Montréal, Québec, Canada emcee, producer & engineer Mike Shabb seeking to spherical out the Sewaside trilogy for his third mixtape. Developing within the spring of 2018 off his full-length debut Northwave, he would proceed to make his presence recognized by placing out 6 EPs & his final couple of mixtapes earlier than gaining notoriety for engineering Boldy James’ fifth album Truthful Alternate No Theft together with producing “Switches on Every thing” off Hitler Wears Hermes X & enlisting his mentor Nicholas Craven to totally produce his fifth EP Shadow Moses from high to backside. Mike simply put out the Hood Olympics EP final summer time & is now assembling an intriguing guest-list for the largely self-produced Sewaside III.
The intro begins by leaping over a jazzy growth bap expressing his want for financial institution cash versus a bit of stack & that he isn’t even in his prime but whereas “Doghouse” takes an atmospheric flip instrumentally asking who let the canine out in addition to ensuring you rely up the bread & by no means leaving out your homies. After the “We Reside in Montréal” interlude paying homage to “We Reside in Brooklyn” by the good Roy Ayers, the soulful “Grinchy” strips the drums fully spitting that gangsta shit previous to “Autumn & Fall” jazzily stays strong & able to take over the sport.
LORDY previously often known as Ankhlejohn accompanies Mike on “Free Automobiles” residing & dying by the .44 Magnum over a gradual albeit jazzy growth bap beat main into “Ben Wallace” that includes Estee Nack going drumless as soon as once more speaking about specializing in the gold referencing the titular Detroit Pistons middle. “Free YSL” that includes Da$h brings a morbid ambiance to the instrumental calling for YSL Information to be launched from jail, however then “Hurry Up” returns to the growth bap flexing the tremendous fats racks in his again pocket.
“Hey Younger World, Pt. II” comes by way of with a cool single to the loosie “Hey Younger World” that he dropped completely on his YouTube channel a 12 months & a half in the past assuring that the world remains to be your whereas “Milk Crate” that includes Lørd Skø assembles 2 of the underground’s largest up-&-comers with a jazzy beat accompanying them speaking about being them dudes their complete lives. “Julie” slickly reminisces over wet days & after the melodic “Transmitting Reside from the Actual World” interlude, “Free Jesus” that includes Navy Blue & produced by Nicholas Craven turns the jazz influences again up speaking about Christ being a shooter.
Boldy James hyperlinks up with Mike on the drumless single “Large Piranhas” likening themselves to bigger variations of the omnivorous fish in a small pond whereas “Free Jazz” lives as much as it’s identify completely fusing hip hop & components of the titular subgenre of jazz music breaking free from the conventions & patterns of it’s contemporaries by way of the usage of dissonance, atonality & free-flowing rhythmic buildings. “Echoes” strips the drums 1-last time in favors of synthesizers speaking about nonetheless listening to the gunshots ringing out.
Shadow Moses was simply among the finest EPs from final 12 months & in the event you nonetheless haven’t had a possibility to examine Mike out as an MC, I recommend you hearken to that & even Sewaside III right here since he simply gave us what must be my new favourite installment of the trilogy surpassing Sewaside II from over a pair years in the past. The largely self-produced providing expands on his drumless, jazzy sound bringing a good listing of friends with him to painting life within the Montréal streets.
Rating: 8/10