Quite a late post because I've been focusing on my exams lately but I have a free afternoon today so I only got 'round to listening to the mixtape now. Domo Genesis. Quite a slept on dude if you ask me. The main time I listen to Domo is when he's featured on anything Odd Future and to be honest I've never been astonished or really amazed - I always thought he was quite average. Lyrically, yes he is quite average but this mixtape is VERY easily chilling somewhere in my Top 10 Mixtapes of 2014. Easily. The mixtape is 14 songs deep ranging from tracks that make you wanna vibe out on a late night car ride home to tracks that make you wanna get up and face Eminem in a rap battle because your confidence is on 100.
Under The Influence 2 starts off with Preamble, an intro into the project with Left Brain just letting his mind drift as he talks (or "verbally stimulates" as he calls it) about Under The Influence 2 over a laid back beat. The tape then goes into 'Doms in Vegas' with a continuation of the previous beat where he spits about how hard he goes in rap and ends in a skit of Bernie Mac from House Party 3. After this the mixtape takes us uphill into one of the best tracks on the project 'The Most Subtle Flex Ever' where he drops hot flows over a Brown Sugar sample that was made famous by D'Angelo which then goes into a conversation. This is followed by 'The Return' with L-Boy talking over the Careless Whisper instrumental. '24 Hour Spitness' follows with a really dope 90s, East Coast feeling beat. After this we hear a feature from IamSu! on 'Go Outside' another beautiful track with some rain to add to the effect of the overall track. Now on the next track was where I had my "woah this mixtape is fire!" moment. 'Rare Form Doms' starts off with Mike Tyson talking about the psychological factor to winning a fight and how his confidence was basically on 100 which then swiftly goes into a sample from Drake's 'Wu-Tang Forever' beat where Domo goes HAM to say the very least! A track packed tight with punchlines both borrowed and original. After this everything cools down a bit with a melancholic 'Follow Me' featuring Tay Walker. The track was produced by Left Brain so it's dope getting a bit more of that Odd Future love on the mixtape. 'This Is 15 Bars I May Be Wrong I Gotta See' is the next track on the mixtape which features mixtape of the year candidate Mac Miller! Another slightly melancholic Left Brain production on 'Full Moon' followed by another hardcore punchline filled track on 'X' with another classic boombap hip-hop sound. We see some more Odd Future on 'Sundance Kids' with Hodgy Beats hitting some nice punchlines with Dom rapping about how they're targeted (but feared) and will basically put to shame anyone that tries challenge them. Simple. The second last track on the mixtape 'STRICTLY4MYNIGGAZ' follows, which is then followed by 'Burn outro'.
The samples. The beats. The verses (quite a few elementary though). Domo Genesis impressed a lot of Hip Hop heads that hadn't really paid much attention to him as a solo rapper as well as those that have loved him from day one. Every track has something that makes it really dope and stand out from the rest. In all seriousness though, if you havent heard Under The Influence 2 you really need to. It's of a stellar quality and, as mentioned earlier, it's in the running to be one of the best mixtapes released this year in my opinion. Well done Doms!
Rating: 8/10
No comments:
Post a Comment