“Study like a
first year - more A’s and less AIDS”
The first
I’ve ever heard of ManKind in all honesty and I must say: I’m really digging
what I hear. Give Dat Tenda is an interesting project to say the least. It’s
always dope when you come across a rapper and your very first experience with
them is through a full project that shows their full capabilities. ManKind is
really dope rapper that from the first bar leaves the listener highly enticed
by his unparalleled beat choice and delivery. We travel with ManKind as he raps
about “partying like a first year”, staying focused and on his grind, keeping a
strong sense of patriotism, believing in yourself and your tremendous
abilities, and of course, the inevitable in hip-hop: wanting to make guap! His
ability to swiftly spit between languages was clearly portrayed as he
experimented with different African boom-bap styled beats as well as slower,
more melancholic beats. Tracks like African National Congress carry a slightly
conscious vibe but it isn’t overplayed or a motif throughout the EP as directly
after this the EP goes into a self-titled track (and arguably the best song on
the EP) ManKind. With his “ai-ya-yai” ad-lib, ManKind gave us a pretty dope EP.
Although Give Dat Tenda wasn’t as lyrically intricate as I would have liked, it
was very sonically pleasing and was an all-round enjoyable project to bump.
Seeing someone like this blow up would be beautiful. ManKind has the potential
to be a hazardous addition to the SA rap scene.
Ai-ya-yai!
Lyrics: 1.5/4
Content: 2/3
Production:
1.5/3
Total: 5/10
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