New collaborative prolonged play between the late East Orange, New Jersey emcee Chino XL & The Bronx, New York by means of Kingston, Jamaica lyricist Canibus. Each of whom have crossed paths a number of instances prior together with tracks like “Cypher of 5 Mics” & “Pendulum Swing” by Rakim, the latter of which was the final track that got here out previous to Chino’s premature tragic passing a pair summers in the past. Nonetheless, they’re coming collectively to ship a whole Necksnapper.
The title monitor breaks the gate down with this growth bap intro Johnny Slash cooked up trying to make human imply out of all opponents whereas “Abu La-Haab” continues with a 5-minute Canibus solo joint explaining {that a} murals is definitely a world of labor. Chino takes the mic from past the grave on “All the time There” speaking in regards to the psychological well being struggles that took his life simply earlier than “God’z Wrath” that includes Rock finds all 3 of them coming accurately.
“Basquiat 2” begins the 2nd half with 1 extra Chino XL solo monitor that surpasses it’s predecessor included on Prelude to The Mantis whereas “Celebration” by Canibus experiments with rapping over an EDM beat speaking about nonetheless being right here 1 / 4 of a century later. “Bulletproof Metals” that includes Eto & Planet Asia returns to the growth bap calling for everybody to bow right down to them whereas “Sick Thoughts” that includes Block McCloud, Jokker & Poison Pen ends with them making our bodies disappear in a flash.
Placing the entire beforehand launched materials like each the “Pendulum Swing” & “Champion” remixes and “Cypher of 5 Mics” apart, I feel Necksnapper’s one of the best of the two posthumous choices we’ve gotten from Chino XL in 2026 & it’s not too removed from S.L.I.C.C. (Self Licking Ice Cream Cone) in changing into a number of the most pleasing materials Canibus has put out in a while. After they’re not placing their chemistry to the check half the time, they’re spending the opposite portion of the EP holding it down themselves.
Rating: 8/10