Three eyes – eyes open. The standout producer delivers his heavily anticipated Premoniitions album. We’ve been hearing a lot about this project… At first listen, I can hear the emcee’s experimentation in his flow. He has several smooth collaborations as well.
Mike Regal is influenced by the East Coast Boom Bap production style, but often goes outside the box, and certainly doesn’t lack in lyrical content on the project. The prevailing message: stay focused on your business, hard for your affiliates and help no one else. We placed the artist on DX and kicked off his “Eyes Open Series” last year.
On the title track:
“When it come to the flows, I’ma specialist I don’t need a pirate to treasure this You can tell I’m the future when present My gift is a gift to the present Been a while since I rolled up the regular I switch up my style on the regular You boys be moving too regular She loving my wave, it ain’t regular”
Ar Wesley dropped an impressive project today titled The Self Portrait: Part 1 (March 30, 2016). He’s meticulous over the jazzy boom bap production from Mike Regal and Ekstoluke (who also did cover art). This is the first installment in a 3-part series, according to the premiere. Ar is calling this one “Reality”, which will be followed by “Love” and “Hope”.
I’m really a fan of the piano and bass guitar this “Midwest Coast Love” record, as well as the equally as smooth Time Is Millmatic EP.
“It’s murder in the street, that’s how it go, yea I hear niggas creeping on the low, yea I can feel your pain, I know you ain’t got it I was sleeping in a shelter, don’t you damn think I forgot it, hold up”
UPDATE: Dad contacted me on da book because this piece “doesn’t represent [him] correctly” (June 20, 2016). The emcee deleted his old profile, so there’s no trace of his previous comments, but now assures the following:
“The part about me proclaiming to be a role model to urban youth… I don’t think I ever worded it like that at all and it’s pretty cringey… I think I said something along the lines but definitely was worded differently… Definitely never called myself a role model dude… And you said self proclaimed as if I said that… I said something about giving advice to my younger friends not about being a role model to inner city kids or whatever, so it’s just about how you worded it I guess… I don’t want kids to follow in my footsteps I want them to learn from my mistakes like a true dad ya feel me, no role model here.”
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This Milwaukee, Wisconsin based emcee loves that H Town sound. He hits with a leaned out flow and Mammyth mixes his records in the Chopped n Screwed fashion. Dad has the right voice for it too. His laid-back vibes are a saucy change of pace for Cream City.
When we spoke at the end November, Dad said “I was just meant to be dad man it chose me I didn’t choose it”. The emcee proclaims himself a role model for the urban youth of Milwaukee, although judging off all the people calling him Dad, it’s hard to tell who chose who.
The Brew City living, Houston-influenced emcee dropped Father Figure EP according to plan on December 6. The rapper has a couple more projects on the way…
