Easton, Pennsylvania emcee Godilla enlisting Native Born to supply his 2nd prolonged play & debut below Omega Degree Data. Teaming up with Eff Yoo in 2014 for the collaborative effort They Got here on Horseback, he would ultimately drop his full-length debut The Altered Beast & adopted it up Battlebeast: A Prelude to Human Zoo in the summertime of 2017 in addition to his final EP Cerveza a number of months afterwards. Practically a decade later, he’s making a comeback with Prismas Electricos.
“??What’s This??” after the “Channel Browsing” intro made for a rugged lead single full of hardcore penmanship for 90 seconds. whereas “88MPH” looks like a nostalgic throwback to the golden period. “Bubble Letter Glyphs” works in a piano flip for a dedication to all of the writers for a couple of minutes & proper after the compositional “Class of ‘96” interlude, “Starscream’s Ghost” kicks off the 2nd half speaking about wanting all of the smoke.
Mr. Misk & Tone Liv each make Prismas Electricos’ soul visitor appearances on “Terror Ink” spitting cutthroat verses over this dreary increase bap instrumental whereas “Steel Sundown” talks concerning the warmth beginning to heat up proper when the night comes. The ultimate music “Blind Focus” previous the outro wraps up the concluding moments talking of artists altering the principles by going impartial as an alternative of signing to main labels.
Channeling the spirit of hip hop’s previous via a contemporary lens, Godilla’s return surpasses each tasks he gave us in 2017 by moreover utilizing layered audio textures to evoke emotion & reminiscence loads equally to the late Sonia Delaunay utilizing simultaneity & abstraction in her artwork. Native Born’s manufacturing moreover combines heat pattern selections, kick drums & snares bringing solely a pair visitors alongside for the trip versus Battlebeast overloading it with them.
Rating: 8/10