Ghais Guevara is a 24 year old MC, producer and political activist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who started in 2019 under the original moniker Jaja00 and during that time has put out a total of 8 mixtapes & 3 EPS, That was until signing with Fat Possum Records last fall. His music is known for expressing the outrage that shocked the black community. Standing out among white audiences, he has dropped 5 singles since his new record label geared up for his official full-length debut studio album.
After the Act 1 introduction, the self-produced “Old Guard Is Dead” starts off by talking about being everything everyone else wants him to be, while “Leprosy” warns that he’s rolling in with the killers who are packing them, and are the ones who . “3400” acknowledged the amount of miles he had put away from the hood and still couldn’t take it away from him, but then 2 parter “I stare at the trap with ambition” warned his squad as they continued to hold on to them.
Yoko McThuggin’s “Monta Ellis” suggests you’re not really an all-star who doesn’t have any flavor. “Camera Shy” stylishly shows off the features of his favorite designer brands and introduces “The Bystander Effect” in Act 2 after DJ Haram pleads with Elucid & Sof Prof not to show up because neither of them have time.
Meanwhile, on “4L” we have Ghais talking about making sure you do good in your life, while “Hardly Fell Apple” features McKinley Dixon on a drumless loop talking about what everyone wants to end up with them. “Brand” is this orchestral trap hybrid that takes pride in his heart even if he doesn’t capture everyone’s heart, while “Critical Acclaim” talks about knowing your intentions and saying that the individual grabs the body for praise.
“Shaitan’s Spiderweb” approaches the conclusion to Ghais’ full-length studio, which has too much hocus-pocus on his phone these days, while “You Can Skip This Part” wraps things up with a chipmunk soul asking who would carry Bullet, ask who will make the bullet wrapped. For him, when it finally comes time for these cookies to call out everyone else’s cookies, he’ll get a shot for him.
Inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 film “Characters,” Gass said, “I opened my mind to the concept of the traumatic refractive self” to black skin, white masks And the man who mistook Franz Fannon and Olivier’s hat for Sacks, respectively, was Goyard Ibn, as his fat man debuted as a more conceptual fictional antihero. Act 1 Highlights the Glory and Booty of Mainstream Hip Hop Stars & Act 2, a surprise turn focused on the sounds of East Coast Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Chipmunk, Chipmunk, Awareness, Conscious Awareness, Awareness Hip hop, trap, spoken word and gangsta rap.
Score: 9/10