Mix
tape Review; Boogey – ART-ificial Intelligence
Unlike Rick Ross on a duet with Andre 3000
where both of them completely ran amok with viral individual opinions on why
orthodox sixteen bars tradition wasn’t enough to completely let out their minds,
and thus extended the song to an unusual duration of eight minutes! For Boogey,
an eight-bars opportunity on Illegal Music II sufficed for him to capture the
fans’ attention.
Perhaps the most pronounced up and coming
rapper at the moment, Boogey was on other notable mix-tapes and singles
including: Tha Rapman’s World Domination
II, Mode Nine’s Occupy the Throne and AQ’s Machine Gun Flow. While these
achievements might look like he has inadvertently raised the bar too high for
himself, regardless he never failed to deliver when called upon. Very crisp and
complex, the mix tape “Art-ificial
Intelligence”, comprises of a frank aggressive rap coupled with humorous wordplays
and nimble delivery along with an introspective storytelling.
Art-ificial Intelligence maintained the
aggressive and fast pace delivery style of Boogey which elucidates the promptness
of Mr. Brain to capture the industry with the a self-appraisal narrative on “The Fifth Horseman” to the gruffly
titled “Arrogance” which lacks the
cohesion intended on it. On the other hand “I Killed ‘em”, a rendition of
Kendrick Lamar’s Rigor Mortis, being the supposed anti-thesis of the Ray X
produced “Arrogance” illustrates the violence inciting rhymes of Boogey with
lines such as:
“I’m
Jason without the mask/I’m taking ‘em out, they’re trash/I’m dangerous to the
people/my place is Alcatraz/I’m an alien saucer from space that’s about to
crash/I’m stack of hay you set ablaze in a house of wax”.
He found his sense of humour on “Judge Me” with a novel and descriptive
storytelling making unrestricted transitional flows with a Damilola
complemented hook as well as the sarcastic “I’m
Wack”. Somehow, he managed to manoeuvre away from unnecessary disorderly
bars with a metaphorical flow and fused semi-conscious narration on “Listen”.
“major
skills but majority will never (listen)/I’m bringing back the classic getting
niggas reminiscent/the kids emulating what they see on television/and nobody missing
reality even when it’s missing/the youth runaway from truth to convenience”.
The numerous biblical and movie references
on Art-ificial Intelligence made it a multi-dimensional effort with samples
from; Small Ville XV, and Matrix, and various bars referring to scenes of movies
such as:
“I’m
quicker than a mixture of quick draw Mcgraw and Sonic/I wish y’all would call
it fronting/last warning/I’m transforming/dodging silver bullets”.
The skill with which he executed this
project might help him build a long standing career, the fact that he is
gradually becoming an omnipresent rapper with numerous appearances and
pseudo-appearances on songs to his credit is a remarkable achievement for him
such that Naija hip hop heads are already wondering:
‘Is
he the next big thing to happen to hip hop in Nigeria?’
Well… for that, we’d have to wait for the
famous tattler, Mr Time, ‘cos once more,
“Only time will tell’.
Thots tha Wordsmith
Tha Watcha
2 comments:
Nice!!! Very Nice!
*blushing in swahili*
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