Review: Souped Up come through with that next level sickness once again as Russian giants Teddy Killerz get busy with the formidable arachnid MC, and fellow giant, Spyda on 'Run'. Opening with big reggae skanks, powerful vocals from Spyda and a bassline sharper than a sassy roadman on a bed of nails, it's a big 2024 anthem in waiting. Elsewhere Rouman gets involved on the sexier feels of 'Smoke' while finale 'Gun' shoots first and knocks heads off later with pure greasy intent. Bang bang!
Review: Amentec have pulled a real box of weapons out of the air with this one as they welcome an awe-inspiring line up, with Fugitive, Silver Fox & MC Spyda joininbg forces for a system-rattling two tracker. First up, Fugitive rides out solo on 'Too Strong', an industrial thunderstorm of scattered breaksy samples and booming subs, with Silver Fox & MC Spyda arriving straight after on the nostalgia-inducing pad sweeps and slightly slower drumwork of 'Dream'. From here, it develops into remix season as MOY touches down, firstly reworking 'Too Strong' into an epic, apocalypse-inducing tundra, alongside a moogy masterflip of 'Dream'. Awesome stuff!
Review: Disrupta and Spyda... Now there's a solid partnership you can set your watch by. But don't hang around because they're not hanging around for a conversation - 'No Chat' is a straight up shredder with Spyda's vocals pitched right down to demonic levels. 'Come In' sees Disrupta rolling solo on an infectious stripped-back face-melting flex. Grizzly!
Review: Benny Page and MC Spyda have the first single out on Spyda's brand new label and with this single they take you on a rough and ready journey through rolling D&B, one that's characterised by its reliance on the best elements of the older school of 170 sonics: big drum hits, reggae-infused MC work and a complete lack of pretentiousness or over-engineering. 'Serious Time' is exactly that and we love the spoken vibe that rolls out over the whole tune, a proper piece of mic duty from one off the stalwarts of the scene.
Review: You can't see his face, but we bet our bottom dollar you can hear him... Taking Shy's Raggamuffin Mixtape banger and twisting it into a dark, ruded-up bubbler, modern day donny Skeptical has taken 'Balaclava' to the murkiest of new levels. Still featuring the high-grade MC rollcall of D Double, Frisco and Spyda, Shy's wry sense of gully remains fully intact as Skeppy tells us it will take more than a pandemic to hold him down. Ring the alarm!
Review: Benny Page is a legend in the scene, and for this single he'd been joined by another legend: MC $pyda, who you'll probably know for his vocals on Pendulum's 'Tarantula'. This track is similar in a few respects: funky vibes, a big old rolling bassline and $pyda's vocals floating just above, with wicked effect. This is one of those arms-in-the-air tunes that taps into the history of reggae influence and sampling in the scene, its reminiscent of the recent Chase & Status stuff and it's definitely a style everyone can get behind. Shoutout to Page and $pyda for this one!
Review: What happens when you get the iconic broadsword vocals from MC Spyda, the cricket bat-buckling riffage of man-of-the-mo Serum and a little love for the sticky-icky? This, basically. Hookier than a fisherman's convention, vibier than a whole cinema of massaging chairs, warmer than a picnic in the oven at gas mark six, this is guaranteed to get all the G-man and G-women singing along in harmony. The first track from BassLayerz' brand new imprint, this is the way you launch a new label!
Review: Fresh from flexing the iconic vocals of David Boomah, Dub Shotta bossman (and all-round G in general) Benny Page now locks horns with one of the most distinctive and hype-raising Jamaican MCs in the game $pyda. Wrapping his dancehall damage harmonies to "Gangsta", this is nothing short of an anthem thanks to its sing-along feels, a gut-punching hook and raw energy that will pop any rave into pieces. With its rifle riff, sandpaper harmonics and higher-end tones "Flava" takes us round the back for something a little more illicit and intoxicating. Both absolutely smash the place.
Review: You'd be hard pushed to name an MC with more of a distinctive jungle tonality than Spyda. With Fats coming a close second, Spyda has that musicality, hookiness but bare-faced brute force that instantly smacks with heritage. "Soundsystem Entertainer" is no exception as he does the dulcet damage over one of Solo's strongest bass hooks in a long time (which is saying something, considering his consistency high level) The end result is an instant floor-bubbler with all the funk and gusto you'd expect from the J-Cakes crew. Loaded with an instrumental for those rare arachnophobia association gala parties we all have to endure from time to time.
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