REVIEWS
GRITTY CYPHER 2 [Review + Download]
When discussing 2015 hip-hop projects, CYPHERS will come up and you
won’t miss talking about the GRITTY CYPHERs. Gritty cypher
2 is a follow up of the first “Gritty
Cypher” which dropped 6 months ago with a video to accompany it (you
can check It out below). The Gritty Cypher is a brain child of Cheno
Billy who is a hip-hop critic and activist whose main aim with these cyphers
is to promote “slept on emcees” as he describes it. So, on his cypher you get
a fresh new line up of rappers like Ajo, Mal X, Tigoh Dtrick, Egwe , Gbaraspoken,
though some who made an appearance on the first cypher still come through like Payne
Keelah.
Still with the same producer 207 of the first Gritty
cypher, who I personally think can’t miss in the discussion of 2015 UG
hip-hop producers Cheno brings versatility on the cypher through rappers
like Egwe
(who raps in luganda) whom I first encountered back in the day when i was still
doing behind the scenes work for 100 Acres Entertainment his label, so
It’s refreshing to see him on a major project like this one. Then you’ve Gbaraspoken
who raps in lugbara which goes further to show you the penetration of hip-hop
in Uganda and versatility of this cypher. Most rappers on this cypher have complete
projects like Ajo’s Mixtape “Rap
Music I Sing”, Payne Keelah’s “16 x 16 = 256 Bars” and Mal X’s “Demonstration”
so if It’s your first time to listen to any of them “spit” go get those projects.
Download the Gritty cypher here
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