What You Know Bout REV?
// April 27th, 2009 // Audio
The first time I seen or heard REV rhyme was at a show that Psyko South and THC were supposed to open up for Cappadonna at Studio A…
Cappa never showed so it was up to us to keep the people who came to show love entertained. Besides the climate of haterism that was emanating from a certain corner of the club the thing that stuck out the most about the night was this accapella Rev dropped towards the end of the THC set. Buddy got a presence on the stage that is second to NONE, you can feel his frustration about everything through the speakers. Its that frustration that seems to power and inspire Rev’s latest opus “The Hearest” Let it Burn 2.5.
The disc intro goes completely left from the normal shit talking, we gonna take over the game braggadocio followed by a 24 bar verse. Rev starts out his joint with a audio cinematic skit that follows him walking down the street drunk, getting passed by chicks, while singing “Nooobody knows the trouble I’ve seen” This simple musing pretty much sums up the entire disc, exactly what an intro is supposed to do! (rappers take notes!)
Dont be fooled by the photoshop cover, and fuck what you heard this is not a your typical Dade County mixtape. I dont even like calling it a mixtape but some will insist because some joints only run for a minute or so, but the disc MOVES like an album.
After the intro Rev sets things off with the track “Whats It For” where he wonders to himself what his motivation should be for getting behind the mic. Lines like “If i did it for the money mufuckas would want shit from me I couldn’t trust nobody” give a simple but eloquent insight into what truly goes on inside the mind of an EMCEE (not a rapper) trying to make it under them Magic City Lights.
The next surprise/standout comes on the track “I Like Your Flow” featuring A Lexx and Matik. This is kind of laid back vibe that you would expect an emcee like REV to sound out of his box on but the opposite actually happens and the listener comes to realize that Rev does not have a box that you could easily put him in. This is heard futher in the transition to the next track, rather than having the mellow sounding chick joint be out of place on a disc full of real shit it moves more like a vaction from reality that Rev paints.
Looking at the back cover one is instantly drawn to the fact that this somewhat unknown new comer to the national scene has a track with none other than Miami Hip Hop Heavyweight Rick Ross. Normally when you see these tracks on mixtapes the “feature” is a sample for the chorus or a jacked accapella blended badly into some fruity loops abomination. Not the case here though. Rev goes in with Ross and Miami underground kang UB of THC and doesn’t miss a step alongside the vets.
This is the second artist out of the Dub P pack that I have had the pleasure of reviewing…I can only hope Fuse and them bois keep blessing me cause so far they knocking em out the park.
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