Review #22: Action Bronson & Harry Fraud - SAAB Stories (2013)

So I know I said I was gonna review Yeezus, but everyone already has anyways, and I feel like Action Brossolino hasn't gotten enough time on here at all for how many plays he gets on my ipod. So I figued I'd start with some new shit, in the EP he just dropped with major producer Harry Fraud.

1. 72 Virgins (Feat. Big Body Bes)
This shit is super dope, as Bronson flows like water over the same kind of beat he usually does, a guitar-inspired beckground. I'm not sure what Big Body Bes is as an artist, as I'm oretty sure he doesn'y rap, so I guess he's a spoken word artist that just says "WE WILIN".

2. Triple Backflip
Deffinitely not feeling this beat. You know who else could flow over this? Beyonce. Shit work, Harry. I am feeling Bronson's work on this one though, he dropped some pretty funny lines.

3. No Time
Another beat I'm not feeling. Overall this track's just boring, and while Bronson's flow doesn't usually bother me, coupled with an overly repetitive beat it doesn't work.

4. The Rockers (Feat. King Pot Rapper)
I'm feelin this beat, and Bronson sounds awesome on it. Wiz Khalifa is also impressive on here, as he's come a long way since Black & Yellow. Overall weed-rappers seem to be getting better, even Mac Miller is putting on big boy pants on Watching Movies With The Sound Off, although I could just be saying that because of his OF ties.

5. Strictly For My Jeeps
I've heard this one before, and it's a total banger. Like this is some drive down the street waving baseball bats with nails in them through the Bronx with Raff Raff on the roof shit. Speaking of Riff, he made a cameo in the video for this. Not much more to say abouth this one, best track on the EP, I'm calling it right now.

6. Alligator
This is a really good track, almost made me eat my words about Strictly For My Jeeps. Also much longer than normal for an Action Bronson song, clocking in at about 5 minutes. Bronson goes fully in on it to, and the beat doesn;t make me wanna kill myself, so this one was good too.

7. Seven Series Triplets (Feat. Prodigy & Raekwon)
Probably one of the coolest beats on the prject, but I don;t know why guys like Prodigy and Raekwon are so hyped. In my opinion they're just not that great. I mean, they aren't bad, but Bronson is by far the highlight of the track, although Prodigy's verse is growing on me.

Rating: 7.5/10

Best Tracks: Strictly For My Jeeps, Alligator, Seven Series Triplets

Overall, a very solid EP. I could've done without some of the boring beats by Harry Fraud, but Bronsom really held his own on here, and was awesome on a couple tracks. Blue Chips is by far my favorite Bronson project, but I don't know if i'll do a review of it, we'll see.

Review #21: Rejjie Snow - Rejovich (2013)

So I haven't been working on the blog much, so I'm gonna make up for that by adding a new weekly feature I'll introduce later tonight, and having a blitz of reviews in the next week or so. I'm starting off that whole thing with an upcoming rapper from Ireland, Rejjie Snow. This shit dropped like 2 hours ago halfway across the world, and hasn't dropped here yet, so I'm blessin y'all with my early views.

1. Loveleen
Rejjie opens up with pitch-altered words reminiscent of Kendrick Lamar/A$AP Rocky, then drops a really chill verses. Frankly I wasn't expecting this kind of lyrical complexity, so I was pleasntly surprised on this track. Good start.

2. Snow (My Rap Song)
Wow, I thought this was gonna end up being a sleepy, but cool EP, but Rejjie throws a curveball on this one. The production is crazy good on here, and more energy in his raps is a great sound for Rejjie. This track was even better than Loveleen, and at track 2 of 5, there isn't much more room for him to screw this EP up if he runs with this kind of stuff.

3. USSR (Feat. Jesse James)
This beat sounds like something straight outta a Joey Bada$$ track, and I mean that in a good way. Rejjie goes back to his whisper rap style from Loveleen, but it works so that's okay. He mentions the Illuminati a few times, which always seems to be a hot topic so that's cool, and Jesse James drops a really good verse too.

4. 1992 (Feat. Loyle-Carner)
More whisper rap, more Joey Bada$$ beats. Separating these last two tracks might've been an idea, but this song acts as a solid origin story for Rejjie. Who knew his Dad introduced him to Dr. Dre. Loyle-Carner drops in for some good bars too.

5. Olga (1984)
This track really brings all of Rejjie's best assets together. He sounds like a mix of Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt with some less electronic Flying Lotus production, and that's a pretty happy mixture. This is one of the best tracks I've heard from anyone in a long time, and I really crazy dope way to finish off the EP.

Rating: 8.5/10

Best Tracks: Olga (1984), and Snow (My Rap Song)

Overall a really good EP from Rejjie Snow, and I'm happy to see him blow up. Apparently he got an email from the subject of the next review, Kanye West to say thank you, so it's hard to think he'd be anywhere besides cloud 9 at the moment. I look forward to seeing something full length out of Rejjie.