“Y.G.G” – Shanti Dope feat. HELLMERRY
Popular Pinoy Hip-Hop artist, Shanti Dope collaborates with HELLMERRY on this brand new track.
“Y.G.G” is produced by Universal Records Philippines.
Popular Pinoy Hip-Hop artist, Shanti Dope collaborates with HELLMERRY on this brand new track.
“Y.G.G” is produced by Universal Records Philippines.
One of the most prolific MCs of this generation is back with a brand new track.
Titled “City Girl”, this track is written by Shanti Dope. The music video is directed by Aaron Maagma and produced by Universal Records Philippines.
One of the most prolific Pinoy Rap artist, Gloc-9 collaborates with Pricetagg, Omar Baliw, CLR and Shanti Dope in this hardcore track.
Titled “Resbak”, this track and official music video is produced by Universal Records Philippines.
One of the most prolific Pinoy Hip-Hop lyricist is back with this both amazing track and music video.
And the music video itself by Universal Records Philippines is very impressive and is an evolution not only in Pinoy Hip-Hop but Original Pilipino Music (OPM) as a whole!
Title: Basic
Artist: Shanti Dope
Year: 2022
Label: Universal Records Philippines
Before I start, yes musical trends have changed. With the availability of both the internet and social media, many musicians prefer releasing their material online. What more is that, many prefer releasing singles over full albums even if the latter is an extended play format. Nevertheless there are still a handful of artists who prefer releasing full albums and I have to give them credit for that.
And the album reviews still continue!
Let’s get back to the program. Sean Patrick Ramos, more known in Pinoy Hip-Hop as Shanti Dope is one of the most prolific rap artists in The Philippines and recently dropped his latest EP album. Titled Basic, this is Ramos’ third studio album and is under Universal Records Philippines.
Shanti Dope’s third EP album has a total of 5 tracks of pure hip-hop music. Just like his previous studio albums, Ramos kept the same formula of smooth vocal flow plus his trademark spoken word theme and lyrics.
He also kept his diverse music styles such as going chill / lofi in the track, “Tabi” featuring Daarth, to the “trap” like sound of Loaded which also featured fellow rap artist, Hellmerry.
“Sabog na sabog sa ngiti pag tatawa ka ganto pala kapag sayo tumama”
Shanti Dope – Tabi
Shanti Dope’s third album, still provided a decent listening pleasure. But unfortunately, is not as classic or breathtaking as his previous 2017 release, Materyal. I more felt Materyal as it was more presentable and tracks in this album are some of the most iconic in Pinoy Hip-hop.
As with Basic, my personal favorite track is still “Basic” as I highly appreciate his lyrical flow and the supporting beat went hard.
Overall, Basic still worth checking out and is still a good album coming one of the most versatile Pinoy Hip-Hop lyricists.
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Favorite track: “Basic”
Least favorite track: “Sumpa”
Overall Review: 4/5