Msanii_XL

The first track 'DKR Anthem', with some serious trumpets used to set up the landscape for this joint, I could not help being excited seeing that I am huge fan of trumpets. This is one of the standouts in the album. Nota sets its off speakin on his 'people' who get harrassed and and talking about all the work put in in bulding the 'city', i love the simplicity with which these cats spit in this track. 'Hand Grenades' find Faceless going first with mentions of safe sex, struggles of paper chasing and responsiblity. In this track the duo is basically rhyming about how they are sparking a movement. On 'Lords Will', the backdrop is set up by non stop xyloph0nic sounds and vocal chant that weaves in and out perfectly. On this track Nota chastises the bulk of leaders that govern Africa, finding him lamenting "we vote for goverments that take from the poor/ we vote them out/ vote in the next cats and they are STILL TAKING MORE!!!!"

On "Tears", Nota uses a fitting sample, Sade's "King of Sorrow", which provides an easel for Faceless's Canvass as he rhymes about the sadness he experiences while reminiscing over , joblessness and death and the utter helplessness he has seen/ feels peep, " I'm suicidal now/ life is like my rival now/thoughts evil, so crazy I'm starting to envy dead people...".

"you can't start a revolution when half of you antion is engaged in moral prostitution" , In 'Revolution Psalm' Nota rhymes though faceless ambles lazily thru the verse the joint still comes of pretty good. On 'Desert Jungle' , the production stands out with sick ass 'african' drums accompanied by an intermittent vocal humming(listen to track in the podcast). the hook is very well crafted. The rest of this very short album is taken up, by an uplifiting track about siblings and al the little girls growing up 'shining' star and 'street legal', a tale about the streets that the duo fails to match the energy of the production with uninsipring verses.

Overall this is a dope, nice album that will definately stay in my collection for years to come, mad replay value. Though its a little bit to short.

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AOB

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