Alberta producer Metawon comes out swinging on progressive BC based hip-hop/electronic label Neferiu, with his new compilation album ‘Choplifter’.

Cam the Wizzard in his seemingly effortless flow and trademark baritone rap’s ‘people eating people, and then those dead people get back up’ on the albums best track, ‘Zombie Apocalypse’. A wickedly nerdy concept, brilliantly executed. Royal – T delivers with a sweet K-Os diss and solidify’s his status as the lost Fu-Schnick. The father of Edmonton rap, Touch is on a ‘Real Sirius’ mission destroying a dark, floating, wireless apocalypse. The clinically insane Lexington and Whatevski (Calgary, AB) rape the tense, operatic audioscape and crispy drums of ‘Best Western Medicine’ and ‘Real Ill’ ft. Planit is exactly what the title promises. Ghettosocks’s smooth-daddy-delivery on ‘Right on Time’ proves too much for Jeff Spec, and Treetrunk Imaginations Chadio and Azrael trade dope verses over an airy, synthy boom-bap beat on ‘Discriminating Tastes’. Just B really gives ‘er, but winds up getting pinned to the mat by the dopest beat on the album ‘Joy and Pain’

The low points of Choplifter are both appearances of Alberta Mc Deezuz (the ‘Howie Mandel of this rap shit’) along with his fake B.E.T. accent and cliche, insincere, generic rhymes and delivery. The grating electric guitar in ‘No Return’ Ft Def 3 is too distracting, and ‘Diggin for Gold’ featuing Teekay (Dragon Fly Empire) falls into the ‘bunch of words that rhyme’ trap despite a catchy hook and jazzi – fied production.

What stands out the most about ‘Choplifter’ is Metawon’s musicality and potential. A compilation albums primary goal is showcasing the producer. As considerate, diverse, and deliberate as the production, arrangements, mixing and turntablism are, the fast forward muscles tense due to a few unfortunately themed and lackluster vocal performances.

6.5 ninja swords out of 10

For more information, hit up Neferiu Records!

Preview
http://www.neferiu.com/releases/NEF121/RightOnTimeFtJeffSpecAndGhettosocks.mp3
Metawon – Right on Time ft. Jeff Spec and Ghettosocks
http://www.neferiu.com/releases/NEF121/AStoryToTellFtDefinite.mp3
Metawon – A Story to Tell ft. Definite

Tags: Album Review, Metawon, Neferiu Records
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