MeRCY has teamed up with UGHHBLOG to premiere his 2nd visual “Call It Whatever” the track is produced by Sebb Bash and off of his critically acclaimed album, “Everything Under The Sun”. Available everywhere.
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Fort Lauderdale MC MeRCY recently dropped his latest LP “Everything Under The Sun,” available on all streaming platforms. I had the pleasure of previewing this project, which MeRCY dedicated to his close friend, Mark “MoneyLong” Francois’ memory. After going through some of his darkest times earlier this year, MeRCY made this project to provide some light for not only himself, but others who may be reminded of their own inner-light as well. It’s my honor to help shine a light on this project, let’s get into it.
The project kicks off with a gospel-esque banger “Sunshine State Of Mind,” of course alluding to his home-state of Florida, the song sets a tone for the album while highlighting MeRCY’s journey through life while also offering motivation to those listening. The next track, “Rise and Shine” sets a more dark tone, as MeRCY describes day-to-day struggles of life in the streets over a hard-hitting and crisp trap-like beat. On “SunnyDayz” we find MeRCY getting philosophical while expressing hope throughout living in the struggle, exclaiming that his co-sign from the late-great Sean Price keeps him going in the rap game. The production on this album is great, and MeRCY exercises multiple flows while delivering reality bars, sprinkling in life-lessons while still remaining positive despite life’s difficulties. The next track might be my favorite on the album, “Son Still Shining” is a track championing rhyming and continuing to pursue your dreams despite the roadblocks, producer Wayne Ski blesses the track with soulful horns and piano riffs while MeRCY spits motivating bars as well as a dedication to the man this album was dedicated to.
“2 Door Coupe” finds MeRCY teaming up with Sir DQ, Twaun and Johnny Bastard. The team raps some braggadocios bars over a menacingly southern beat describing a day riding through sunny Florida. After a well placed interlude on “Chapter 5” explaining the repercussions of going certain directions in life, we get to the track “Ohhh Babbby” where MeRCY describes linking with a scandalous woman. “Call It Whatever” is about making moves and staying true over a smooth guitar-laced beat produced by Sebb Bash. Next we get “Forgive Don’t Forget” where MeRCY recruits JQ for a track about going against your doubters and pocket watchers. We get the track “Dirty Work” where MeRCY quotes a classic Prodigy line while featured MC Chief Tony spits some ill bars over a spooky guitar-heavy beat. The next track is another favorite of mine, “Sunday Mourning” where we get some food for thought in the form of excellent bar-spitting, the track is produced by Solidified and dedicated to “MoneyLong.”
“Out Of This World” serves in part as a dedication to the likes of Prodigy and Mobb Deep, as well as Nipsey Hussle. “The Sun-Sentinel” serves as a testament to the possibility of what comes after death both in the spiritual realm and here on Earth. While “Happy Father’s Day” is rather self explanatory, we come to the closing track on the album “Under The Sun” where MeRCY exclaims he wants everything for himself and his family.
Overall this is an extremely consistent project both with the production and bar-work. I enjoyed and highly recommend you check this project out, MeRCY has a honest approach to his rhymes and manages to touch on all aspects of life here. You get a little bit of everything under the sun on this project just as its title implies. MeRCY did the Sunshine State proud with this one for sure.
Overall, I give this project a 7.5/10.
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Big Sean doesn’t play when it comes to music and it seems that longtime friend and frequent collaborator 2 Chainz found that out the hard way after taking to Instagram to spark some friendly competition.
Last week, 2 Chainz was seemingly feeling nostalgic after he took to Instagram and posed the question about who fans thought had the best verse on Kanye West’s 2012 hit “Mercy”, which featured Big Sean, Pusha T, Kanye West, and of course 2 Chainz, while pointing out that he felt it was himself.
“No disrespect but I kilt all dem boys,” 2 Chainz captioned the post.
While many fans agreed with the observation, Big Sean heard about the discussion and quickly had something to say. During an interview with veteran journalist Carl Chery, Sean decided to give his opinion on who had the best verse, but not before adding that he called 2 Chainz directly asking for clarification regarding his comments about his verse “killing” everyone else.
“I immediately called him ’cause I was about to—I called him like, ‘Yo, what the f*ck you talkin’ ’bout, bro? And he was like, ‘Nah, nah, I wasn’t talkin’ ’bout you, bro. I was talking about the whole game. Obviously, everybody on there was going crazy.’ I’m like, ‘Well, that’s not how it seemed.’ And he was like, ‘Nah, bro.’”
Big Sean also noted that he was the first one to complete his verse, so it was he who set the tone for the song before anyone else could.
“I told him like, n*gga, as far as ‘Mercy’ goes, I was the first one who did my verse on the song,” Big Sean continued. “It was just the beat and I freestyled my verse. I did it without trying and Kanye was the one who loved it so much. I just remember always being in the studio and him telling n*ggas, everybody was on the song, ‘That n*gga Sean went crazy. We all gotta come crazy.’”
Check out the interview and revisit the single below. Let us know who you think had the best verse.
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It was 2012 when Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music dropped the song of the Summer “Mercy” and one of the featured artists thinks he outbarred the rest.
In an Instagram post on Wednesday, 2 Chainz who was one of 4 featured artists on the Scarface sampled single from the Cruel Summer LP says with no disrespect, “I kilt all dem boys,” referring to Big Sean, Pusha T and Kanye West who were all featured.
In the comments, DJ Holiday, Charlamagne Tha God and Chance The Rapper both cosign the rapper’s opinion with Charlamagne going as far saying “I didn’t know this was ever up for debate.”
Regardless of opinion, the April 2012 release made a killing on the charts and was certified Platinum by July. The single is currently 4x Platinum.
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