That is the sophomore full-length studio LP from Los Angeles duo Coyote. Consisting of the Morales brothers LadiesLoveGuapo & Ricky Blanco, they went on to achieve traction in late 2022 off their debut album Thicker than Water famous for its witty punchlines & East coast influences. Nevertheless, their official comply with up a yr & a half later L.Aliens is rapidly changing into their breakout mission to the purpose the place folks had been recommending that I give it a shot & I used to be greater than keen to for the reason that tracklist seemed promising.
“Pop the Trunk” kicks the door down as arduous as potential with it’s increase bap manufacturing & hardcore lyricism reminiscent to the 90s whereas “3 Lokos” that includes fucking Shaquille O’Neal works in additional kicks & snares feeling reminiscent to Havoc’s manufacturing Mobb Deep’s timeless sophomore effort The Notorious… speaking about all 3 of them being psychos. The instrumental on “Pocho” that includes MC Magic looks like one thing Tyler, The Creator would’ve made through the Odd Future days & I imply that as a praise as somebody who’s been down with him since that period displaying off their Mexican heritage & “Tryna Get Excessive Foo?” that includes B-Actual is a increase bap-heavy smoker’s theme.
Shifting ahead with “LA LA Land”, we now have LadiesLoveGuapo & Ricky Blanco venturing out in lure territory telling us what it was like for them going up within the Metropolis of Angels previous to “D.U.I” that includes SUCKERFREE104 hooking up bells in addition to kicks & snares to speak about having an excessive amount of to drink & pullin’ up in your bitch with the roof off beneath the affect. “Buck 50” swaps the bells out in favor of sampling asking in case you actually stroll it such as you discuss it together with your chest out whereas “Do You” places a psychedelic spin on lure dropping flexing on everybody else within the underground.
Shady Data signee Westside Boogie coming contemporary off opening for Kendrick Lamar throughout his Pop Out live performance on the Kia Discussion board final night time uniting the west coast for the reason that deaths of Kobe Bryant & Nipsey Hu$$le joins Coyote for the syrupy “Home Occasion” additional exemplified by the chopped & screwed hook repping Los Angeles & Compton respectively main into the soulful “Pushin’” that includes Doeman preserving it playa & constructive. The trap-flavored “Wadadabang” that includes The Sport & Lefty Gunplay will get on their gangsta shit with Sport having the higher characteristic of the two, however then “Satan’s Contract” fuses g-funk & increase bap going horrorcore.
“Letter to God” sees the Morales brothers hopping over an apocalyptic drill beat sending a message to the Greater Energy simply earlier than “Medication Bunny” returns to the increase bap drawing inspiration from Daringer instrumentally hilariously dissing Dangerous Boy Leisure founder Puff Daddy a.okay.a. P. Diddy or Diddy for assaulting Cassie for being a grown man performing like a bitch. “Be aware to Self” embraces the lure sound as soon as extra assuring that the repercussions will likely be value it whereas “Cheers” takes the cloudier route explaining that you simply both in it otherwise you ain’t.
In the meantime, the bouncy “Splash” talks about how they’ll deal with you want the remainder figuring out your worth by who you assume you might be elevating as an alternative of staying down whereas “Blanco the Blizzard” marks a return of the Griselda increase bap vibes discussing fame & consideration being the cons of popping off wearing a complete Gucci match. “Starvation Stream” that includes Justin Credible retains the kicks & snares tightened getting murderous whereas “Quema Quema” goes full-blown Latin lure. “Rings” enlists Shaq on the mic 1 final time nearing the conclusion of L.Aliensoffering a jazzy lure fusion treating hip hop like a sport when it actually ain’t no recreation & “Busca La Muerte” serves as a 2-minute Latin nearer.
Compared to Thicker than Water, the Morales brothers’ sophomore effort right here takes them to a complete new degree as one of many hottest up-&-coming teams within the west coast hip hop scene. The manufacturing goes from increase bap to lure, jazz rap, cloud rap, Latin music, southern hip hop, soul music & even psychedelia turning the punchlines as much as 11 & invite a reasonably tight record of friends together with them for the journey. It’s additionally cool that they present their influences & put their very own spin on the types they culminate in a melting pot.
Rating: 8/10