Realism - Flow Patrol

         Track was perfect for another rainy run today. The combination on this is perfect, two young artists collaborating to make something ill! This really gives me that classy boom bip feel to it, the sampled dialogue is pretty nice, and that killer piano tune is quite nice. This jazzy feel gives you a good way to picture everything Flow Patrol says, which is quite a damn lot.
          Flow Patrol absolutely destroys it. When I first heard him I was blown away. All you can do to appreciate his style is just listen more, which is a favor to yourself. It is quite the treat we have been given all this free music, and then you look at the shit hop you have to pay for today. Not that all is good or bad in either scene of hip-hop. The jumps he makes are great, and he does a good job of using some solid vocabulary to take us on some journey. The fact that he spits out so many words and most rhyme in some way gets him a lot of respect from him. I'd like to focus on the 2nd verse's first couple of bars.

My flows opposed to the orthodox I'm on top of the box

And that shows I show off? Of course it's not.

No long talks at talk shop I'm on the inbox blocking

The whole flock won't stop till I'm forced to drop stocks

I ain't a pop rock star no shock jock riddling gridlock with Hitchock

This shit from the birds is fist full of bitches to list off

I'm drinking spritzer with the twist off tops

And liberal with shit talk lock in Fort Knox

And caught with a box of gold blocks 

I'm at a spot under which I've fought and lost

But it costs not another dollar that I've got

They chose us so pop off I'm lost real talk

Like the prism divised I'm torn as a divisor thought

No cross, the ones we lost dictate the rise in cost

No hate but lives is lost reinstate your pride in talk

Of the late and greatness I have fought

Absolutely incredible, still can't even decipher that very last line. Regardless of comprehension, this is a masterpiece the whole damn thing rhymes, he makes excellently broad arguments, putting his 2 cents into everything. He cleverly gives us images of success, and he puts good meaning into all of this. There are so many good things to look at in this verse. Whether it be the "drop stocks" line in which he establishes himself as an honest successor to the "flock" which pokes fun at other successful artists, as they listen to their recording companies. This is much better delivered than just saying you are better and have more power. In this manner Flow Patrol shines as he shares his views in a truly unorthodox manner, as not many could deliver a verse like this today. Man, this verse holds the skill that Life's A Bitch material would, and that is not downing the value of that classic song of a classic LP. While maybe "Life's A Bitch" is more nostalgic, sentimental, and possesses a more proper tune to reminisce to, both works contain high lyrical value. 

          Jamie made a really nice beat as I said. That horn sample is incorporated perfectly, and the vocal sample is some really addicting loop that I can't comprehend. Perfect for walking through the town on a dark night, gives you that serious feel, track carries a lot of power with it. As soon as the drums come in your step gets heavier and man you just feel badass. Man, what a trip dude.