![]() If this LP had been released in a couple of months time, it may have been more potent. Given that it’s the start of March (and it’s still snowing in places) it’s an odd time to release an album that evokes Caribbean heat or Brooklyn dog days. This release doesn’t conjure-up images of early-to-mid ’80s Jamaican sound systems but rather an early-to-mid ’90s ghetto blaster. Given that this is a studio album, why would you insert a mixtape element into each and every song? By the third or fourth time we hear it we know who’s producing FFS! □ Statik does however, keep an unabating tone from start to finish but as I’ve already said, alongside the sound of a tape or CD being inserted and ejected at the start and end of the album, the focus of the production seems to be something altogether different than the LP’s apparent concept. Rudebwoy is entirely produced by Statik Selektah and his trademark female-voiced “Statik Selektah” shout-out-slash-tag thingamabob gets slightly irritating. Alongside the weaker shit however, there’s also “Grew Up” which features a powerfully-delivered chorus by Haile Supreme. ![]() For instance there’s some unwanted, wannabe cocktail-bar singing (“Hard Times” featuring Lexipaz and “Goin Thru” featuring T’nah) which could have been re-worked, removed and improved. Most of the features could have been removed and this may have resulted in better songs. In a 13-track LP there’s a whopping 9 that contain featured artists which is arguably too many. The title track “Rudebwoy” featuring Joey Bada$$ (where’s his next album at?) sports yet more jazzy production, this time with a catchy chorus “Cause I’m a rudebwoy and I ain’t gon’ change”… This topic is recorded over slow-tempo, horn-infused production and this combination sets the tone for the entire album. The album begins with “Goin Thru” which is about Fly’s trials and tribulations that he’s faced throughout his life. There’s a great flow in “Show You” and “LV Ascot”, there’s some personal, introspective lyrics in “Grew Up” and “Strugglin’”, and there’s some blunted, golden-era-esque production throughout courtesy of throwback beat-maker Statik Selektah. That being said, there’s lots to like in CJ’s debut LP. jazz-influenced soundscape doesn’t quite match the title. There may be a dash of West-Indian patois here and there but the overall N.Y. Like many of Pro Era’s solo offerings, this release is chock-full of ’90s boom bap sounds. The LP’s artwork and title represents his familial heritage of Barbados and Jamaica but this island-referencing aesthetic isn’t exactly a constant for the entire album. Pro Era’s CJ Fly who gave us mixtapes Thee Way Eye See It in 2013 and Flytrap in 2016, today releases his debut studio album Rudebwoy. by Chuck Strangers) 15 CJ Fly, Dyemond Lewis, Ala Sole, Nyck Caution, Kirk Knight, Rokamouth, Joey Bada$$, Capital STEEZ: "Last Cypher" (prod.By What Went Wrong Or Right With.? on Ma by Thelonious Martin) 14 Joey Bada$$, Rokamouth: "Start to Finish" (prod. ![]() by Marvel) 13 Joey Bada$$, Capital STEEZ: "K.I.N.G.S." (prod. by Hans Solo & Jonas Cook) 12 Dessy Hinds, Nyck Caution: "Natural" (prod. by Brandun DeShay) 11 Joey Bada$$, CJ Fly: "Overseas" (prod. by The Entire Producers) 10 Joey Bada$$, Dyemond Lewis, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution: "School High" (prod. by Einb Special) 09 Dessy Hinds, Nyck Caution: "Vinyls" (prod. by Statik Selektah) 08 Ala Sole, Nyck Caution: "Resurrection of Real" (prod. by Kirk Knight) 07 Capital STEEZ, Joey Bada$$, CJ Fly, Desst Hinds: "Interlude 47" (prod. by Einb Special) 06 Kirk Knight: "Florists" (prod. by Statik Selektah) 05 Ala Sole, Joey Bada$$: "The Renaissance" (prod. by Chuck Strangers) 04 Chuck Strangers, Kirk Knight, Joey Bada$$: "F A Rap Critic" (prod. by Lee Bannon) 03 Nyck Caution, Joey Bada$$, CJ Fly: "Wrecord Out" (prod. by Statik Selektah) 02 Joey Bada$$, Dirty Sanchez, CJ Fly, Capital STEEZ: "Run or Fly" (prod. 01 Capital STEEZ, Joey Bada$$, CJ Fly: "Like Water" (prod.
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