Today’s music review comes from Promisques and Merkules with their track “Nothing From Me” off the coming album ‘Way Back When’ which will be available for pre sale soon this summer! Edited by Tycotic I wasn’t expecting an animated video which was refreshing and the beat opens up with a jazz sample that reminds me of a time when rap was at it’s peak. Promisques drops some bars about how all people do is take and give nothing in return…or don’t have anything to give in return.
P rides the tempo well seeing as it’s a swung drum style which is rare in today’s rap climate. Topics like rappers doing favor’s for shows just to stay broke and rappers asking for handouts from more established artists are brought up through snappy lines like: You ain’t set it off, you ain’t no Queen Latifah.
Shortly after, on the next verse, Merkules comes in…merking as usual, I’ve heard his name over the years and the story’s always been consistent: Merkules is nasty! Feeding off of Promisques’ energy Merk strips the fat back and provides lean bars. No punch lines or metaphors just straight facts, without spoiling the verse too much I’ll say these guys ripped the track and bounced in true Hip-Hop fashion.