Psycho Les is a 52 12 months outdated MC/producer from Queens, New York notable for being 1/2 of The Beatnuts alongside Juju in addition to 1/5 of the Liknuts supergroup with Tha Alkaholiks. He ultimately began carving a path for himself as a solo artist within the spring of 2007 with the debut album Psycho Remedy & returning virtually a decade later for the weed-themed, feature-heavy sophomore effort Dank God. Forward of the Actual Psychos’ eponymous debut with B-Actual subsequent month, Eric Bobo & Stu Bangas are getting collectively to assist Escape the Matrix on his 1st solo EP.
“S.O.S.” begins by spitting aware lyricism over a increase bap instrumental cautioning of the world we all know it immediately being in peril & contemplating your self fortunate for those who’re nonetheless alive refusing to get on his Chuck D shit whereas “Crooks” that includes Snyp Life works in additional kicks & snares with a fragile backdrop referring to themselves because the final ones of their sort pleading for everybody to take information over concern. “Fireplace” that includes Blahzay Blahzay correctly ends the EP with Outloud becoming a member of Les with PF Cuttin’ on the scratching to speak in regards to the world burning.
Dank God had its excessive factors, however I’ve at all times felt prefer it was overloaded with options compared to Psycho Remedy. And though Escape the Matrix solely turned a 3-track EP as a substitute of a full-length studio album, what it affords in almost 10 minutes is best than quite a lot of what was on that earlier LP virtually a decade in the past. Eric Bobo & Stu Bangas each recapture the magic of their manufacturing all through their Empires collaborative effort on 4/20 2021 conserving it underground conventional increase bap vibes alive & Les himself affords extra politically aware material.
Rating: 8/10