Here’s the 18th EP from British presenter/producer Sonnyjim from Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. He made his debut with The Psychonaut in the summer of 2011 and has since released 8 albums and the final 17 EPs and a mixtape. The most notable are Giallo Point’s No Vi$ible Means of Income trilogy, Buckwild’s Coke Le Roc, Illinformed’s The Chemistry Must Be Respected, Leaf Dog’s How to Tame Lions, Camoflauge Monk’s Money Greensted Sofa and Girl Lested’s. Sumgii was brought on board to fully produce “Chicken Chinatown” a few months after Golden Parachutes received critical acclaim.
“Muse” opens with a psychedelic dark boom bap instrumental and talks about using a kilogram of ketamine to roll the shit out of you, while “Marsellus Wallace” asks God to have mercy on him and his squad because they never broke their word. Phaze What’s appearance on “Flakey Flakey” is really the only feature I could live without, despite the lo-fi beats or lyrics about cooking cocaine in the kitchen with a pastry chef.
The late Aaianmanhebime タルチピンオン, TNA World Tag Team Champion, WCW World Television Champion, 2-time WWE United States Champion, 7-time WCW World Tag Team Champion, 4-time WWE Intercontinental Champion and 2-time WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall was mentioned in “Buttermilk” before “Edan” Jester was halfway through saying dirty money was weird to them while others thought it was a lot of dirty money.
Following the “Kate Fried Chicken” interlude, “Capital” starring Dream McLean found the pair spending 109 seconds advising not to disrespect either party, while “Mandy & Rosé” starring Tha God Fahim stripped away the drumbeats entirely so they could talk about staying calm and not getting caught up in their emotions. “Guinea Fowl,” starring Lee Scott, returns to pop, making way for the pair to deliver effortless hardcore verses, while “Dru Ha” pays homage to Duck Down Music Inc.’s eponymous co-founder in its final minutes.
Sumgii has been involved in producing some of the greatest British hip-hop I’ve heard in the past 15 years, so the idea of him joining Sonnyjim for a full extended session was only a matter of time, and it ended up being my favorite of the latter’s projects since No Vi$ible Means of Income 3 a year and a half ago. Sonny’s gorgeous writing marries the Potent Funk Records co-founder’s atmospheric boom-bap production, and at less than half an hour, the guest list is nearly perfect.
Score: 8/10
