
“Mafuckin U$A” is a pretty bad song, though, due to its bland Budgie Beats Giving Hegelian Dialectic (The Book of Revelation) a bit too much credit. Not just blindly believe anybody, not even your heroes, but I feel like that’s His messages on “Tyranny”, I can only believe that our host was deliberatelyįucking with us in an effort to prove that you should do your own research and Hear, because sometime shit just happens with no rhyme or reason. His two verses telling the listener not to believe every conspiracy theory they Immediately after “Tyranny” is fucking hysterical, since he spends the first of Throughout his catalog, and there are quite a few laugh-out-loud moments in hisĪutobiography), but placing “Mafuckin U$A” (the second single ̶ man,Ĭellblock P really didn’t give a shit about marketing this project, huh?) Isn’t really known for his sense of humor (although sarcasm runs rampant To get in the United States, but even I realize that’s a reach. To the Trump administration, having somehow seen just how bad things were going Worthless? I’d like to believe that this song was simply Cellblock P’s reaction Of the people, couldn’t they just devalue your hard-earned money, rendering it I mean, if the government is the real enemy “create money” so that his great-grandchildren can benefit, lines that make His audience, especially when he makes it a point to add some bars about how he IĬan‘t imagine that Prodigy was ever successful at selling this propaganda to Without providing anything resembling a solution is irresponsible at best. To scare off the listener with lines such as, “the enemy is government tyranny” His conspiracy theories also fail to gain any traction, since trying

Than our hoist usually operates in, so he’s forced to awkwardly speed up hisįlow, which makes him sound like a fucking fraud, like the rap game Ben El RTNC’s instrumental runs at a slower speed Alas, “Tyranny” sucks,īoth as a song and as a message. Interesting direction for his career to have traveled. Prodigy as a hip hop Joe Rogan could have been an

Inside job as his first single? No wonder the line “jet fuel doesn’t melt steelīeams” appears during the chorus. Informs me that “Tyranny” was the first single released from Hegelian Dialectic (The Book of Revelation), and I have to say, wow: Cellblock P dropped anĪnti-government screed that also claims that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were an Politician sincerely looking for your vote, but it still wasn’t very fun to This isn’t the worst song I’ve ever heardįrom the guy, even if our host’s examples of definitely real human beings thatĪbsolutely exist commenting on our chosen genre steers closer to those of a Really: this kind of argument truly deserves the passion Prodigy has freely Rappers”? The Beat Butcha instrumental is far too subdued for an aggressiveĪttack on the state of hip hop, but to his credit, our host realizes this,ĭelivering his observations in a calm, matter-of-fact manner. Quite a bit of money? Also, why is this called “Broken Rappers” and not “Broke Himself hasn’t sold a bunch of albums and is, by most measures, a dude with Prodigy isn’t exactly wrong here, but are we supposed to pretend that he They broke / ‘cause when they get that money, they lose touch with the folks.” State of our chosen genre (or at least what passed for it back in 2017),įinding that “ ain’t the same,” mostly because “rappers better when “Broken Rappers” finds Cellblock P ruminating over the That won’t exactly whet a listener’s appetite for what’s to come. The chemistry between, um, Alan the Chemist and P just doesn’t exist here, and Required to do some heavy lifting, but never manages to pull off its scheme, as Introduction for Hegelian Dialectic (The Book of Revelation), “Mystic” is I’m not inspired by the beat, shit come out weak”). (“It’s written in the stars… look me up then”) and a matter-of-fact briefĮxplanation for his shittier output (“At my best I am excellence / At my worst He eventually gains control over, resulting in one hot line during the chorus Cellblock P’s two verses (and hook) exhibit an awkward flow that (Said “haunting” was purely mechanicalĪnd cheesy, hence the ellipsis above.) The instrumental for “Mystic” does comeįrom The Alchemist, however, so perhaps a curveball should have beenĪnticipated.

Calm and whimsical for not just a Prodigy album, but one with as bleak and
