Fairly certain that is the nineteenth prolonged play from Hackensack, New Jersey lyricist Crimeapple. Turning into a fan of his practically a decade in the past together with his 4th EP Candy Goals together with the Large Ghost Ltd. produced full-length debut Aguardiente that subsequent spring, his profile within the underground grew exponentially from there. Discography standouts embrace the DJ Skizz-produced Moist Dust, the DJ Muggs-produced Medallo, Cartagena, Breakfast in Hradec, Sin Cortar, El León produced by Preservation, the official Aguardiente sequel Bazuko, the Mello Music Group-backed This, Is Not That produced by Apollo Brown, Rose Gold & extra not too long ago the V Don produced Bulletproof Hen. Final we heard from him was Hanzai this previous Black Friday & he’s again with the Proof-produced Warfare Money.
“Final Day” hooks up a drumless piano loop to get us began speaking about no diamond district having the potential of cooling him off now that the hearth’s been lit main into “Dr. Scholl’s” taking a slicker strategy to the beat spraying the foot care product as if he’s graffiti writing. “Air flow” goes for a wavier vibe assuring he retained his soul after updating his thoughts main into “Karachi” embracing a growth bap route to seize the aura of those that wound up falling flat.
Blu makes my favourite visitor look of the two on “Pinto” likening their pens to pistols over a cool beat whereas “Roy” strips the drums once more speaking about God & the companies being the one issues he fears. “2 Left Ft” returns to the growth bap talking of poppin’ within the jungle on a weekly foundation whereas “Rio” that includes Monday Evening talks about the potential for showin’ as much as the capital of Brazil sooner or later earlier than 2026 ends. “Inexperienced Room” ends the Warfare Money change bodying 1 final instrumental recalling a time the place he was chillin’ backstage killin’ time till his set.
Hanzai wasn’t my favourite album Crimeapple dropped final yr per se & I positively wouldn’t place it within the hierarchy of his prolonged discography by any means, however Warfare Money comes merely lower than 24 hours because it was introduced with essentially the most I’ve loved a brand new undertaking from him since Bulletproof Hen final fall. Proof’s manufacturing is a large step-up from Hanzai’s various between growth bap or drumless, suiting Crime’s mafiosi tales much more constantly.
Rating: 9/10