The excellent Baltimore rapper Jay Royale punches his way through icy, noir-ish production with take-no-prisoners bars. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 15, 2024
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Many rappers use violence as superficial source material for their music, but not nearly as many honestly portray the pain that violence causes. Deniro Farrar delivers hard-hitting, lock n' load tracks like "War," but is also able to reel it in and bring an introspective and haunting take on the aftermath with "World On My Shoulders." Also props to Young God for the really moody and atmospheric instrumentals. Hank