In a groundbreaking fusion of British rap finesse and American turntablism mastery, UK rapper Da Flyy Hooligan has joined forces with the legendary collective of DJs, The World Famous Beat Junkies, for an electrifying international collaboration project titled “There’s Hooli And There’s Everyone Else.” featuring DJ Rhettmatic, D-Styles, and DJ Babu. Definitely a game changer in the world of underground hip-hop.
Da Flyy Hooligan, known for his distinct style and uncompromising lyricism, has carved a niche for himself in the UK rap scene with his unique blend of gritty storytelling and flamboyant persona. We remember him when he pulled up on us in L.A. back in 2018 and laid down a Mic Session. Since then his consistency and grind has been un-matched. Today in 2024, his collaboration with the Beat Junkies marks an exciting new chapter in his career as an independent artist.
This is the 5th full-length album from XP the Marxman. Coming up as 1/3 of the trio Rhyme Addicts. As far as his solo career goes, the dude has a handful of projects under his belt already, with my personal favorite being the Roc Marciano-produced Keep Firing. He just dropped The Marxmanat the very beginning of the year & as we finally enter summer, D-Styles & DJ Rhettmatic are being brought in to fully produced Pacific Standard Time
After the “Pst #1” intro, “Get At a God” kicks off the album on a dreary note thanks to D-Styles with XP comparing himself to that of a God whereas “Lil Mijos” takes a jazzy boom bap route talking about growing up in the streets. RhymeStyleTroop tags along for the guitar-driven “Ms. America” embracing their Mexican heritages leading into the spine-tingling “Trunk” getting in his hustler bag.
After the “Pst #2” skit, Sick Jacken comes into the picture for the dusty “Tom Fears” produced by Rhettmatic reminding everyone how they play just before the eerie “Paint Pictures” quenching for blood. “The Kuyas” with Big Twins finds the 2 over a piano-laced boom bap instrumental talking about keeping them open, but then “Ski Mask to Jet Skis” lavishly reflects on his life then & now.
The song “Turn Up the Volume” incorporates some colorless piano melodies so XP can get on his thug shit while the penultimate track “Old to New” talks about being a king & the beat on here is just petrifying to the core. However, “Frost Bitten” is a gully ass way to end the album from the horn-laced production to XP’s malicious lyricism.
I was very excited going into this given that I’ve been a fan of The Beat Junkies for a minute & how much I’ve enjoyed some of XP’s most recent projects. Needless to say: It’s some of the best shit he’s ever done considering how great the chemistry between him, D-Styles & Rhettmatic is. Purely raw penmanship & production from start to finish.
Westcoast underground Hip Hop heavyweights Pawz One and Mykill Miers link up, dropping their new hard-hitting single titled “Shot For Shot” featuring King Magnetic and DJ Rhettmatic.
A few days have passed since the new full-length release of “V” by the Visionaries, even though the title of this post says they are officially back, after listening to this project front to back it kind of seems like the legendary Los Angeles Hip Hop group never left the game. As true L.A. underground heads who grew up listening to their music, following all the emcees in the Visionaries since their debut 1998 album “Galleries”, along with The Beat Junkies, it’s good to see Key-Kool, LMNO, DJ Rhettmatic, Dannu, Lord Zen, 2Mex, and Lord Zen back in action as a collective in 2020.
