The Mathias produced track evokes a darker, melancholic feeling, and the twang of Aztech from Hybrid Thoughts cuts through nicely and P stands and delivers. ‘ Run, Move, Go‘ sounded like it was going to be a more upbeat, uptempo anthem, but it actually is a more deliberate, moody head nodder. The guitar drives the instrumental, but the vocal sample cuts through with some soul and both emcees are in the pocket with their bars. The keys dance on ‘ Look Right‘ and there is some real feeling not just in the production, but in the poetry that P-Ro is putting down, then it gets a little more funky and abstract with ‘ We Were Here‘ featuring Lone Oaktree. The boom bap maestro Bo Faat drops a punchy, melodic soundscape on ‘ Bucket of Sky Blue‘ and P uses bars like “throw em webster before you let someone define you” and soundbytes to paint his picture and let you see the world as he sees it. You can feel the fire in the voices of both emcees, and I love the Chairman Chow production which has a range of intricacies that give it depth – which a track like this requires. Iadonik let’s the brass sing on the title track, a joint that is dripping with soul and feeling and P provides high quality commentary before it gets rugged and raw when Lateb jumps on the introspective anthem ‘ Never Let Me Win‘. The production is delightfully dusty and there is an edge in P-Ro’s voice that is rougher and rugged than on some of his more soulful numbers. If your head doesn’t start nodding when the intro ‘ Don’t Love Hurt‘ hits the speakers, then you need to get yourself checked. It’s also a joint that you ride with from start to finish, not one that you hand-pick a few tracks out of, or skip to go to your favourite feature (although after a few spins I found myself circling back to a few joints, but we’ll address those bangers later!). Even with 10 odd producers and some 8 featured artists, there is a cohesion and chemistry that can be felt when you hit play.
#New boom bap full#
It’s not a quick skim through, or an EP masquerading as an album, this is a proper full length joint that is well thought out, perfectly curated and delivered. It also draws together the worlds in which he operates, music and art / graffiti, in a well curated, enjoyable and entertaining album.Īs always, this album is an investment. This latest project is yet another evolution for P as an emcee, enlisting a range of producers to provide the audio canvas for his bar work. P-Ro impresses with the quality of his work. Whether he’s spitting bars, illustrating covers and artist tags / cartoons, dominating the boards / booth, rocking solo or as part of a wider conglomerate of insanely talented humans…. P-Ro has continually had his handprints all over a range of dope hip hop albums for the last few years and ‘ Handwriting on the Wall‘ is yet another first class creation.
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