That is the full-length debut solo album from Detroit emcee Mr. Cliffnote. Beginning in 2006 off his eponymous debut mixtape, he would kind the duo Sidenotes with the homie B-Aspect a bit bit after that & went on to drop the sophomore tape Path to Notification adopted by the Word to Self EP a couple of years in the past, the latter of which I reviewed positively. Forward of Path to Notification 2 nonetheless, Cliff’s celebrating his born day by releasing Duly Famous by way of The Davis Method’s label Architect Leisure.
“New Jax” produced by Foul Mouth begins with a soul pattern & Cliff mapping out the guts of the town as a substitute of tryna get together with the now disgraced music mogul Puff Daddy a.okay.a. P. Diddy or Diddy whereas “Constructed fa Dis” takes the growth rap route instrumentally because of Nick Pace welcoming y’all to his church & asking to sing him a hymn. “Gonzo Outdoors” works in additional sampling speaking about nonetheless amassing chickens when he’s useless & gone previous to the gradual jam “What’s It Gonna Be?” discussing not hesitating to throw away the goldmine when it’s go time.
In the meantime on “Win Man”, now we have Cliff fusing parts of lure & soul collectively thanking essentially the most excessive for amassing all of the Ws in his profession main into “Dreamin’ Season” maintains the soulful chops & hi-hats to speak about now being time to place the hassle in as a substitute of daydreaming all day. “Would Not Pay” provides off a cultured growth bap vibe telling the story of a girl who bought him saying all varieties of shit he wouldn’t discover himself saying, however then “We Don’t Know You” that includes Fats Ray & Stretch Cash brings the trio collectively for a virtually 3-minute Detroit lure heater.
“Pose fa da Picture” jumps on high of this delicate pattern stating that you may get popped in his neck of the woods therefore why he at all times carries a .44 Magnum on him whereas “Fuck Shit” goes for a summery growth bap flare telling everybody coming at him because of Talib Kweli unnecessarily dissing him to get off his dick. “Strathmoor Child” has my favourite Detroit lure beat on the LP courtesy of DJ Jewels cautioning to not journey once you pitchin’ & them fastballs hittin’ simply earlier than “Soul Proprietor” that includes Kuniva finds the pair giving y’all meals for thought over a growth bap instrumental that Ilajide cooked up.
Pushing in direction of the ultimate moments of Duly Famous, the tune “Movin’ Up” returns to a Detroit lure sound flexing that they don’t make ‘em like him anymore even when Wealthy Starz’ auto-tuned hook does completely nothing for me with all respect & “Gold Chain” ends on the soulful growth bap observe with the assistance of Sterling Totes telling everybody listening to do issues for hip hop tradition that others out right here gained’t even do for themselves.
Kweli going at Cliff was additional affirmation of what I stated in my Liberation 2 evaluate about Talib & one in all my high 10 producers Kanye West within the sense that each of them are established veterans with an insane quantity of creative expertise who publicly make asses of themselves on the common for the reason that apple actually doesn’t fall removed from the tree within the grand scheme of issues apart from Kanye having a much bigger platform than Kweli does. Duly Famous although has now turn into Cliff’s finest work. The manufacturing that Foul Mouth, Nick Pace, DJ Jewels & Ilajide provide a novel mixture of outdated & new sounds inside the Detroit panorama & Cliff steps up his A-game lyrically.
Rating: 8/10