New Mach Hommy - Duck CZN: Tiger Style
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He doesn't miss.
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No wonder Sean jocks his shyt. pause.
Duck Czn: Tiger Style begins with the track "Bone Strait", a song produced by underground Philadelphia-based producer Sadhugold. The song begins with a groovy looped instrumental sample with a boom bap drum pattern fading in around 20-25 seconds into the song. Mach-Hommy is the first voice heard on the album and delivers a smooth first verse before singing the hook in his signature unorthodox singing style. His voice while rapping is much softer than it usually is, which fits the instrumental well. Tha God Fahim then raps the second verse and, much like his performances on Dollar Menu 4 shows how much he has improved technically recently, delivering smooth flows and rhyme schemes over the beat. Despite the upbeat and somewhat cheerful mood of the production, the lyrical content is much less positive. The subject matter is mostly social commentary with Mach-Hommy saying:
The following track, "Stone Hill @ Stone Barns" is the first on the album with a very somber feel to it. The track is produced by Tha God Fahim and includes a melancholic looped string sample. Fahim raps about the obstacles he’s face and how he overcame them over the gloomy instrumental, saying:
On "Chimay Bleues", Sadhugold teams up with underground producer Wino Willy, who has worked with Daniel Son, Mach, Droog, Stack Skrilla, and Fahim in the past. The beat features heavy drums, a woodwind sample, and touches of piano that all come together well to provide a great backdrop for Mach & Fahim to trade off verses without a hook. Mach-Hommy flows like butter on both verses, but especially on the second verse, delivering bars like:
Sadhugold once again handles the production on "Love is Luh". The beat features a high pitched vocal sample that acts as the main melody of the song. Mach delivers a solid first verse, but Tha God Fahim sounds much more hungry on the track, delivering great rhyming with a smooth flow, rapping bars like:
Mach seems to be criticizing unethical data mining, and he follows this up by asking while singing the hook if these corrupt individuals "have a straight bone" in their body, implying that their bones, a metaphor for their character, are entirely crooked and self-interested. On the other hand, Tha God Fahim discusses disloyal characters, rapping:
The tempo of the production picks up on "Shakes Pears", which is also produced by Sadhugold. The song begins with an intense horn melody that transitions into a looped instrumental sample that almost sounds like it could be a vocal sample. Mach-Hommy once again raps the first verse, but this time at a much higher cadence and a much less soft delivery. Mach-Hommy compares himself to a New York hip hop legend while bragging about his success, saying:
Tha God Fahim once again raps the second verse, which is about twice as long as Mach’s. Fahim’s subject matter is mostly braggadocio as he compares himself to another New York hip hop legend and makes reference to Kendrick’s "Smoking on your top 5" line from "Family Ties".
"Tiger Balm Ultra" is the first track produced by Nicholas Craven, a Montreal producer that has worked with Fahim and Mach-Hommy as well as many other underground rappers on many occasions. The track features a beautifully soulful looped vocal sample and no drums aside from the subtle drum pattern from the sample. The track displays Mach and Fahim’s chemistry, with Fahim finishing the first verse of the track repeating "Now we gon’ take it to the moon like Neil Arm" twice and Mach starting his verse immediately after, saying:
Juju Gotti handles the third verse, a short 8-bar verse to close out the song. His soft delivery and unique voice sound perfect over the soulful production and he adds a lot to the song despite the shortness of his verse.
The following track, "Stone Hill @ Stone Barns" is the first on the album with a very somber feel to it. The track is produced by Tha God Fahim and includes a melancholic looped string sample. Fahim raps about the obstacles he’s face and how he overcame them over the gloomy instrumental, saying:
Mach-Hommy then delivers a verse using his half-rap, half-singing style, which is perfect for this sort of instrumental. Your Old Droog handles the third and last verse, and he delivers a great feature. Droog flows over the beat with a buttery flow and clever wordplay with lines like:
Out of the trio of Dump rappers, Your Old Droog’s verse is comfortably the most impressive on the track.
On "Chimay Bleues", Sadhugold teams up with underground producer Wino Willy, who has worked with Daniel Son, Mach, Droog, Stack Skrilla, and Fahim in the past. The beat features heavy drums, a woodwind sample, and touches of piano that all come together well to provide a great backdrop for Mach & Fahim to trade off verses without a hook. Mach-Hommy flows like butter on both verses, but especially on the second verse, delivering bars like:
Tha God Fahim holds his own on the track, ending the song with the lines:
The 15 second "The Way You Do It (Skit)" that follows samples a quote about tiger and crane styles of martial arts from the 1976 Chinese martial arts movie, Challenge of The Masters. The use of this sample is an obvious homage to the Wu-Tang Clan, whose use of martial arts movie samples was a trademark of their style. This is not the first time Mach or Fahim have paid homage to the Wu-Tang Clan in this fashion, a notable example being Fahim’s 2017 album, Those That Slay Dragons.
Sadhugold once again handles the production on "Love is Luh". The beat features a high pitched vocal sample that acts as the main melody of the song. Mach delivers a solid first verse, but Tha God Fahim sounds much more hungry on the track, delivering great rhyming with a smooth flow, rapping bars like:
Juju Gotti features once again to close out the song by repeating the vocal sample used on the song but with a much lower pitch, singing:
Nicholas Craven handles the production for the second time on the album on the track "Gossamer Wings", one of the best-produced tracks of the album. It features a beautiful looped sample that includes soulful vocals and a touching string sample. The sampling on the track is very much within Craven’s signature drumless style, which is a perfect fit for Mach and Fahim to rap over. Fahim raps the first verse, which is a pretty standard braggadocious verse from Fahim with some clever lines like:
Fahim & Mach once again show up their chemistry, with Fahim’s verse ending with:
And Mach’s verse picking up right after starting with
Sadhugold handles the production for the last time on the album on the track "Wiz Marquee". The beat is the most gritty on the album, with heavy drums and a creepy electronic string sample creating a ghoulish and ominous atmosphere. Mach delivers the first verse and holds his own, but Fahim comes in for the second verse flowing effortlessly, with multisyllabic lines such as:
Craven provides the production for the closing track of the album, "30 Stone Grouper". The production is the most cheerful on the album, featuring an uplifting looped string sample. Mach-Hommy flows smoothly over the bright production, rapping bars like:
Nicholas Craven once again provides excellent production for Mach-Hommy and Tha God Fahim on the track "Turbo Tariff". Craven uses three vocal samples on the song: two samples from the same song of a woman singing "to remember" and "what’s too painful" and another of a man singing "we simply choose to". For most of the song, only the two samples of the woman singing are looped, but there are a few moments where the sample of the man singing comes in right before the two samples of the woman singing, making a complete sentence: "we simply choose to remember what’s too painful". Mach delivers buttery smooth flows over the soulful instrumental, while Fahim delivers some religiously inspired raps:
Tha God Fahim’s faith is something that comes up relatively frequently in his music. Fahim has come a far way and put in countless hours of work to get where he is today, and it’s clear he believes he wouldn’t have made it without religion to steer him onto the right path throughout the hardships he faced growing up.
Craven provides the production for the closing track of the album, "30 Stone Grouper". The production is the most cheerful on the album, featuring an uplifting looped string sample. Mach-Hommy flows smoothly over the bright production, rapping bars like:
Juju Gotti features once again to perform the hook in his signature delivery before Tha God Fahim delivers the last verse of the album, rapping about overcoming the challenges life has thrown about him with lines like:
"Duck Czn: Tiger Style" is a great addition to the Dump duo’s extensive collaborative catalogue. Sadhugold and Nicholas Craven delivered consistently strong production over the course of the album, the features from Your Old Droog and Juju Gotti added a lot to their respective songs, and Mach and Fahim’s chemistry was as strong as ever. With the high level of output from the Dump collective, it surely won’t be long before we hear more from Mach-Hommy and Tha God Fahim, and perhaps even see the Duck Czn series become a trilogy.
choc_cardigan
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Wiz Marquee is my favorite