When local hip hop began to be taken seriously, there was a
balance between party jams and some of the more conventional thought provoking
(sometimes slightly ignorant) joints that one couldn’t listen to with a silly
smile on their faces, we liked that. We have been waiting for this one for the
past five years or so. The last we heard of the two as a duo was “Findi”
featuring Junior Brown. Dark Face and MC Cut have been an act since way before
MMT, dropping remixes for tracks like “Spot light” by the girl group Ammunition
and “Nerudo” by Cindy.
The projects opens up with a nicely cleaned up “Can you
believe this” featuring Tinashe Makura. Smart opening to the EP as it is easy
on the ear, “still got more verses than
the kids up at Sunday School”. Dark Face’s verse on this one was a little
less theatrical with more serious undertones than witty bars.
The second song on the EP is a Cypha. The beat was killer “if
you cant nod to this one then you have no business listening to Hip Hop”. Chita,
McKnife, award winning Tricky J, Young Nash, Prometheus feature on the song.
Like any cypha, people always ask “who killed it” and our answer is… download it here and you tell us.
Oh yes, Tehn Diamond is also on the EP, I guess if you had been
team [place name here], you have to deal with the “working together” vibe this
year. Crimson blue sings to the chorus on “Thank you”. Tehn Diamond on this
song sounds like why we liked him in the first place that “SOTG3” sounding
Tehn. The song sends gratitude to all those to who have been vibing it to them “you
are welcome guys”.
You can do it, If
you have a younger sibling, take a second to play this song for them. On this
Farida Caprice featured song, they really play the mentor role (straight up
life coach type of song), and by that we mean REALLY MENTOR! We like it, it’s almost
like that “I can” song by Nas. So the basic message is, stay in school.
The last song has a more uppy beat, (mean mug and tell em to
go to hell… or school like the previous song said). Trae Yung opens up the
song, passes it to Cut “I gotta keep it coming like a porno star” erh em… I
guess, they are really going in.
Verdict?
We have always been fans of the duo, MC CUT and Dark Face,
they are very different, where MC Cut shines with a higher pitched voice and
clever punchlines, Dark face backs up with a heavy set street voice and
presence. It’s a good pair. Unlike most of the music that’s called Hip Hop
these days, this EP probably isn’t for those who don’t like Hip Hop in its raw
state. It might not be Wu Tang Clan or Crook Ave but it definitely isn’t Young
Thug or “Zunguza”. We got to talk to MC Cut and he explained that, Hip Hop has
to get back to “spittin”, the art, when music speaks for itself and not the
hashtags or little meaningless arguments. The three producers, Russell G, Xndr
and YoungNash who worked on the music did a good job, but that’s our opinion,
download and listen to the Cutfface EP (Back2Basics) here
OH yah.. did we mention that there is hardly any vernacular.. just saying..
@pushzw
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