MIXTAPE Review; Kahli Abdu – The
Bandits EP
The Bandits
EP is a sequel to Ministry of Corruption as Kahli Continued to advocate the art
of Lyricism before mainstream breakthrough. The Bandits EP is an anthem for anybody
who feels oppressed politically or deprived of Political Liberty. It is also an
ode about his metamorphosis into the Nigerian Music Industry.
Kahli deciphered what the art of lyricism truly is in a
well-delivered “Bandits Intro” where he explicably talked about his ambitions
as a growing young man and how he started to rap from his secondary school days
down when he watched programs on NTA to pilot listeners into the EP proper, “Ghetto of the world” is a grilled form of discordant tune which made
Kahli virtually semi-inaudible.
Kid Konnect
elementarily did well on all the tracks, combined with Kahli’s amazing delivery
which made the union a fruitful one, “Cross Country” featured an appearance by
Endia and Kahli was basically having a retrospective thinking about areas he
had lived, but also he did not let the somber emotion of “state of emergency”
weigh him down as he consciously stated; “Bombs Going off in J-Town, so we
party, but we stay riding Jincheng Like Ducatti” and “my woman is fly, so ama put
her in Mansion”.
“Killing” is
a typical Hip Hop track where Kahli bragged about how he is the best with some
head scratching punch lines and a crazy excerpts from Drake’s Forever, he said;
“I mean bow to the chiefs yo, I mean how did y’all survive with that weak flow,
I’m the man/period I make them bleed always”.
The
appearance of Poe and XO Senavoe complemented “stuck with you” as both acts
didn’t disappoint their audience with a sharp delivery by XO Senavoe and and witty lyrics by Poe all makes “stuck with you”
a must listen on the EP. Kahli’s poignant delivery on “state of emergency”
makes an average listener to hit the replay button, his amazing narratives only
proves he is ready to make a break into the industry when his album drops.
The
coherence and concentrated fury on; “state of emergency” saw Kahli making
reference to the political hullabaloo in Nigeria and especially in the northern
part of the country, it characterized the voice of an angry mob presumably
after a passerby was shot by a soldier;” This our blood brother… our friend
indeed without spotting any ammunition with him, thereafter a soldier man from
nowhere just shot him” and “ they even got the nerve to hit the police
headquarters, there should be a law to get the bombers head slaughtered and
that’s how I feel I don’t care how you see it” There is virtually no line not
worthy of quote on the song.
A laid-back
delivery and languid delivery saw Kahli effortlessly kill an emotionally and
nostalgic “ Little Brother” with an amazing Flip of Multi-Syllabic rhymes and
amazing play on words; “Arguably hold my own when we battle with bars, but he
always kick my ass when we argue on Nas, ‘cos he’s more in the Jay and I got
something to say”, “ Toast” a club oriented cut off the EP saw Kahli in his
happiest moment on the EP; “ tonight we gonna celebrate like we signed a
deal”. “I’m not a rapper” was the last
on the EP featured another excerpt from Jay Z’s ain’t no love where Kahli’s
narrative ability was called upon and he took it by the jugular. Kahli kept his
game to the highest from the start to finish ;” married to my hustle can’t wait
for consummation” and “ I can see the future you’ll regret if you doubt me”.
The Bravado
and bombastic narrative contents, exciting switching of flows within verses and
flip multi-syllabic rhyme pattern coupled with his delivery made The Bandits EP
a nice cut. Will he ever be a legend? only time will tell.
These are the penned down words of Thots tha Wordsmith. Feel free to drop comments below
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