Ok, so I feel kinda bad for writing this as Marger's actually one of the best in the scene right now, but his first mixtape is pretty weak and I'd hate for someone to catch on to Marger's hype, download this, dislike it and then not bother with him again. So I'm here to say this one doesn't really display Marger's talents well at all.
Marger has flow on this and that's about the only thing going for Flow Flood. Back then (sounds like it was ages ago, we're only talking early 2010) he was Money Margz, and way too much of the lyrics here are concerning money, paper and stacks. Whereas on his recent singles, freestyles and EP (Kush Wave) he's great with his similies, he lacks the originality here with stuff we've heard plenty of times before like "more dough than a baker" and at least two examples of those Weezy-patented "shit/piss like a toilet" bars. Instrumentally this is interesting but doesn't quite work. I dunno how many of these (if any) are exclusive but it dots around with grime, hyphy-sounding stuff and some snap. Only one I recognised was Soulja Boy's Donk instrumental on Money Margz. Some of the hooks are pretty weak too. And then there's too much American slang for a grime MC, too much swagger, hustle, paper etc. Just feels kinda all over the place.
Some nice bassy beats (like Wow) and it's not really terrible music, just weak for an MC that I'd consider one of the best in the scene right now. Listen to some of his recent singles like What You Got or get the Kush Wave EP, he's really leading the new wave grime scene, but this mixtape isn't a good example of his talent. Skip this one and check out everything he did afterwards.
Marger has flow on this and that's about the only thing going for Flow Flood. Back then (sounds like it was ages ago, we're only talking early 2010) he was Money Margz, and way too much of the lyrics here are concerning money, paper and stacks. Whereas on his recent singles, freestyles and EP (Kush Wave) he's great with his similies, he lacks the originality here with stuff we've heard plenty of times before like "more dough than a baker" and at least two examples of those Weezy-patented "shit/piss like a toilet" bars. Instrumentally this is interesting but doesn't quite work. I dunno how many of these (if any) are exclusive but it dots around with grime, hyphy-sounding stuff and some snap. Only one I recognised was Soulja Boy's Donk instrumental on Money Margz. Some of the hooks are pretty weak too. And then there's too much American slang for a grime MC, too much swagger, hustle, paper etc. Just feels kinda all over the place.
Some nice bassy beats (like Wow) and it's not really terrible music, just weak for an MC that I'd consider one of the best in the scene right now. Listen to some of his recent singles like What You Got or get the Kush Wave EP, he's really leading the new wave grime scene, but this mixtape isn't a good example of his talent. Skip this one and check out everything he did afterwards.
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