Mixtape: Marty MacPhly – Cheers
DOWNLOAD: Marty MacPhly – Cheers
Marty MacPhly “Enter The Drag” [prod. Kriis Mon3y]
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Marty MacPhly “Cold Sweat” [prod. Kriis Mon3y]
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I’m a big fan of producer Kriis Mon3y, whose work appears throughout Marty MacPhly’s mixtape, Cheers. Kriis is developing a very warm sound by layering synths on top of each other, injecting just the right amount of flourishes to create these lush soundscapes. There seems to be a larger musical movement brewing nationwide to take things higher in a more positive direction. You can hear it in The Pack’s Lil B and his cloud rap freestyle explorations. You can hear it in Huntsville, Alabama’s Block Beattaz production duo and their sheets of sound. And you can hear it in Kriis’s production, which sounds like it reaches for outer space, not so much to chill with Martians but more to take in the sights and the grandeur of it all.
MacPhly, for his part, is a solid rapper and a good writer. He bears a striking resemblance to Jay-Z in the sound of his voice and his flow. But he’s got unique, oddball punchlines that stand out (e.g. “My shottie turn n*ggaz into Rogaine clients”). And he’s got good concepts including the above “Cold Sweat,” a cautionary tale about the psychological consequences of living life too hard and violently. It’s overall a very solid mixtape that you should check out.
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