically. So I my guess is it's going to be a bunch of different vibes again. >> I kind of hope so cuz I felt like this was a really good like showcase for him, you know, like this kind of somehow summed up like his entire career so far >> and and then some, you know, like it had some different sounds to it. Yeah, I'm glad you explained all that cuz I when I first listened to it, I felt like uh so like the song with like with Lil Wayne um with with Big X, >> it almost sounded like like when you have enough money that you can or enough in like power or whatever, like you're respected well enough that you're like, "Okay, I can get on songs." Well, I know he's already done songs with like Wayne or whatever, but it's felt like the songs were very it was a Big X type song. It was a Wayne type song. It almost felt like um he just specifically just wanted to work and make a song with them in their sound if that makes sense. >> And so at first I didn't know if I like that and now what you said that makes sense cuz if in the past 3 years he's been like hey I want to make something more you know just kind of more like rap or whatever I'm going to call it you know Lil Wayne or whatever. >> Now I want to do some kind of southern whatever I'm going to call it big X. Like that that really makes sense. >> Yeah. The Tory song too. So Tory Lanes type and that's the cool thing about like his features too. Like even when he's not doing like album rollouts and stuff like you'll hear him on a bunch of music like that where it's like dude I would never think to hear Trippy on this kind of song or whatever and they just boom there he is and he still [ __ ] fits the vibe somehow whether it's singing or like rapping hard whatever it might be. This was really cool and I I didn't realize the paper bag boy feature from Thug is pre-incarceration too. >> Oh okay. No, that's from before he got locked up. >> See, that one I didn't care much for, but I I'm happy there was a second Thug feature cuz Uncle Phil's my that that was one of my >> go hard. >> And that's a Young Thug song basically. Like it's it's featuring Trippy pretty much. Trippy has one verse and Thug has two hooks and a verse, one verse. >> Yeah, I'm on the same page. For me, how good Uncle Phil is made up for me not really caring for Paper Bag Boy. And Paper Bag Boy, I'll be honest, grew on me because I heard that as a single and I was like I I think I turned it off. I'm not going to lie. I didn't like how it sounded. Like the mix on it was rough. I didn't love just I didn't love it. >> Yeah. >> Now listening to it like through with the album with like the context of the curation and everything, >> it's a little better in my opinion and is like >> doable, you know? Like I I was talking about the music videos and stuff. That was the last one that was on and I was I actually caught myself like paper bag boy, you know, like it it is catchy but it's just as a single I felt like it was kind of weak. So I I definitely like it in the context of the album more. I will say that. And I think Meet the Reds dropped. >> I was about to say that exact same thing. Yeah. I felt similarly about Meet the Reds. Like didn't hit me as a single. >> Yeah. >> And the first time I heard it once the hook comes back around I was like, "Oh, that was a hook." >> Yeah. >> That was the hook. [laughter] That's what happens too with the Young Thug song. Like Uncle Phil when it first comes on like man this is a long verse for Thug and then no that's the hook, >> right? >> I think Trippy has this this maybe the style of working where it's it's maybe it's a positive ego thing where he doesn't mind letting the other person shine I guess on his song if that makes sense. Like he's really every single one of his features and I think he's always been like that. Like he didn't trip at night and stuff like he has the song with Drake is basically again it's just him half and half with Drake. >> Yeah. >> Like he never does just like oh you'll get a little eight bar verse and like you know I it's my song get off of it kind of thing you know. >> Matt Hardy 999's another perfect example of that where that lowkey I knew that song years before it came out as a Juice leak that was always Juicew World featuring Trippy and then it comes out it was it's actually Trippy's song Juice is on it you know. So it's like I don't know. That shit's just kind of cool to me. And what was even more sick in my opinion was like he went all out for this roll out too. Like so he sent media members like media insiders literal locked briefcases with like early [snorts] access to the music and physical non-disclosure agreements with them. >> Like >> and then drop 25 [ __ ] music videos for the album. Every song has a music video, which who is doing that, [laughter] you know? Like, who still is doing that? >> Wow. These videos are expensive. They're big features. >> You're talking about these guys in suitcases. Like, what what kind of money does this guy have? [laughter] >> Like, that's that's insane. And for there to be a part two, what's going to be the roll out for part two? >> He's going to jump out of a helicopter and, [laughter] you know, like >> take out Billboard. Yeah. That's I don't know. It's kind of wild. But I didn't realize too like the other thing that he was kind of going for and maybe you guys will kind of catch it once I say it a little more than I did. But do you guys know about like the back rooms thing like the creepy pasta videos? Back rooms. >> Yeah. >> That's what all of the aesthetic was based around. >> It was based around like if you watch the videos they're all like kind of grayscale videos. They're all like avantgard for >> rap timing for the movie too. Yeah. >> Yeah, that's perfect timing, man. He He did this, right? >> Quite a roll out. >> I wasn't aware of all the marketing behind it. But >> yeah, it's really cool. >> Well, that's how you get a return. Like if you get a you know, you have a Waynever verse, you have all like like unless they were all favors, which I'm sure some of them, you know, >> some of them could be. He's he's really tight with Thug. >> I was going to say that for sure. >> For sure. >> But also sometimes it's like it's the label, right? It's like, oh, I'm friends with this guy, but the label still Okay, someone has to pay the invoice, right? >> Sure. So maybe this this whole roll out is like, hey, I got to got to recoup on this on this album, you know? But hey, I respect it. >> Really? >> We didn't even name all the features, too. >> I feel like 14 of them. >> We've been talking about the concept of it and yeah, >> I loved Kidding Me with Nine Vicious. Super upbeat. >> That's my top save. >> Nice. And MTV featuring Rob 49. Love that beat. >> Really became a huge fan of Rob 49. And he in that same vein, like he he got to breathe on that song. Like it wasn't like a little verse like [laughter] >> No, no, dude. He had Quo on here. I mean, Skask, I'm sure that was uh definitely a friend thing. >> I was happy to hear that like the 2018, 2017, 2019 like Trippy is included in that class of people. >> Oh, yeah. >> Right. So, I mean, it's it's really cool for him to like like this is a crazy level like like you know, you were going through the features and everything like I don't know that people would have thought that he would have had an album like this back in 2018. >> [ __ ] no. Like this is stacked, you know, like he had he had again he had the, you know, the Dre feature. He had a he always kept a big feature, you know, [music] >> in the tuck, but like this is this is a big album. >> Yeah. Curious to see how many features we'll get on the # NDA sequel. It'd be kind of interesting if like there was none, you know, >> if he was like, I'm just going in on me on this one. Yeah, >> we'll see. >> And he he could he could do it. >> Yeah. I feel like he thrives with features though cuz like he's got the versatility like you were you guys were kind of saying like where he can sit back and like he can maybe just do the hook or like you know like he might do like a singing part or like a short >> he might be like >> orchestrating and like you know like oh you know like maybe he sits on a song for a while and he's like I know I want this guy on it. And from what I know, he does sit on songs cuz like I used to, like I said, I used to follow his [ __ ] heavy and like I'd watch all his teasers and like snippets on Instagram and like do all the Instagram lives and [ __ ] and like I'm trying I can't remember what song it was but it was probably like 2019 or 2020. There was a song that had been on his live like teased for 2 years before it came out or something. >> Oh wow. >> And I think there's a reason it took three years for him to do it, you know. But yeah, I mean I ended up having a hard time picking out what I wanted to play list off of this. I picked like >> so many songs. >> Yeah, I had and even the solo songs were fire like Merch it porn fors I got everything you know like >> Swagger >> Swagger was crazy. I know. We talked about that as a single, so that's why I was like, I don't have to go off on that one. But >> strong single, though, cuz we were we were a little bit down on some of the singles, >> but Swagger was a really strong single. >> And it just stayed strong like in the context of the album, too, which I love. It hasn't felt old. >> Yeah. >> Mhm. >> I really like the Party Next Door feature, too. Say What? And I'm not I'm not the biggest Party Next Door fan. I like R&B, but I just haven't ever been super into him. And I thought he killed it on Say What. And then I thought the last song, I'm sorry, I think is what it's called if I'm not mistaken or like Second to Last. That's a letter to Coar Ray. That's his baby mama. That's his famously his ex and like all this [ __ ] And it was just kind of like if you listen to it, you're like, "Oh, okay." Yeah. Really is just kind of acknowledging like all the [ __ ] that he's done and whatever. >> I have to relisten to that with that in mind. >> Yeah. I had to go back after I read that cuz I was like, "Oh, that one kind of missed me cuz it's not as hype. It's not like the beat's not as crazy. Reminds me more of like his love letter to you era where it was like >> that kind of laidback [ __ ] But I liked how they curated this. I feel like that was the big big big thing for this because you could have totally [ __ ] up this album with how many different vibes there are. >> But it felt like they kind of chunked it to where it was like you got like four songs here of like a couple different vibes, four songs here of a couple different vibes, but it still felt cohesive. It didn't just feel like here's four singles, here's another couple singles. Like I felt like they did a really good job with the curation. >> Yeah. Strong project from Trippy. Good comeback for him for sure. And we got the hashtag NDA to look forward to sometime in August. >> Yeah, they're saying a week or two. >> Oh wow. >> From what I'm seeing, it's like unknown date, but within like a week or two, so before the end of the month. >> Good [ __ ] Well, that is Trippy Red with NDA. Let's talk about something completely different. I'm going to talk about Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Seagull with Doomed. This is an odd one. This one took me a lot of listens to get it, which is definitely intentional. It's not supposed to be ear candy. It's complex art by two dudes very deep into their craft. Open Mike Eagle, the rapper. Kenny Seagull is the producer, but I'm a big fan of Open Mike Eagle. He has a lot of depth as an artist. So, I kind of knew going in that it would be worth the multiple listens to let it soak in and it did. Part of what I love about Open Mic Eagle is he just has this immaculate sense of humor. Like sometimes the best part of a song is just him talking at the end of it. Like at the end of Magic Man. Magic Man wasn't my favorite song on there, but the outro had me laughing out loud cuz the whole song is about like this mystical magical man and then in the outro he's talking about like he made that guy leave with horse legs. That's [ __ ] up. He's only trained on human legs. How's he going to get home? And it's just like, what the [ __ ] [laughter] It's just like it's so weird and interesting and unique. I I just love it. Also, one of the aspects that makes this a dense listen is that open mic Eagle will do something over a Kenny Seagull beat that nobody else would ever do over a Kenny Seagull beat. It's like, wow, imagine having your own style that no one can copy. What a concept. Rare. Rare these days in hip-hop. But yeah, I loved the title track, Doomed. Speaking of a sense of humor, there's a lot of funny song titles in here, too. One of my favorites is called Unfinished Concrete Initials, She Swear I'm Colorblind, Sweetheart Jail, and then Infinity War spoilers. He has a decent amount of comic book references. You couldn't call him like a nerd rapper, but like he is like a nerd and that comes across in his lyrics. But the the outro song is called Watching a Movie called Freedom by Myself. Super vibby spacey production. And the lyrics are saying there's no postredit scene. We can all just leave. Which is a really funny way to end the album. Perfect outro track. >> Especially following Infinity War spoilers. You making a Marvel reference like >> Yeah, for sure. >> I don't feel like we get a lot of music like that anymore. like attention spans very short and have like a almost six minutee outro track is kind of like whoa, >> right? This album in general, it's like the opposite of ADHD Tik Tok music, you know? It's >> Yeah, >> it actually takes like sitting down and understanding and you might not get it on first listen and you know that's okay. >> That's dope. I'm going to have to dig into this one more cuz I had seen it pop up. I just with everything that we had going on, I didn't have a chance to actually listen to it. But I see now like Billy Woods featured down here too which is kind of sick because like just getting an idea of how it is sonically like that spacey open production like they thrive on that kind of sound. So >> yeah. Yeah. No doubt. Yeah. And I mean this was such a dense week already that this dense album on top of that. It was like took some extra effort to fit this one in this week but it was totally worth it. And uh lastly, I just want to say Open Mic Eagle has a really excellent YouTube channel just talking to the camera about hip-hop topics and culture topics, and it's amazing. I really love his perspective. So, that's worth checking out as well. >> Definitely got to dig more into him. >> Yeah. Yeah. Check out his YouTube, check out his his older projects, and this one's definitely very interesting and unique as well. That's Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Seagull with Doomed. So next, let's go ahead and talk about Baldi James and your boy Poska with one LB one pound probably how you say it. Man, these guys don't miss. Short and sweet as always. I feel like Baldi was extra on lyrically on this project. I mean, he always is, but there were a lot of crazy bars. >> Yeah. >> She think I'm a deal drugger. Oops, I mean a drug dealer, >> dude. Yeah. No, this was this was crazy. >> Yeah. Yeah, he was he was extra on and that's really impressive because we were talking about this a little bit in the group chat this week, but I just found this really interesting when I was listening through the culture council interview with Baldi. Uh he just keeps it super real. He said they asked him like, "How'd you meet your boy Poska?" He said he gave me some money to make some songs so we made a project and the fans liked it. So, you know, we had to reup. I say that to say like respect to Baldi for just keeping it real. He's about his money and yeah, you can just pay him to do music with you, but he will never never halfass averse. You will get what you pay for, which is amazing rapping, real storytelling, a glimpse into his world. There's no one else like Baldi. Like, so even though like some people might look at that negatively that you can just like, you know, pay him to do a to do an album for you. First of all, a lot of artists do that. Maybe maybe people don't know that Baldi is actually >> wake up. >> Yeah, Baldi is actually, you know, keeping it real enough to just say it. So, yeah, mad respect to that. >> Oh, and I mean, no matter what he's on, he makes references back to Detroit. Like, >> I just think, like you said, he's very humble in that sense. Like, he doesn't forget his roots. He doesn't like try and pretend he's something that he's not. Like, he's very just this is me. Take it or leave it. And for a minute I was worried that he would like he was kind of oversaturating his catalog a bit, but he's keeping everything so short that it's like it doesn't feel like it's not like he's dropping like a 20 song album, you know, every six months. Like these are all very very short projects. >> Yeah. Like 15 minutes, 20 minute projects, you know, like there it's it's enough that you're like, "Fuck, I I want to like put it on repeat. Like I want to hear that again and dig back into the bars cuz >> at least that's what I found myself doing with this one especially." >> Yeah, for sure. There was some like crazy rhyme scheme about like martial law. I'm doing martial arts, I'm the ghetto, martial matters. I was like, "Wow, that was crazy." >> Like, hold on. >> Yeah, >> the [ __ ] dude dealer just gets stuck in my head. And then rumored as legend would have it. The song right after that. >> I had a lot of fun with this project. >> Mhm. I love the songs you said as well as Platinum and Palladium. I like that one a lot. And then the last song, Humble Servant. I just love these no drum beats. He's just always just killing these no drum beats. No problem. And shout out to your boy Poska, too. Strong production. >> Is this their third album together if I'm not mistaken? They got uh Yeah. Magnolia the floor, hook, line, and sinker, which I know we covered Hookline and Sinker earlier. And then Yeah, this one. >> Dude, he's not missing. And I love that the the artwork for Magnolia the Floor and Hookline and Sinker is that like hand painted like watercolor almost like oil paint type thing. And then this one's totally different, but also really sick. Like just very simple cartoon art. Like you got the TV, you got the pint, you got the Nokia, and a [ __ ] wad of cash. Like it pretty much sums up what you're about to listen to. >> Yes, for sure. Another strong project. Again, this guy doesn't miss. >> People are going to get sick of us talking about him. [laughter] Like, god damn it, this guy's good. We get it. I have to like seriously every time he drops like I feel like I have to cover it cuz I'm like this is at least as good as everything else that came out. >> Yeah. >> Mhm. >> No. And it's crazy the run that he's on right now. Like there's not been a single one that I'm like yeah that one I could do without. I will go back and revisit all of his projects and it's still going back to the very first album that he did with Alchemist. >> Price of Tea in China is uh is the first one. >> I mean it's crazy. And you know, then he's on this the Nicholas Craven [ __ ] too. Like when he locks in with a producer, it's just it's fire. >> Definitely. So yeah, that's Bully James and your boy Poska with 1LB. All right. Next, let's talk about Chromo with Foreign Standard. Chromo from the Netherlands. I don't know if I know any other rapper from the Netherlands. So that's unique right off the bat. >> He's got like a reference in there, too. He's like, "Man, where are you even from? What do you speak? like Danish or something like just kind of hinting at like >> who is this dude? >> And the album title as well, Foreign Standard, kind of pointing out the fact that there's a different standard for foreign rap. >> Yeah. >> No, there there seriously is. And like I don't know, this is another one that I really dug into cuz I didn't know Chromo like I didn't know him by name. Uh turns out we all probably know a lot of his [ __ ] music. He's been like a background industry producer for a minute. When I was reading through him, I was like, "Holy [ __ ] he did this." Like, I had no idea he had something to do with this beat, like some massive artists and stuff. And he's 20, 28 years old. >> I had no idea. >> What? Not to mention, this project was fully self-produced. >> Fully written, engineered, produced. >> Damn, that makes this album a lot more impressive. >> Yeah, it's crazy. And um his sample or his style is so much like the art of the flip kind of thing. Like I know like one of the first singles that he put out was look at the moon which is uh Brent Fyz flip. So the whole beat is centered on this Brent Fyz song. And I mean like even his hook in it is like a pitched down Brent Faz like lyrics from the or sample from the song and [ __ ] >> That's kind of like his thing. He'll he'll take like a lot of 90s R&B like a lot of Aaliyah samples and stuff like that. He'll take like her vocals and do like pitch downs, flips, chop them, and like so much of it is structured around that. And he's somehow able to take sounds and songs that are not at all melodic rap and like manipulate it into almost an unrecognizable version of the song unless like you want to recognize parts of it. Like I had to read about production to figure out like, oh, this is like a bunch of sample flips, like even drum patterns, like all sorts of elements. >> I literally had no idea. I didn't think there was a single sample on there. >> That's Yeah, that's what I'm saying. >> Actually, there was one thing that I was wondering if it is sampled. And that is on the song Rush. I was wondering if he's sampling actual Cardi ads or if he's just really good at imitating them. >> Oh, yeah. That's the one where I was like, "Oh, that sounds like Cardi." Yeah. >> What? >> What? What? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. No, I was I feel like now like knowing that he has so many ties to the industry and like artists like big artists, I feel like it wouldn't be that big of a stretch for him to be like, "Hey, could I use that, you know, like there's a there's a chance kind of thing that it is actually Cardi." >> Yeah. Or I mean, maybe he just sampled and didn't get permission, but or you know, or regardless, but he's just a sample rather than getting Cardi in the studio. >> Right. For this being melodic rap, I felt like there was a lot of introspection. Like he really he talks about like his relationships with his mom and dad. He talks about like his relationships with money. He was like I was young dude 19 3k a month blew it all on video games. A young dude dumb 2K my player 99 overall but I didn't have money in my pocket so I couldn't ball. He had to have blown up at like 17 18 like making this kind of money. >> That's wild. So he's like, "Yeah, I just sat in my video, sat in my room, like played video games, blew all that shit." No, for this being melodic rap or whatever you want to call it. Like I really felt like there was serious lyricism to it as well. It wasn't just about the vibes, >> right? No, that's a good point. Yeah. There's also another lyric. He says something along the lines of like, "If I didn't take that 100k, I'd be a millionaire by now." Which seems to be a common notion from like certain smaller artists. >> That's the industry. probably a deal or something. >> Yeah. Like he might have got a pub deal or something or it might have been it might have been a label signing, but you know these these companies will take advantage of the fact that you've never seen 100K before and you know it's it's going to completely change your life, but then you know it disappears a few years later >> or it's 100K but you get no percentage, no points, nothing, >> right? >> They're like here's 100K because we know you're worth [ __ ] 6 mil, you know? It's like we're going to underell the [ __ ] out of you but like you said, Jacob, you've never seen this before. So, you're [music] not >> It's life-changing money to you, but you know, we got millions, so what's 100K to us? >> But hey, I hope I hope uh Chromo is in a good situation now. And I hope that his solo career can really take off. >> Is this his debut album? I'm just going through his albums real quick here. Yeah, that's the only two that he's got. So, he had Velvet Fatigue and Foreign Standard. >> So, he had one from last year. Okay. >> Yeah, but again, Velvet Fatigue, no features. Foreign Standard has one feature, Koshis, which I'm a bit of a Koshis nerd. I love him um for being like underground. He's kind of a kind of a titan in that scene. And so like kind of sweet to see that that was the only person that he put on the project. Spurs is the one that he's on with that. But yeah, this was a sweet project. And then all the visuals for this one too were they were all like colorcoordinated filmed throughout the Netherlands. So they did like colorcoordinated outfits with backdrops to like kind of match the feeling of the song. So it was like I don't know. There's a lot of thought that went into this. >> I should check out some of those visuals. That sounds cool. >> Even just like the canvases that I've seen like the short clips or whatever on Spotify and stuff are like >> they're pleasing to the eye, you know? They've got like really cool like filter overlays on the cameras and stuff like that. And >> yeah, I love that cover too. >> Yeah. No, the whole thing I'm Yeah. I was so so so shocked. I didn't know what to expect. I'd never heard of him. And then I' I've listened to this one four times, five times. I'm not even going to lie. Like I just keep going back to it. Good [ __ ] Well, that is Chromo with Florence Standard. And speaking of artists with strong visuals, I want to talk about Mold Hands next with his project spore. Consistent visuals always in this looks like a 3D scan or something. >> Yeah. It was like done in Blender or something. >> Yeah, it looks like a render. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> But we've been following Mold Hands through his singles this year, which has been fire. Now we got a full length. And uh was interesting that none of those singles are on this, which is cool because this is all new stuff, which is dope. Like I was really expecting >> Flash, I think. >> Flash. Yes. Thanks. Yeah, we covered Flash. That was >> super dope single. I was sure that was going to be on here cuz it's like one of his biggest songs. And uh he went ahead and gave us only new stuff, which is really cool. >> Yeah. He did an EP like Mudslide in 24, but other than that, it has been straight singles since 2024 up till now with Sport, >> right? Yeah. And like to talk about the sonics of it a little bit. It's such an interesting fusion. Like there's rage elements and there's like melodic rap elements and there's that new school distortion on the vocals and like to where where the the bass comes in, it sounds so loud that it starts to rumble the vocals and the vocals sound like they're not >> slapping or something. >> But it sounds clean. Like it sounds clean and satisfying and I I literally even as an audio engineer I don't know how he's doing >> I was going to ask you about that. Yeah. [laughter] >> To me I was like it sounds crazy but I it's not making me crazy. So, it's like, >> which normally rage, distorted rage makes me go like, "Okay, I've had 30 minutes of this. I've I got a headache now." And not in a bad way, but I'm just like, it kind of made my head spin. >> This doesn't do that. >> It's clean. >> I don't know how he gets it so clean. Like, I would seriously pay money to look around like poke around in his DAW sessions because >> I don't know what he's doing. >> Maybe he really, really, really passes through every little frequency or whatever, you know, and >> Yeah, >> it seems pretty detailed. >> No. And I'm trying to see like some of the credits if it's just him. I'm pretty sure. Yeah, it's just him. >> Yeah, I believe we found that out when we were covering Flash. Like he produces and I think engineers himself. So >> yeah, production and engineer mold hands composition and lyrics. >> Super talented. I'm guessing just like bedroom producer, you know? It sounds like just someone just do able to just do it all themselves. Really impressive. >> Yeah. >> I don't know. He does kind of strike me. I know we were talking about it, Jacob. He strikes me as like kind of bit of a nerd in a good way. Like >> Oh yeah, we were talking about that take two lyric. [laughter] >> Yeah. Where he's uh whiskey tango fox trot it takes two or something and like that's like the hook like it gets repeated multiple times. >> That was fire. >> Yeah. The lyrics are sick on his stuff, but that's not even like the main point, you know? But I have caught a few times him talking about like my girl thinks whatever. And so like it always does feel like it's just some dude doing this. And like I love that >> it's cool because he's like anonymous and but he does just like talk about just some regular real [ __ ] He talks about video games, talks about his girl, talks about [ __ ] he used to do in college on one line. I remember talking I think he even ended a verse with like, "Oh, and I got I got a kid now." or something like that. And I was like, "Okay." Like he's just the guy. [laughter] >> Yeah. It's really dope. I was impressed. Not a super long project either. Like if you're into the sound, you'll you'll know if you're into the sound after one song or even just listen to Flash. Like if you like Flash, you'll probably like this project. >> No, it's facts. >> Dope project. Mold Hands with Spore. All right, next. Let's talk about something completely different. Let's talk about RJ Payne with my prediction is Pain EP >> has a board and your brain splattered on the wall. >> Oh my god, that's so funny, dude. I was going to say that >> fighting music. >> I was going to point [laughter] out that exact same thing. I love it when he goes Pre on the beats, Teiso on the boards, and your brains on the wall. Oh, he does that like three or four times. [laughter] >> So funny, man. >> So good. And he had heavy hitters outside of Pre. It was Stew Bangers and Sea Lance >> doing the right production. >> Nice. Last project that we covered of his, he was doing less street bars, which we like commended. And of course, as often happens, you get a certain section of your fan base that says, "No, no, no. We want the street [ __ ] again, Pay." So, here we go. Back to the street [ __ ] >> That intro, man. >> Yeah. He talks about that on the intro. They start asking where's the growth pain? [laughter] >> Where's the growth? >> But that street [ __ ] is clearly comfortable territory for him, man. He handles these beats with ease. Like my favorite was the last song, Let Me Cook. [snorts] >> Mhm. >> I actually thought it wasn't long enough. Pause. [music] >> I was like, damn, that's it. Like, it kind of left us wanting more, but it was, you know, it's an EP, so you can't expect too much. But yeah, >> the bars on this were just insane. I was really impressed for a 14minute EP. This is another one that I've again listened to over and over and over and over again. Like I'm just I really [ __ ] like it. It's so cool to see like how independent he is, how indie he's stayed, you know, like just through his whole career. He's dropped on his own label, Beautiful Pain Entertainment. It's with PA Dre, which is like his go-to producer >> who we covered last week on Inspected X Project. >> Mhm. And so then you've got the one the sole feature Mickey Facts. >> Yes. >> They complement each other so well, dude. They both bring bars that are like, "Okay, it feels like y'all are battle rapping on this track right now." Like, >> right. >> What was really cool for me to hear was that the album debuted and actually ended up on Apple Music's playlist bars, which is >> Oh, nice. >> not easy to do, you know? Like that's typically [ __ ] Drake, that's Playboy Cardi, that's your big names. And so, >> okay, wow. >> To be an indie artist and get this kind of tip of the cap from Apple Music is that's crazy to me. >> That's dope. >> Just fully independent roll out like all of it. So, I feel like this not to say that this is like a turning point in his career or something like that. But, I just feel like it's >> it's going to help >> kind of it's going to help, but it's also like indicative of where listeners are musically. Like, >> Mhm. >> I don't feel like 3 years ago this would have been on bars, you know? we would have been like, "No, where's Playboy Card's album? Where's like where's the Rage music? Where's yada yada?" So, >> I'm excited just to see kind of I know we've talked about it before how like rap is not pop anymore. Like it it had its run. >> The landscape has changed. Yeah. >> Yeah. It's just not the top genre anymore like it was. And so that in my opinion is a good thing cuz it's less commercially flooded. It's less like push the algorithm for success. It's it's like letting indie artists breathe. that's letting new styles, not new styles, but like >> different styles kind of shine. >> Well, it's like if you want a pop, you actually have to have something that's stand out >> and not just like a pop template of like >> I hate even mentioning the name, but like at one point mustard like the mustard beats were like >> if you get on a mustard beat, you know you're getting on the on the, you know, the top. And like >> I think people got annoyed at Mustard and I really hated that cuz Mustard was just being great. It's not his fault. >> [laughter] >> He's he didn't change anything. It's just everyone was like, "I like that sound now." He's like, "All right, perfect. Cuz that's what I do." [laughter] >> Let's go. You know, and then he got all the the requests and, you know, he put out a 100 beats in a year or whatever. And >> dude, >> but it's it's now Yeah. these guys are just getting like a some breathing room to kind of actually pop and hopefully have other people too maybe never heard this kind of sound. >> Yeah, that's the thing about the bars playlist that really made me happy. I was like, "Yo, this is going to reach a whole different audience." I also thought like um How dare you? The track, he has a bar on there that this one took bar of the week for me. It was the stick by my belly named Nelly. One hit and it's going down, baby. >> Just like, dude. >> Yeah. He's got >> Yeah. >> But Ain't Nobody Safe. That beat was disgusting, dude. The intro synth line, I was like, "Oh, let me let me rewind that. [laughter] Let me hear that again." It's just this like gritty bass synth that comes in. It's just I thought this whole EP was super sick. >> Yeah, man. Killed it for all 14 minutes. Excellent work, R.J. Payne with My Prediction is Pain EP. Cool. So, last thing we're going to talk about this week is Buster Rhymes featuring Lil Wayne produced by J Dilla. Talk your [ __ ] single off the upcoming Diligence 2, which will be out by the time you're hearing this. Super excited for that. Dude, this went crazy. And you know what's even crazier? This marks the first time Wayne has ever been on a Dilloughby, which is epic. >> You know how like I feel like it's just stylistically maybe if anything, but like >> Wayne's always been very um like in-house producers, a lot of like you know that's his sound and like very protected from external influences cuz he's always had the whole thing of like I only listen to my own music and and nothing else. But I mean he did so much like he has like thousands of songs features and everything. So, I don't even know if if there is a reality where he could have, you know, done more, I guess, with different producers, but like >> it was really interesting to me. And like I'm a huge Wayne fan. I've I've I'm sure I've pretty much heard every Wayne song that exists. Like this was very different. >> Very very different. It's a it's a cadence where, you know, to me like like Wayne's a goat, but like it almost sounded like it was maybe just a different cadence for him that he hadn't really gotten before. Like it it just felt weird. It felt challenged. The beat really made him get out of his comfort zone which was epic. So >> too to know like since his writing process and like listening and recording and just like beat picking like all that is so public to hear that he this somehow came across his radar. Someone played in this beat whether Busta has already had his verse on it or not. Like for him to go, "Yeah, let me let me hop on that is kind of [ __ ] crazy." Cuz like to your point Matt, this is not his typical lane. And I feel like that speaks to the power of Jay Dilla, too. like just the ability to grab >> artists that you would never ever ever think would end up on a like a Slum Village type beat like >> Yeah. The Wayne verse was a verse that leaked I think in like 2022 on a David Banner beat I want to say. >> Oh, I know that. >> Yeah. Like Wayne stuff always leaks cuz like it's just he's got so much, right? >> Yeah. >> See, David Banner is something I've heard Wayne like rap on. So I'm I'm happy it ended up on a Jay Dilla. >> Yeah, dude. [ __ ] it. >> Interesting. And him and Busta just they sound so good together. >> Yeah, >> I wanted more. Like I have to say I was like it it felt like 16 the 16 bar was just too short for Wayne. Like I I wanted more of it and so I don't know if we're going to get more maybe on the album or whatnot. Like it's is this was really really like I have to say in the catalog of Wayne this was a very like a box I think that he hadn't checked. >> That's so fun dude which is crazy. I mean, his career spans early 90s to now. And to say like, oh yeah, he just notched another thing on his belt, you know? It's like, what? >> Yeah. This late into his career. Yeah. [laughter] >> And like the J deal of beat too, like I found like it it they really again like they picked something that is not easy to necessarily rap on. Like it has a very specific kind of cadence to to jump onto. >> So I'm really interested to hear what kind of weird stuff is going to be on the album. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, >> man. Like there could be a lot of weird pockets with a JL beat and like Bust is the kind of guy where like Bust's flow pretty much goes with how good the beat is. >> Yeah. >> So I mean like >> that's a good way to put it. >> Yeah, that's fair >> because he's so talented but he is also like very similar to Wayne. Like he has his style, you know, like his and his style isn't necessarily the sonics of what beat he's on, but it's just his flow, his voice. Sometimes you try and put two things together and they they don't like really complement each other. This felt like what the [ __ ] am I listening to right now in the best way. Like the drums are very like light almost like it's not that heavy. It just felt like soft and airy and just let their [ __ ] [ __ ] ride which was really cool. >> And Buster to me has I would say top 10 one of the best hip-hop voices like just like like a rap voice. He has a really really that's a very good voice. >> True. >> So for it to be on such a light kind of production like Yeah. This was just this was perfect. And what you said, Jacob, if there's a full folder for him of J Dilla Beats, man, >> he's going off on those things. And this is their second project. You can check out Diligence, the first Diligence to hear, you know, full project of of Busta on Dilla Beats. But upcoming Diligence 2. We will be covering that next week. So, we got that to look forward to. That's the Buster Rhymes featuring Lil Wayne Talk Your [ __ ] single. And that's everything we're going to cover this week. Before we get into releases for next week, let's do plugs. For me, I mixed and mastered a track for an artist named AJH and another artist named Ricky26K. You can follow Frequency Overflow on Instagram, Frequency Overflow, and you can hear our beats at frequencyoverflow.com. What do you got, Matt? What do you want to plug? >> You can follow me at Silk Velvet Records. Check out Lucious Beat Thunder. We're going to have some new music coming out soon and we're going to be working on some content and stuff like that, too. Yeah. Better get a sneak peek, Matt. >> Yeah. Coming soon. Coming soon. >> Good stuff. What do you want to plug, Gav? >> I have been just getting back into beats again. Finally. Things starting to settle down in the in the personal end of things. And so, I've been starting to craft a bit more and just put together some beat packs. And really excited, man. Feeling feeling reinvigorated. So, it's been it's been good. But yeah, you can check out everything that I've got up so far on all my socials. Pride by lunar.g find me, check me out, follow me, hit me up for beats, anything that you're looking for. >> Good [ __ ] Releases coming up next week. We have Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats. Stoked for that one. >> Part two, baby. That is still my favorite Denzel album. So excited for this. >> And then, of course, as we just talked about, Buster Rhymes and J Dilla. And then we also have releases from K Trap, Rap City, Shaun Leon, Skila, Baby, Ankle, John, and Nate Sib. >> And we're getting another Skila. >> Another Skila. >> Perilla. >> Let's go. >> And that's our show. 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