Along with Passionweiss’
favourite Dixie trippers The Outfit, Tx, Undergravity are moulding a sound
outside of trap’s limitations. Earlier this year, Atom Bomb and Mastermind
After Cash released Southern rap throwback “The Freshest MCs” with fellow
Houston MC Dante Higgins. The album featured summer-time production as well as
fun rhymes for those of us who prefer car stereos and barbeque sessions to
MacBook speakers and screen glare. This time around however, the duo issues a
more serious statement of intent.
Despite being purveyors of
the vintage Southern sound, the underdawgs show their versatility by ditching
the organs and giving funk a quick breather. Instead they rhyme over the sparse
drums of Lil Wayne’s attempted comeback track “Believe Me” featuring your
favourite Canadian child actor. They’ve dubbed it a “paystyle” rather than a
”freestyle,” to let you know their focus is on the cash. As long as it’s better
than the original, they can call it anything they like.
“You already know who you
ain’t fucking with, manoeuvring in the coupe, sitting crooked like the
government.” Undergravity rhyme with furrowed brows and vehement brags. M.A.C
plays quarter back like Any Given Sunday’s Willie Beamen and Atom Bomb is
getting picked like a plum tree. Undergravity knows they’re overlooked, but
they’ll keep working without your consent.