One of the latest album releases from Mr.Reaper gives off a flurry of hip-hop influences with a unique and eclectic set of tracks that all showcase a hard edge but honesty that lies just beneath it. I feel like this is part of what gives this record so much character and personality.
The Price of Money album is something of a rap and hip-hop opus as the record covers so much ground in terms of unique styles, incredible lyrical phrasing, a lot of surprises around the corners, and different styles of production that also let the record come through a little dark and a little hardcore at times but still always has that personality attached to it so you know that all these songs came from someplace real.
One thing I've always been a fan of is a hip-hop record that hits hard like this one does and has a lot of attitude to it, great style, and different approaches on one record showing diversity in those influences. Still, it also has a lot of that honesty coming through and stories told from personal perspectives.
Just about each and every one of these tracks shows a different side to the artist and his approach to what he does musically, and how he isn't afraid to say what's really on his mind.
Mr.Reaper is an example of a hip-hop and rap artist who comes with all the bells and muscles you could want including catchy hooks, memorable lyrics, and impactful approaches, but also has the ability to give little pieces of himself on each track so you know that everything is authentic.
This puts the record on a bit of a higher level in my opinion simply because once you get a gist of how he does his thing lyrically, you start to understand that all these songs are him telling you about the story of his life, where he came from, and where he's at now. Songs have to do with the people he surrounds himself with, different situations that all of us have thought about or have struggled with before, and his way of not just fighting through all that stuff but standing tall above it all.
Mr.Reaper is on his own path and he's not afraid to pave that path without boundaries.
It has been quite some time since I have heard a solid hip-hop album of this caliber that holds little to nothing back whatsoever.
There are no walls built around this record, and it is created with fewer boundaries than you may be used to, but I think that's a huge asset to why this record hits the way it does.
The production across this album is intense and edgy but that also varies from song to song and so does his character.
Each track is a different topic that he wants to touch on or stories that he needs to talk about himself and that all equals something that creates its own atmosphere and that you can get in golf by really quickly.
Again, it's got tons of swagger, and crazy lyrical phrasing, and he really does use different forms of wrapping from different eras of rap music in general throughout this record.
He's able to mix in subgenres of rap whenever he wants to, and you can hear certain influences of classic hip-hop along with the new school approaches in there.
This was a robust record that had layers to it, and it was super fun to peel those layers back with the artist and let him go off.
There were certainly plenty of hooks and plenty of tracks that hit hard and bumped so they were super easy to get into but for me, it was paying attention to those lyrics and all the things that he actually had to say.
Certain tracks were more aggressive than others but even those tracks still had something important to say about himself.
This is one of those albums that you should listen to from beginning to end because if you only listen to one or two tracks from the record, you're not getting the full spectrum of what it has to offer as a whole.
You may get a gist of some of the vibes on the record by listening to a few tracks, but you won't get that full feel and experience the whole thing the way it was meant to be.
Definitely take a deep dive into this one when you get a chance. It doesn't matter if you're an old or new school hip-hop fan. You're definitely going to dig this one.
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