Matter of Time - Lorisoul

               This track really brings up the mood in this album. Pure dopeness from this instrumental. Rythmatical shows up why he is so awesome, once again ha ha! This starts out nice and relaxed, then BAM! This track is so amazingly feel good it isn't even funny. Everything Lorisoul spits on this is positive and uplifting. Some of my favorite rhymes right here.

And with that said I am just trying to make a change

I don't ever wanna risk something bad to be arranged.

Precious as it seems days past by fast.

Good and the bad I don't really need a contrast.

Lorisoul tells us he wants to make an impact, which I feel we all strive to do. He doesn't wanna make some crazy risk and maybe he wants to play it fast. And he is right time flies by, so you should have no regrets as sometimes you should just learn to make a choice. And by now Lorisoul has learned the difference between good and bad.

In the end of it all I'm still here

17 years and my goal is quite clear.

I myself am only 17, and I don't quite know my goal, but when we look back at all we went through we can only imagine ourselves stronger and through this we alleviate the stress and nervousness we have for new challenges.

I'm livin' up the moments like the minutes were my last ones.

Kickin' back everyday bump beats and have fun.

A good combination of words right here! Live it up, relax, and focus on the better things.

                Then the hook comes on and I absolutely adore it. I appreciate every word in the chorus. As I have been taking mental notes in my head with all the music I have been working on , and have become addicted to instrumentals. Which by the way I will mention there is an instrumental version of this album! He then takes a nice block to his haters, as he just says things will happen as times go by, and you just need to chill. Lorisoul is wise.

In the night I feel my best cause I feel so alive

I'm tired from the day but the music is my reviver.

This right here is how I feel so much! I have a long day but at night I am relaxed and I have been saved once again by smooth tunes.

Beautiful and blissful keep it short and simple

I don't need the items that I always tried to wish for.

Keeping it pure, and I give props to him for saying that. Takes heart to admit you don't really need the material things in your life.

Get lost when I am in the zone chillin

I appreciate everything so give me criticism.

What every artist should use to there advantage. I am sure through is 5 years before the album, he had plenty of times where criticism really helped him out. Regardless of how much he got, it shows he has done well even though I have heard nothing older before this album.

He just kills the song with so many wise things said, spitting hard and just making my day. Big inspiration from this track right here! The beat then glides away into the 3rd track. Rythmatical shows his versatility as he used a similar method in the previous track, simply with different notes and a higher pitch and different drums. And now they are ready to rock and they sure as hell dude. 

Another smooth jam to add to my collection, and Rythmat got me loving those keys! 

No Regrets - Intro - Lorisoul

              I recently mentioned I had been exposed to the underground. Well this is one of my favorite albums since the instrumental dig I had earlier in the fall. Lorisoul is a very interesting rapper to me, and I love him and this album for many reasons. I said A Tribe Called Quest had taught me to appreciate everything in music, and Lorisoul brought me the next step up. At first since he was underground, I had my doubts and worries. However, he didn't fail me in any way. Here's why.
               What I love about Lorisoul is that he is so real and down to earth, and in every track he brings more and more inspirational lines that connect to me on a personal level that I had never reached before hand. They are just more direct than other messages in the deep emotional tracks I have listened to. While I at first thought his actual rhyme skills were half decent, he is on point all the time! You just gotta stop comparing everybody to your number one rapper. Which after the message I get, means the song will have even more value. He flows nice and ride with the beats, never feels off to me, and his rhymes can be simple or complex, but much like the Tribe he keeps it light and never comes off with swag rap, which is something I never hope to hear in my continued mining of the hip-hop that is underground.
                The album brings a lot but I'll get to that in the closing. The beats are always amazing, produced by Fellowship contributor, Rythmatical! A lot of sick beats that are jazzed up and mellowed down, perfect for Lorisoul's style, and the keys! My god this guy is a sick nasty motherfucker on the keys. He can do any simple loop tune it right with the drums and Lorisoul is ready to go. Truly inspiring stuff for a young guy like me to listen to, seeing as how these guys are around 20 by now, or so I believe.

No Regrets (Intro)

               

                  And for the intro track we get a nice feeling for Lorisoul. Rythmatical catches my ear with the keys and that boom bip beat you can really feel. From there I am hooked, and I love every second of it. Lorisoul introduces himself, his album, and Rythmatical, and all his friends. And I am proud to say I am now a reporter.

                   

Jazz, Doo-wops, Soul

And from there we are kicking it. Lorisoul explains what he is about. He has been focusing on his techniques, trying to finally "work on being dope now". And be resurrected as a "Lorisoul", and perhaps my favorite line.

We got the realness, everybody bump this

Like Jay-Z in his prime, they be feelin' it

Pure bliss right there. Of course they have the realness! And that comment about Jay-Z was 100% truth. Lorisoul continues to explain his story and where he has come, how he finally found his flow, which is a message of hope to others who aspire for greatness. As Lorisoul may have been in the game 5 years, he just found his sound, finding himself, "call it finding nemo". It shows that not everyone can chase there dreams so quickly and not have persistence. As I know that if I want to chase something it could be years before it goes anywhere, and Lorisoul shows proof in perseverance which gives us all a beam of hope into the skies. It tells us to stick with it. Who knows, that one bar may have saved thousands of dreams.

                  And Rythmatical kills it with this simple tune. Changing it up at the very end, with that high strings of notes at the very end. Gives it a feel of class, jazz, and oh such great soul. He brings simplicity in music to a higher elevation in beauty, one such height I have never witnessed with my own to ears. Simply amazing right here, at this point I was excited to hear the rest of the album.