The UK rapper taps Westside Gunn, Rome Streetz, and more for a hip-hop masterclass on Supreme Cut Untouched Magnificence II
Of all the rappers you should listen to right now, Da Flyy Hooligan is a must. His new album, Supreme Cut Untouched Magnificence II, the sequel to his 2010 release is like the Wagyu beef of hip-hop this year. It’s disgustingly good with some instincts of flow render with exquisite execution.
It’s a 12-track avalanche of penetrating flows and rhyme schemes that the Triple Darkness member lands with demonstrable proficiency. While the rap game remains as artistic as ever, striking gold requires panning in the right circles, and Iron Braydz swims amongst a ramshackled industry without care for the efforts of others — and when you’re this good, why should you?
Supreme Cut Untouched Magnificence II Enlists Rome Streetz, Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine
From the moment you hit play, the SCUM lyricist thrashes with razor-like precision on “Veblen Goodz” over a rolling assembly of drum fills and heavy guitar riffs. A damaging flurry of bars clinks with melodious narratives, and this carries over into “07944 Blood on the Floor”, where the rock vibes reverberate for nearly six minutes across both tracks.
Next, enter Conway the Machine: the Griselda-associated rapper steps into the fray on “Alligator Skin II”, treading through pounding string keys and solemn drums. The tempo heats up as M1 and General Steele pitch in through a fog of distorted vocals on “China”, before the project tones the canvas down on “Guilty Verdix” with Guilty Simpson. Both rappers benefit from a stripped-back production courtesy of Agor, where similes like, “Money rising like the Hovis” peer above the horizon.
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“True Stories” continues this pattern until we get to a Rome Streetz collaboration titled “Lab Coats”. It’s another verbose splatter of storytelling finesse and a gallant partnership of multisyllabic wordplay. Lamarrie Essquirre rounds off an intensive list of features with Westside Gunn on “Saville Row II”, where the frequent riffing themes of classic guitar solos maximise the intimidatory, voluble vocals, before “Sean Price II”, with the eponymous artist making an appearance on a score fit for a Western stand-off.
On the final track, Hooligan later taps into a poignant tribute to his mother and children, where he delicately recounts scenarios and regrets that many can relate to in “Expensive Wishes”.
The Verdict
Overall, this is an album of unsettled fireworks unexpectedly launching in all directions. From the get-go, fans experience a hardcore, carefully formulated measure of linguistically deft verbal weaponry, replete with sonically classic motifs and a welcome bout of scaled partnerships.
Listeners most acquainted with the sphere of names featured on this release will eat good, and for the rest of the UK rap game, they’ll need new sneakers to keep up. It’s a shame that the genre is bloated with finite names that fail to represent the breadth of talent coming from the UK, because there’s so much to contend with in our hip-hop scene. Da Flyy Hooligan proves it, and then some.
Full Tracklist (with Features)
- Veblen Goodz
- 07944 Blood on the Floor
- Alligator Skin II (feat. Conway the Machine)
- China (feat. M1 & General Steele)
- Guilty Verdix (feat. Guilty Simpson)
- True Stories (feat Mav)
- Lab Coats (feat. Rome Streetz)
- Ox Hill (Feat Estee Nack)
- Saville Row II (feat. Westside Gunn)
- Sean Price II (feat. Sean Price)
- Nightingale Road
- Expensive Wishes (feat Mama Rose)
Stream and Buy the Album
Is available to buy as a digital download, cassette, CD from the artist’s Bandcamp. Alternatively, you can stream the album from all major platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, and YouTube.
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