Iceski & Merlin
Sound the Alarm & Rhyme Killa
Singles reviews
Having previously written a review for this Hardcore Hip Hop
duo, when they dropped two free download singles toward the end of 2019, the
least I could do was to give you all the lowdown on these two latest releases.
As you are all aware, previous releases from the guys have
kept that Hardcore and frantic Hip Hop sound, from the late 80’s & early
90’s, well and truly alive. Whilst at the same time giving everything they do a
handle on current events.
So, let’s get straight into the first single, Sound the
Alarm, this download comes with the original version and a remixed version...
Warning sirens sound to herald the arrival of Iceski hitting
you with the title of the track, a heavy beat and some frantic cuts. Sound the alarm is, as you might
expect, a pounding track that hits from the start and does not relent for one
second and if you’re a lover of this style of Hip Hop or just Iceski &
Merlin in general, then this one does not disappoint. Iceski is joined on vocal
duties by another UK veteran in Alikazam, both of whom deliver their verses raw
and unrelenting.
If you like a little
to mix it up a little and enjoy a bit of funk in your Hip Hop then the Sound The Alarm (Firing the funk cannon remix)
will give exactly what you want. Keeping the frantic heavy vibe of the original
but, with the added funky feel this one is certainly the kinda thing you want
from a remix. It takes nothing away from the original just simply tweaks the
vibe just enough, in my view.
If that was not enough to satisfy your hardcore taste buds,
then check this one...
Not letting up for one minute, Iceski & Merlin return
with Rhyme Killa. The kinda track
that hits with all the finesse of a battle axe, it features former Planet of
the Fakes member Nekwreka joining Iceski on the vocals. This one might not be
as frantic on the BPM But, it still hits with deadly force as Merlin keeps the
beat banging while Iceski and Nekwreka deliver the lyrics with that raw, in
your face, uncompromising style.
After listening to these three, I just need a minute to
compose myself...
It’s been a while since the guys dropped the incredible Full
Battle Rhymer/Elemental, around eighteen months in fact but, they are well and
truly back by firing a salvo of hardcore hip hop with these two heavy hitters.
Keeping their heavy raw and unrelenting style Iceski and Merlin prove, without
a shadow of a doubt, that they are back and one of the primo duo’s on the
Hardcore Hip Hop scene, definitely in Europe and perhaps the world as a
whole...
As always, Merlin’s
production has that heavy hardcore edge that takes you back to the early days
of the likes of Gunshot, Killa Instinct and so on and you could not ask for a
more perfect emcee to fit with those beats that Iceski. Iceski has that raw
sound and rapid fire delivery that really defines that hardcore hip hop sound
that so many here in the UK, Europe and everywhere enjoy so much. Put all that
with a couple of masterful guest appearances and these two tracks deserve, at
the least, a 7” release of their own so, getting them for free is, or should
say was, an early xmas prezzie for you all.
These two are not letting up with a new 7" Vinyl in the
works that is sure to get the pulse racing and the adrenaline coursing through
the veins. So, keep watch cos there is so much more on the way.
If you have not, for any reason, heard these yet then the
links are below so, go grab em now...
Till next time, I’m out.
Steve
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