Young Thug & YSL, Czarface & Frankie Pulitzer, NoLimit TC & Trippie Redd

[music] This is Friday to Friday, your weekly rap wrap-up, going through our favorite releases in [music] rap and hiphop from Friday, August 28th to Friday, September 4th. 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 Lunar G. >> What's good? as well as producer and artist manager hailing from Montreal, Canada, Matt Kerier. >> Yo, what's good? >> Last but not least, artist, producer, and DJ hailing from the Twin Cities, Minnesota, Terry V. >> Yeah, what's up? >> All right, before we get into our picks for this week, here's the full list of artists that dropped projects. Long ass list today. I'll try to get through it quickly. We got Afro, Angelo Moda, Bartisian Water and Smoke Dope 2016, Boo Haven, Boozy Badass and Sea Murder, Chass, Zarface and Frankie Pulitzer, E40, Erica Badu and the Alchemist, Fat Joe, GT, Petty1, Joe Prophecy, Jayworthy and George Clinton, Kerr, Lance Foe, Lim, Mike D, Knight, Lavell, No Limit TC, Rodmiz, and Maharala. Ali, Rodwave, the God Fahheim and Niko JP, the Diplomats aka Dipset, Trippy Red, Vory, Young Roto, Young Thug, and the YSL roster, YSL, Flow, and then we have a few EPs as well from Flavor, Michael Mills or Mikill Mills, Ted, Ruchcci, and lastly, our very own Terry Ve dropped his EP Cycles this week. Definitely worth a listen as well as everything else we're going to talk about today. First release of the week. Let's talk about Trippy Red with # NDA. This is the sequel to the recent NDA. At first, I thought maybe this was Besides this was not the main intention, but the first song right off the bat is such a strong vibe. It was a great way of immediately letting the audience know this isn't just the songs that didn't make the first NDA. Cuz that song had me all week. It's my song of the week, actually. >> Don't wait for me. >> Don't wait for me. Don't wait for me. Don't wait for me. >> Yeah, >> dude. I can't help but dance when I hear that. Come on. This shit's good, dude. >> It's got such a strong vibe. >> I'm happy you did it in two albums cuz I feel like when you do the whole like disc one, disc two, like by the time you get to disc two, you're kind of like tired, right? Like like this one kind of gave like breathing room and like I jumped in not knowing what to expect and I got to fully like enjoy it without having to go through another album before. Man, it was it worked. Crazy roll out to every song as a video. That's what I love too is that like he dropped all the videos when the album dropped. Like I I sat and watched it all before I actually just like listened to it in headphones. And I got to say, King of the World, that is a crazy [ __ ] video. I love that video. I I feel like a lot of people videos like you have to over complicate it, right? Like you have to rent six cars and like drive one off like a building on some Fast and Furious stuff. Like the videos are all very like he's in a room with maybe one other person, two, three other people and it's it's just like vibes. Like it's just it's very like canvasy but like it works like it's it just it feels like a looped kind of video. like he's not really changing locations or like >> No, but he does the videos with the kids and I got to say Kiss the Ring where it's his face up in the sky [ __ ] rapping with the kids from uh Want to Fly Away like [music] I don't know what the thematic idea was with all of them but like that one stood out to me like him just up in the clouds as like singing his song and then I think it's wannabe trillionaire if I'm not mistaken. Yeah. Where the girl is on the roof shooting the bow and arrow with her feet. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. and it's like [laughter] whizzing past him while he's singing like that [ __ ] was dude that had me >> just kind of like I was like what in the in a good way, you know? I was like this is so sick, dude. >> And that one concept he takes and he makes like a full cuz that's the the video for the entire thing like is is the whole like bow and arrow thing. Even there was one video where he's dancing with like an older woman and like that's the entire video. It's just 3 minutes of that. But it's not boring. It matches with the song. You get a vibe with each one and it just it goes well together. It definitely follows the same kind of formula with NDA where it was just like very like you said it's aesthetically pleasing and like matches the the vibe of the song which I thought was sick. >> Mhm. There was a sample I don't know if you guys caught it on emo pop. That song I'm I'm not I didn't see it anywhere else but I'm pretty sure it samples you know the song Light Your Ass by Fel and Buster Rimes. >> Yep. Buster Rhymes. Yeah. The drum the um the drum the drum beatum. Yeah. Yeah. >> [music] >> That's it. Yeah, that's >> And the way he used it cuz like that original song is a very like it's a very I don't know how else to describe it. Like a horny like just very club kind of beat, right? But on emo pop like he he uses it in a more like he turns it into like a Drake type song. >> That ATL feel. You got ATL Jacob on it which I thought was sick. His tag is like modulated and [ __ ] Tuck your chain, dude. That was a snippet. That [ __ ] hook is so stuck in my head. This to me feels like it could have been an entry in a love letter to you. Like that series with the like the first I don't know half or like third of the of the album. Not super rap heavy, but like a lot more melodic, a lot of singing and like still has like hooks and still has like rap beats, but this felt like old Trippy Red to me mixed with like just modern music. >> The second I heard the first song, I was like I I think right away I texted you guys. I was like, "No, Gab, you're going to love this." It's it it [laughter] felt like like right away first song I was like, "Oh, Trip at Night. Like, what's what are we about to kind of get into, right?" And it it was kind of just a little bit of everything. He knew what people wanted to hear, >> bro. I'm not mad that NDA is taking a while to come out cuz this shit's quality. Like, there's no I have no complaints about either of the projects. Personally, >> I didn't feel like any of them were like kind of boring songs or anything. like the if it wasn't super lyrically heavy, the beats were and like vice versa. >> I feel like he did phenomenal with it. >> Yeah, >> the production was by far my favorite part of the project. I don't listen to a whole lot of Trippy Red, but this this project was wavy. Like when Matt sent that text out, I had it in the background I was playing. I just let it play through. I love the melodic joints on here. Want to fly away, King of the World, Kiss the Ring, and um emo pop. Those are I mean just just how sonically this album sounds. I love these type of beats. My cousins who I do music with, they rap on this type of [ __ ] So hearing this and hearing Trippy's voice on it was dope. >> I had different saves than you guys. It's interesting. I liked I mean it seemed like we all liked Don't Wait for Me. >> Yeah. Can't not like that one. >> Yeah. Right. >> But for me, I had Keep Flying. It was like a really unique complexely layered beat with these odd squeaky synths driving the whole thing. Sounds like futuristic pop music. I really like that one. And then Being Myself featuring Teesus was like super hypnotic, droney kind of sense. But >> that was a good one. Yeah. >> Yeah. I like the ones you guys mentioned, too. But for me also, like I will say I know on first listen if a trippy song is going to get playlisted or not. For me, there's nothing more that gets revealed in future listens. It's like kind of surface level music. >> Mhm. like I listened through it one time, playlisted the three songs that I liked and like I didn't really feel the need to go back and listen to it as a full project, but that's also coming from someone that's not traditionally a Trippy Red fan. More just a fan of specific songs. So, >> I hadn't heard of Gigi Holland before and Rock the Bed was fire as [ __ ] >> I looked into him right away. He sounded like um he sounded like little like autotune Lil Wayne like autotune Lil Wayne like the you know >> almost a little bit too much. I was like, "Okay, let me look into this guy." 2026. >> I didn't know if they were doing that intentionally cuz with Rock the Bed, basically Bedrock, I didn't know if that's the vibe they was going for cuz he sounded like he sound just like Wayne. >> I'm all like maybe this is just a homage to Wayne. Bedrock is a weird Wayne song that homage, but you know that album that song made it meant something to them. >> Mhm. And I looked into him and like it's it's weird. So he's he has I guess it's like an independent label or whatever. It's called American Young Money. So, for a second I was like, "Oh, is Young Money making a comeback?" Like Birdman is is starting it up. >> American Hot Boy is another one of his singles, too. >> And I looked into him and no, he seems like he's just I guess like an unknown guy who just kind of likes to do that sound. And I looked through his music. There's some decent stuff on there. That's a crazy collab to get. When I checked his monthly listeners, he was at like I think 15K and that was already a few days after [music] >> and now he's at 60 now. Yeah. >> Nice. And he's got a song Trillionaire Club too from 2026. [music] Really interested. I feel like this is someone that like Trippy found and was like, "Yo, let's blow you up kind of [music] thing." Trillionaire Club, which is the whole like theme of this #NDA is like trillionaire club, trillionaire trillionaire. >> It sounds good. I don't mind it when he says it when there's that little voice repeating it, you know? But I have no idea what it is. >> Seems like it's just his crew/the theme for the album. Yeah, like the aesthetic for it cuz it's I think you said it, Matt, that this felt or sounds expensive, you know, is like the best way to put it. It sounds like like luxury music almost like I don't know. >> Trillion dollars, but Yeah. Yeah, for sure. >> I maybe this goes without saying this is too obvious, but also it's just trippy trillionaire. I think he's just >> somewhat of a play on words a little bit. >> Yeah. >> Damn. Didn't think of that. >> Trapilian. >> It's catchy. I like the adlib. I like the girl trillionaire club. >> Yeah, that's it. Cuz they didn't mention Trillion Art Club on NBA, did they? >> No. No. >> No. That just like came out of nowhere. That's why I was like, I don't know what that is about personally. I will say he talks about his kids, which I thought was interesting. Like including his baby, take her first steps over a phone call while away on tour. So, I don't know like what the motivation behind this project was personally. There's not as much like info on it. And it didn't feel as personal to me. Like it did as emotional as it felt. Like there are some like more like intimate feeling songs. The content of it didn't like give me like a oh I know what this is about kind of feeling. It kind of still like after admittedly listening to it like 10 times through. I like how it sounds. I really like the songs. Like I just but I don't there's not like a reason behind it for me personally. >> Yeah. I think it's just some good some good trippy songs. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Not nearly as many features as the first NDA, but the features that were there were really solid, including Tezus, which will transition us over into Slime Language 3, Young Thug and YSL. One of my favorite songs on there was Teesus and Diamond featuring Quo. Thought that song was pretty fire. >> Oh, that I'm surprised cuz that that was one of my least favorite songs. We're we're going to about to have some different saves. >> Well, we'll have to see. It might be very different. Jesus and Diamond featuring Cra. I like that one a lot. This was just such a long bloated project. It took a while to really pick out the songs I liked, but you know, the good ones are good. It's just it's kind of difficult to get through the whole thing. Honestly, >> those first two songs were just pretty trash. >> The second one I liked. So, the second one I did not like the first time. I didn't like it the third time, but now I'm I'm getting into that whole It's not rage, but it's kind of like um I'm sure there's like an engineering term for it where it's just like screechy. [laughter] >> I don't know. >> Oh, all the distortion or >> distortion. That's it. Like the bass is very very distorted. But yeah, I actually the second song I liked and I like the Young Thug verse on it. It was uh Rob 492 comes in at the end. >> That's kind of what happened to me with what's up mammy. The third song. The beat is like so good that it's bad, which I thought was like a thing that only happened with film and TV, but I guess it happens with songs, too. [laughter] >> You know, like a horror movie is like so bad it's good. But >> it sounded like two of the s are in contrasting keys at a couple points. >> I something was bothering me about it. >> At the same time, it's kind of cool like how insane the sense are layered cuz it sounds like evil and dissonant [clears throat] in in like a cool way. So, I actually end up really liking What's Up, Mammy. That's one of my favorite ones on there. >> I'm glad you go to a third song cuz now we can go to the fourth song. How did you feel about Mob Guys from an engineer perspective? To me, that sounded so disgustingly mixed. >> Yeah. No, it's trash. It's really >> I I enjoyed I was trying to enjoy the beat cuz the beat kind of has that that like like it's it quo on it and it kind of like it it has that energy. Quo would be good on it, but like I can't discern the drums from each other. Like I I can't tell what the beat is. >> Sounds like mush. >> Yeah, function is my That's my repeat one. >> Function. Okay. >> Yeah, function was >> not one of my saves, >> but that apparently is a thug verse from like 2017, apparently. >> Okay. The the beat sounds like it, too. The beat sounds like 2017 thug. >> Mhm. >> And I felt the same way about Believe That song. Believe that. It sounded like a classic Thug song. >> Yeah. >> Sounded like something at Barter 6. >> Club Outside. I found Lil Baby like for me the past two years I feel like the verses don't hit like Baby used to hit. >> Cut it the same. >> Yeah, >> bro. He fell off and I hate saying that. I don't know what happened. Like he had bars >> and now it's just like I don't know if it if it's his like his vocal mix or something, but like it's just not hitting the same. Like he used to just be like really clear crispy vocals and [ __ ] and like I feel like there's been a lot more distortion and [ __ ] on him lately and I just really rock with it. The songwriting. I feel like his songwriting sounds a lot less inspired. >> Honestly, it's everything. >> As the novelty of Little Baby start to worn off some because >> like when it first came out, like it's not that it's like overly different, but just the energy and the passion he had when he when he was first dropping records and stuff was a lot different from now. I don't know if it's just >> Yep. >> Yeah. Like in the NBA, you can tell when some players are just, you know, there for a check. And so some artists, you can just tell when they Yeah. Phony. Thank you. phoning it in. Some guys are just phoning it in now. >> Man, speaking of phoning it in, this song, [laughter] >> it was supposed to be a crowd-pleaser with the features list on it. >> No crowds were pleased. >> Yeah. And it's just like it's a waste of the features. It's like by putting Travis Scott Future and Yeet at first Yeet was on it. You're like telling the audience like you should be invested in this. >> Yeah. >> But I don't know why they chose this beat. Every thug album has the Travis Scott song that is like the one that like the holy grail of all the songs on the album. This might have been one of the worst ones. >> Yeah, >> except Ye. Ye did his thing though. I will say Yeet fit well on it and then when I found out a few days later it was removed. I was like, "Ah, okay. Well, >> see, I didn't even catch it. >> I would have loved to have catched it, caught that. Didn't get >> Futures verse is so phoned in." I mean, a lot of Futures verses are are phoned in, but sometimes that's what I like about them. And like you can kind of tell like you know this is future vibing. >> You're like nice. >> It felt weird especially how close Thug and Future are. Like it just felt like four bars kind of spaced out to make like a 16. >> Yeah. I don't know. I feel like they're chasing something is the best way to put it cuz like the other Slime Language entries were [ __ ] hard in my opinion and like I had a bunch of saves from them even if I didn't like vibe with every song on there. this one. All the songs that you guys have shouted out and been talking about so far. And like what I've heard, >> honestly, the only one that I've actually kind of liked so far, you guys haven't even mentioned is We Dead and it's got Trippy on it. >> Trippy's deep voice. I'm like, I love when he does that like evil sound. >> Mhm. And it starts off with him, too. It's just like catchy. The beats, this like trilled out. >> Yeah, We Dead is fire. That's one of my saves for sure. I really liked We Dead. And then the song right after that as well. Bulgari. >> Yo, that one grew on me. >> How did you guys get through it? >> I've had that one on repeat. I did not realize it was 8 minutes. >> Me neither. I had no idea that that was such a long song. I've just been listening to it without fire. [laughter] >> And the tug hook is like it's like it's four words, but they just sound so good together. Man, >> that one grew on me. I like Biggest since Michael Jack. I'm not a Georgina fan, but Georgiana, but I like that one. >> Sound good. You can tell we're kind of just randomly going through it saying, "I like this one. Sort of like this one." Because that's what this album did for us as listeners. Like it's just kind of hard to get through it and it's just kind of a scattered mess. So like it's kind of hard to not make the review a scattered mess. >> Yeah. The Hood of Atlanta, that was one of the singles that came out. >> I didn't like it at first at all at all at all. The mix is like I don't know if there's like a low pass on the entire thing, but it just sounds very kind of low. Now it it kind of grew on me. I like it. I like the float. >> Also, snakes on my collar. That was one that grew on me. >> Yeah. >> And then my last save was Fernando Mendoza. Did you have any other saves? >> Yeah. So, I had um Say Thatat. Say That to me was again one of those classic like 2018 Thug songs. Baddies with Cash Coane was cool. >> Okay. >> And yeah, you said already. Yeah. Snakes on My Color. Uh yeah. No, that was that was pretty much it. Yeah. Uh there was also consummate. Consummate I didn't like as the single and now that I'm hearing it part of the album I'm like okay that's why it was the single. Like it's definitely one of the better constructed songs. By the way I don't think we really said Yeets's verse was pulled. The rumor is that Travis Scott basically told Young Thug you got to I'm not going to be on a song with Ye. You got to either remove my verse or remove Yeets and you decided to remove Yeets and it's because on Yeets's last album he worked with Kylie Jenner. So anyways, that's the rumor with that with that garbage. >> Yeah, it's [ __ ] That's ego. It's annoying. >> And the best part on the song to me was Ye, >> which is like >> should have removed Travis's [laughter] man. >> What do you guys think? Like who had the better verse than to be real? And >> if that's the case, yeah, that's some [ __ ] >> And it didn't sound like a Travis type beat, which I'm not saying you only need to put Travis on those types of beats, but like it just >> I don't know. >> It hit more like a beat. like the mix, the [ __ ] just busyiness of it. Like that felt like a rage Molly song to me. Like >> he was at home on it for sure. >> Mhm. Damn. I'm going to have to find that verse on YouTube then cuz now I want to hear it. >> Yeah, I can probably find it somewhere. Production-wise, it's interesting to me that Doug is successfully staying relevant with the beat choices on this project. That's a conscious choice of his to adopt that new sound. He's from an older generation of trap music and uh I think it's interesting that he wants to invite these type of artists onto his label and and make him such a big part of his new sound. >> Well, even with like the first Ooey Scooty, he had Ken featured, you know, like he's definitely trying to like reach that side of things, you know, like this new generation of like the underground sound and like the new trap. Like, you can't even call it underground anymore. It was a few years ago, but like just that new rage style. So, >> right. >> Yeah. Which is weird, you know, if he's trying to accomplish that to pull Yeets's verse, who's like arguably the biggest artist of that sound right now. >> Yeah. >> I don't know. Felt like a bit of a miss. My last note on this is I'll say so for me as someone who's been a bit starved with thug music. A lot of the times on this album that I found myself enjoying a beat, I found myself also just thinking like I'd prefer to hear Thug on this than whoever is currently rapping. Like that kept happening. I was like, I wonder how Thug would sound on this. Or then there would be a Thug verse and then it's just like I don't need to really hear anyone else's. like always SL to me the distortion at first I didn't like and then it was the thug verse that kind of got me into it and I find that a lot of the sounds on this album is a lot of like which again I understand it's his it's his label but it's a lot of people trying to emulate the tones that Doug can do very well and so for me it's like I kind of just want Doug doing those tones instead of other people doing Doug tones >> imitations >> feel like he's trying to pass the baton in a sense >> I want him to keep it [laughter] >> yeah no I feel that but I'm just curious I'm It feels like he might be wanting to not like step away or something, but just almost set up like his label to kind of potentially, you know, like not have to be there type [ __ ] if possible. >> And he has a very like you can tell he he likes to have people around him. He likes to like help people. He I think he gets pleasure and confidence from, you know, putting people on and stuff like that. >> Mhm. >> And I think unfortunately with everything that happened with with Weissell, I think he's just trying to [music] kind of create a family again. You know, it's kind of >> Yeah, I've sensed that, too. >> I can respect that. I can respect that. And I'm I I really really [ __ ] with Thug and Ooey Scooty was tough for me personally. Like that that album was like real hit or miss. >> And then I didn't really listen to Ooey Scooty Boys because of that. So then it was just like I I understand the hype around like an SL3 like this is hey like we're back. I can respect it for what it is, but I definitely hear what you guys are saying, too. From like a a true musical standpoint, it's some of it's a bit rough. >> It's a good way to word it. >> Yeah, >> it was bloated. It was difficult to get through the whole thing to find the saves. I'm a big enough Thug fan to do it. Like, I don't even recommend it or expect anyone else to to take the time to listen through this 2-hour album to find those gems. I mean, we just told you what the good songs are, so you could just listen to us. But >> and this felt like Yeah, it feels like a fan album in that sense. >> Yeah, it's it's a crowd >> it it attempts to be a crowd-pleaser and it fails in a lot of in a lot of ways, but >> it has its moments. >> It's missing that hit cuz like like the last last two Slime Languages all had one or two songs that really really broke. Oh man, Ski was like and I'm pretty sure it charted too. It did really well. >> Mhm. >> Like that was like a whole whole hit. And like this one I if eaters was supposed to be that men >> miss. >> Well that is YSL with Slime Language 3. Next let's talk about something completely different which is what I like to say when we're switching from like trap to boom bap which is what's about to happen. We're talking about Zarface and Frankie Pulitzer with Zarface meets Frankie Pulitzer. That's the name of the album. All right, let me do a simple group member breakdown for you fellow hiphop nerds out there. We got Zarface, who is producer 7L with rappers Essoteric and Inspected Deck of Wuang. And this is a full project with rapper Frankie Pulitzer, aka actor Tom Hardy. I'm not super familiar with esoteric, so it took me some listens through to even like tell who is who. Yeah, >> I can like sometimes tell when it's inspect the deck, but even then like I'm used to listening to him in a big group with lots of different voices jumping around. But uh damn, Frankie probably got the best bars on this whole project. I was super impressed with uh Frankie Pulitzer on this project. My favorite line, hug the block, spin the block, leave your whip on cinder blocks, take your rims, roof your tims, make you hitchhike in your socks. this. He was just [ __ ] >> come on now. >> We got to shout out the Kathy got bars, huh? [laughter] >> Like >> the Kathy Beast bar, man. >> With Method Man on it, too, which just immediately for me, I was like, "Yo, I got to hear this." And then it is. >> Yeah. >> Aside from the first track, it's the most listened to on the album. >> That's Mad Technology, by the way. That song. >> Did you like Raw Forever with Buster? >> Bro, that [ __ ] went crazy. And Busta slips in so perfectly >> that like I was like, "Wait, wait, wait. Run that." That that was Busta. I was like, "Hold up." [laughter] You know, like it just >> I don't know what it was. This was just like he just blended perfectly. >> He knows how to find those pockets. Um in terms of beats like Buster knows how to find those pockets and bring that raw energy coming off Diligence 2, which came out last week. It was it was dope to hear Buster on some more some more dope on some more dope [ __ ] Definitely >> like this and Trippy Red were my two two repeat listens this week personally. Gnawing at my rhyme like a poisonous rat. That [ __ ] dude. I don't know. I love that little like talking sample at the beginning. Like this whole project is just like the the whole comic book theme like the super villains. Like it just it plays perfectly into it. >> Yeah, it's grimy as [ __ ] too. The music video specifically for Mad Technology was really interesting cuz Frankie has the last verse and I'm wondering like when's Tom Hardy going to pop out as Frankie and he pops out at the end with a mask on. So I don't even know if he just doesn't want that look to affect his acting career or if he's just really in character. >> I'm curious about that. >> Or this whole time there's a guy called Frankie Pulitzer that says he's Tom Hardy but he's not. >> That would be hilarious. [laughter] But if it's if you Google Zarface, if you just Google the word Zarface right now, Tom Hardy is the first thing that comes up because there's so many articles have been coming out written about this project. >> Well, because no one realized really I shouldn't say no one realized, but like this for some reason just got so many people's attention like, "Wait, that's not Marty?" >> And I was one of them. I was like, "Wait a second, what?" [laughter] I was like, "Hold on." And the possible reason why he hides his face could be why Doom hit his face or just the fact that he wants to keep that separate because it seems like this style of rap is is is more about the essence for him than it is about the notoriety that comes from being a rapper. So, I'm pretty sure he wants to separate it so he doesn't come off as a poser or anything like that. But no, he snapped on this project. What this album did make me think about was like those old Tony Hawk games >> because the hip-hop that they played on those games were just like underground backpack hip-hop and this and this album has a ton of those underground backpack hip-hop vibes which is which is dope. Which is dope. Maybe we get more of these artists who are are rapping on more of those um 2000 underground hip-hop beats like hieroglyphics type and and [ __ ] like that. >> Yeah. And that makes me think of uh the track featuring LP Dragon. Yeah, >> I like the LP verse. >> Yeah, that was one of the best verses on here was LP. He's He crushed it. Grim Visaged War. That song Tom Hardy does the Bane voice in the second half of it. Brings Bane back. >> So [ __ ] fire, bro. >> Yeah, it's pretty funny. >> I enjoyed this project. Brothers Grim. Yeah, Grim Vis Raw Forever. And then the Frankie, this title Frankie joint, too. Yeah, Frankie was one of my standouts that like by name I was like, "No, I remember that one." And I think it's just like the playful nature of that one like just grabs me big time. >> And that one's solo Frankie, too. He's the only vocalist on >> Pendra Morris. I don't know her, but she's uh she's featured on it as well. I think she just sings like the train or something though. >> Oh, okay. She's a singer on it. Okay, nice. Nice. >> But you know, Frankie was going off. Tom can spit, man. >> Frankie was showing off. He was just like, "This is my song. Here we go. We're going in. >> Yeah. >> And different voices, too. Like hella different tones that he's getting, which is not surprising, right? He's an actor. He can He's He's famous for these different, you know, for the Bane voice and everything. So, >> yeah. Like character roles. >> I think that's kind of what like helps him with that anonymity, too. Like, I don't know if that's fully intentional. Like, I feel like it's more creative than intentionally like trying to be anonymous. But like that's kind of part of what threw me off so much. I was like, you know, like it's hard to recognize his voice and be like, that's Tom Hardy's voice because he's got such a distinct voice and then once you know it's Tom Hardy, I'm like, I can't unhear it now. >> But like doing all the different voices and [ __ ] is uh just feels playful. It feels cool. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I liked it. I liked it a lot. Experiment your voice, man. That more so speaks to the creativity about it instead of trying to be cool and and everybody's trying to be cool when they rap and stuff like >> Right. Right. Like the Larry June flow is big now. I'm noticing a lot of people try to copy that flow, that little layback, cool, chill flow. And it's all like, no, throw some expression in your [ __ ] man. That's what makes it different. That's what makes it unique to you. >> Feel that? I suck in that. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. This was definitely one of my favorite projects this week. >> Yeah, definitely. I think I I really saved like most of it. Like Triple Helix, Omega Beam, That's Law were just a few that I don't think we had mentioned yet. >> And also, even the single songs sounded like three different songs in one. They do not stay on one vibe for too long. There's many I don't even think you can call them beat switches cuz beat switches makes me think of like in trap music when you're like, "Okay, switch to another vibe now." >> Like they were just doing more of switching samples. It didn't feel like a beat switch. It was just like a really indepthly arranged song. >> I would listen to it and be like, "Is this another song?" And then look at it and it's like still the same song that's playing. >> Exactly. I did that a few times, >> which was dope. Yeah, which is really dope. Hearing him makes me wish I took a a villain artist as an artist name. [laughter] >> You always have an alter ego with the mask. >> There we Hey, that might be it. [laughter] >> We won't tell. >> Just do some dog [ __ ] Yeah. No. >> Very. >> Yeah, we'll we'll chop it up offline. [laughter] >> Maybe some [ __ ] to play around with that. >> All right. Good [ __ ] Well, really strong core hip-hop New York boom bap [ __ ] Highly recommend this to anybody that likes that sound. This is one of the best albums in that sound of this year, I would say. >> And that was Zarface and Frankie Pulitzer with Zarface meets Frankie Pulitzer. All right, last release we're going to talk about this week is a lesserk known artist that I became a huge fan of this week. This was a total surprise hit for me. No limit TC with Mr. Mhm. I was saying Mr. MHM for like half the week and then I finally picked up on the lyric where the the chorus is saying Mr. >> Anyways, >> no limit from Kansas City, Missouri. He's with 100K management and the label remain solid which are run by the same guy 100K Track. Really impressive mix of R&B trap and alternative rap. Like this guy can really sing and rap. Like that's pretty rare. There was multiple times where I was like, "Is this a feature?" And I had to check and it was I just kept being surprised that it was a solo song cuz I was like, "This is the same guy." >> Versatile, [clears throat] super versatile. But also, there is a few good features on here too that fill it out and keep it really well curated. There's a a hunch feature and [music] a hot boy feature. >> Ewok, don't sleep on Dwok. and >> another Midwest artist. Little little lesser known, but I ended up like looking into him and I actually had some [ __ ] saved by him. >> He goes hard. >> Another one of those albums that the first song is one of my favorite songs. I find this year it's happened a few times where it's artists I've never really heard before where they just happen to have these like fire intros and like that's the way to to captivate attention. That's the way to lock me in the whole time. >> Oh, for sure. >> Yeah, I think that one I can agree. I think it's the beat for me. Like, do it. >> Yeah, >> just the beat's crazy. But I liked [ __ ] LA Leaker a lot and Warning Shot felt like Boom Bap, which is just dope. It's so [ __ ] versatile that like they're all fire, but like LA Leaker had that kind of like West Coast [music] flow to it. Like Warning Shot, he just goes the [ __ ] in. >> Like he just goes in, bro. Like the beat comes in and he just snaps the entire time. >> Like what? Who is this dude? >> Cuz it does it goes like up and down. You get like some gospel R&B like soul and then you're just like hit with warning shot and it's like yo wo. Okay. >> So that's what I noticed when do it came on cuz when do it came on I'm like all right cool. And then um Lord Nose came on and then I'm all like it just switched like not only from like the the tone of the beat but then like the tone of his content switched too. >> And then from right after Lord Knows it goes into Judgment Day and I'm all like all right. So he he has some spirituality to him which is dope and he has something to say. Then he goes into get right and so and then he and like just how this album progressed through >> back and forth >> like you were saying Jacob. Yeah. Like it kept you on this ride and it went through different emotions. It took you high would do it. Lord knows gave you some [ __ ] to listen to. Judgment Day gave you some [ __ ] to think about and then get right your back into feeling it. Like his beat selection was interesting on this project because it wasn't one main sound. Like it was like you were saying, you got some poppy stuff, you got some hip-hop stuff, you got some trap stuff, a little bit of everything, but it didn't sound forced. Like he sounded super confident on this record. Like this was >> it felt like a showcase. >> Yeah. I didn't know about No Limit TC and this was a really great listen. This was a really great project. I stumbled into him and ended up throwing it on the playlist because I was just like I felt like I had heard that name and I don't know why because I definitely haven't. I didn't have anything saved. I didn't recognize any of his songs. >> That's a good name. >> Yeah, the the name was fire. The cover art, all of it drew me in. And then once I got a chance to like get through it cuz we had a heavy week, [music] >> I was like, "Holy [ __ ] dude." Like I've been sleeping on this guy. I'd never heard of him. So I was like, "This is so fire, dude. I'm glad I found this." >> Yeah. For some reason at the first time I thought it was um I thought it was Tai dollar sign or something in relation to Tai dollar sign cuz he go he went by TC for a bit. So that's maybe where he had like his first album was called Free TC. >> I thought it was something to do with No Limit Records but no it wasn't that either. >> So maybe that's how why it's a good name is cuz it sort of hearkens back to multiple things in hip-hop without being those things. >> Mhm. That's you know that's what it was for me. No Limit just grabbed me and I was like, "Oh yeah, like this must be someone." You know, like, and not to say he's not. >> Yeah, >> he's about to be. >> Dude, he has to be. I mean, he's got Tech 9 featured. He's got Hot Boy. He's got Hono. Like, >> he's grabbing features. He's grabbing people's attention. Like, Parental Advisory was on um they have it listed as a remix on here with >> Hot Boy. >> Hot Boy in the remix, but it came out earlier. That's a really strong song about parenting and being a parent. >> Yeah, dude. the whole I mean the the best way I can put it like for me personally I list it as like a conscious rapper like the lyricism it has a lot of depth a lot of reflection a lot of honesty like I don't want to put him in a box by any means >> I think that's fair and that's interesting I'm just now realizing in today's hip-hop landscape a conscious rapper does not mean a boom bap or a backpack rapper >> a conscious rapper doesn't it no longer implies the type of beat >> cuz this guy's on all types of beats but it's just the fact that he has something to say that makes him a conscious rapper. And it's and he was getting very religious and Christian with his lyrics, but it never tipped over into being like propaganda or just telling me what I should think. Just him expressing himself. >> Yeah. And I Yeah. I wouldn't even as Christian as it was, I wouldn't call this a Christian rap album. >> No. >> No. >> Yeah. It's more spiritual in a sense because he's not laying out a list of rules or a list of things or saying this is the way you have to be or the or you know follow this but it's more so like this is my relationship. This is how I view it. These are the experiences that I have and this is what helped me as I as I've grown into like he said it like my mom raised me and and God raised me. >> Mhm. >> Which a lot of my music kind of like echoes the same. So like hearing it I was able to relate to it because >> Mhm. >> I don't know. I kind of call it student tie where in terms of like you feel like you have to put all these things in order to be this and that when it's really about you and your own relationship. So I thought that was dope and I thought that was important and I think it was dope to show the duality of it too because you know that's life. You have your your spirit but you also have your life and the things that you deal with daytoday to survive and get through how you choose to get through. And >> yeah, it was fun. Like one record he's talking about God, other record he's talking about some fire [ __ ] So, it's just like the duality of it. The the the um the human aspect of it. Yeah. But that's that's I mean we we cuz there's some people who who say that but then won't acknowledge or admit the other half of that coin. It's all like it's a two-sided coin. You have yourself and you have, you know, your spirit. So, a lot of people like to just show one side and neglect the other side. And it's all like, no, that that's what makes you you. So, it was this this was a really dope listen, man. That LA leaker line was [ __ ] unhinged. [laughter] >> I'll let y'all I'm not even gonna say what it is. I'll let you all just listen to it and the reveal for yourself. It's pretty [ __ ] funny. >> Yeah, but the album's a good listen. You'll enjoy it. >> Propaganda is probably one of my favorites just like with the vocals and like >> haven't mentioned that. Propaganda >> beats crazy. >> The hook on Mirror Mirror was really strong. I really I playlisted most of the album. >> I think that's the cool thing about it being versatile. What like subcategory is this? Cuz >> it just it fits in so many different genres that I think it keeps it exciting. >> Oh, good music. It's It's good music. >> All right. Well, that is No Limit TC with Mr. Mhm. We're going to wrap it up there, but we do have same as last week, we got an honorable mention section this week slash adjacent to hiphop releases worth mentioning. We had the Erica Badu and Alchemist project, Before the World Blows. super beautiful, great music, and it has a couple rap features on it. There was also Dahi with the album Blackboy has a Kendrick feature on it, which is always huge. Kendrick popped out this week and a few other big features from rappers as well. >> That's a really, again, just beautiful, strong project, more R&B focused. Uh, and then on the hip-hop side of things, I also really enjoyed the God Fahhem and Nico JP with chess moves too. >> Angelo Moda with Thank You Saturn. that had a lot of good stuff on it. And there was also a really strong Pigeons and Planes article uh detailing about him getting dropped off Death Jam. I recommend you guys read that. And uh Lancy Fo, we were talking a bit about Lancie Foe in the in the group chat. I think you guys might have been a bigger fan of this. Did you have anything in particular you want to shout out for that one? >> It's cool vibes. Like it's it's good vibes. You throw that on at a party. It's a lot of dance music. Like I I enjoyed it as a as an album, but there's nothing like single songs I would go back to. I would only play the album in full or throw it on a in a playlist of similar vibes. But no, it was cool. It was good music. Cool. >> It's definitely like a vibe album. Like I think that's a good way to put it. >> It's not what I expected out of Lancancy to be personally honest. I didn't get like super super into it. I definitely think like you said Matt, it's going to be something good to like play at parties or like play around other people and [ __ ] like just for a mood boost kind of thing. >> Yeah. Nice. Another one was YSN Flow with Sorry I'm late that Yeah. some just super fired trap beats. I playlisted a few songs on here. >> Mhm. >> I just didn't have anything else to say about besides just really fire trap music. Check it out. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I almost wanted to do review on this one personally cuz I was a big fan of Flow Season. His 2020 album. It had like Justin Rari, Lil TJ, had a Quando Rondo feature more feature heavy. This one was a complete solo album and I playlisted quite a few songs off of off of this one. I thought Multiple Flows was probably like my standout track. >> Okay. >> And then Double Cup was pretty fire. I liked all the re references and [ __ ] but >> yeah. Yeah. I also playlisted Fulli and Worst Play, >> bro. There honestly this whole thing like start to finish I wasn't bored with any of it. I think personally the weakest track was Tim Duncan and that one I almost listed, you know, so I'm like I didn't have any complaints, you know, like heat. >> Yep. Yep. And then we also had Terry V with Cycles. Got to honorably mention our boy Terry with this Verifier EP. Not that I'm biased or anything, but I did make some master. Sounds pretty good, [laughter] >> man. This one had I playlist and [ __ ] off this too and not just cuz it's our boy like no I really like this one bro >> I go back to cycles >> appreciate it appreciate it >> ego and I love it >> those are the ones that have come back the most people love cycles which is crazy because when I first created it the debate was do you add drums to it or not and then now that it's out there every like oh no I like it the way that it is and I'm all like all right well there you go trust your heart or your instinct your mind >> absolutely >> I I wish the hook would have been looped longer like I I find the hooks so good. I would just listen to 2 minutes of that. [laughter] >> I appreciate as somebody who struggled with hooks, it's like or who used to struggle with hooks, that's that's that's reassuring. [laughter] >> So, I appreciate >> you can say used to you've been feeling with hooks, man. >> This one made me sit and think like this is why I'm a a beat maker and a producer. The layers really is what stood out to me. I think that's a perfect way to put it. Like, [music] >> it's very artistic and I do like the harmonies a lot on it. Very impressed. >> Yeah. >> No, I think it's a perfect EP. Yep. >> That's enough glazing. We can move on. [laughter] >> The best the best album of the year. Uh [laughter] should get nominated for everything that it can be nominated for. You know, >> pitchfork. Where's our review? >> I don't know if you want the pitchfork review. That's been rough this [laughter] year for some artist. >> On some hater [ __ ] >> Some new numbers. Maybe not. [laughter] >> Nah. But appreciate it though, fellas. Appreciate it. >> Absolutely, man. But before we get into releases for next week, we got some more glazing to do. Let's do plugs. This week, uh, we actually have a four song instrumental EP dropping called [music] a monster made these beats that we're actually going to be putting up on DSPs, which we, this is the first time we've actually put just beats up on DSPs. So, it's kind of an experiment for us. So, see how that goes. That'll be available by the time you hear this. And you can always check out everything we got going on at frequencyoverflow.com. That's me. What do you want to plug, Gav? >> Man, just been uh like I said last week, honestly, just been crafting a lot of [ __ ] A lot of it sitting on my hard drive. Just trying to kind of like not necessarily keep it for me, but just keep myself motivated, keep working. Outside of producing, I've got a I've got a show that I'm going to be playing drums at, which will be kind of fun. I'm playing uh with the band Capulate. >> Check that out. >> I'll be playing uh in Michigan. We got the a local or like a annual I should say Halloween show creepy cheapies which is kind of cool. So the all the bands do you pick an artist to cover essentially and you like dress up as them and [ __ ] and like you perform as that artist. >> So we'll be performing as the All American Rejects this year which will be pretty [ __ ] sick. Yeah. So doing like six songs of like six of their hits. So that'll be really fun. But but yeah, check me out on uh all socials you know. Proud by lunar.g. >> All right. Hey, what do you want to play, Matt? >> Follow me on Instagram, SVR Karier. My artist, Lucious B Thundercat, had a feature on Tererry's new EP. Uh, so again, for the fourth time, check it out. Other than that, man, it was a lot of music this week. It was a lot of freaking music to listen to. I did a few beats here and there, but for the most part, it was uh going through 40 songs of, you know, YSL and stuff like that. >> We have like 16 hours or something on the playlist this week. >> So long. Yeah, >> it was it was scary. >> 17 I was almost 18. >> Right on. So, what do you want to plug, Terry? >> Well, I do want to plug this EP we dropped [laughter] >> for the fifth time now, but Cycles is out. [laughter] >> But no, Cycles is out. Shooting a video for I love it um soon. There. Also, I want to also plug uh therapy Thursday event that we have every second Thursday of the month. So, next month we'll be at Railworks Brewing Depot. Free event. So, if you're watching this and you're in the Minnesota area, please come out. It's free. You don't have to come out your pocket for anything. You just want to be by yourself and corn or draw in the corner, you can do that, too. So, you can follow me at Yo Terry V. Excellent. That's plugs releases coming up next week. We have releases from Hieroglyphics, Blue and Soundtrack, Confetti, Dizzy, Rascal, Mickey Blanco, Nems, and lastly, Silven Lechu. Looking forward to that one, >> bro. Nemes and solo mchu are on top of my list right now. >> And that is our show. You can check us out on our website at f2fpod.com. That's the number two. You can follow the podcast on Instagram at Fridayto podcast. 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. Thank you listeners. It's the show about Fridays that comes out on a Monday. Join us every Monday to stay in tune with hip-hop releases from Friday to Friday. Peace is peace. [music]