On his debut solo album, the traditional hip-house producer creates an experimental soundscape that weaves in and out of several different genres in the hip-hop and RnB scenes. Naeem Juwan starts out with a neo-soul driven track back up with haunting industrial style beats, then going to the next track a trap-style hip-hop banger. From there on the third track, we get a heavy-hitting hardcore hip-hop style track. Then we are shown a bouncy and tasteful hip-house track. This weaving continues on for the rest of the album, however, at its core there is a solid presence of experimental hip-hop. In many ways, this record sees influences by the likes of Yves Tumor and JPEGMAFIA. The biggest drawback is that although I love the jumping of sounds, it still seems a bit of a stretch some of the time, plus many of these tracks don?t build into the strongest finish. Also, the closing track doesn?t have the best punch that I would want it to. In conclusion, this is still a great record that any hip-hop fan should listen to.
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