Aye Wun----The 1st Letter EP

Aye Wun-The 1^st Letter-Militainment Business-(2013)

Artist: Aye Wun

Album: The 1^st Letter EP

Label: Milittainment Business

Producers: artist, Tony Heathcliff 

Queens emcee Aye Wun has been making heavy noise. He got them heavy bars for days that have people scratching their heads. Putting that emphasis on straight lyrics is part of hip hop and Aye Wun is bringing it back to the years when punchlines and storytelling rhymes matter. As N.O.R.E. emphatically calls him the Illapino and rightfully so on the groundbreaking underground hit “Rigamortis”, Broken Home’s Aye Wun finally comes correct with The 1^st Letter EP.

            Now you know the beast is coming out of Aye Wun when he manhandles the sixteen on tracks like the piano infused “Secret Fan” and the self-produced “Drop That Loot”. The hard boom bap beat pattern and the scratches on Drop That Loot fits Aye Wun right in his alley putting his clever wordplay to the test: she stalking with pretty heels, I got to cop a titty feel/and if she’s open, I poke her in the parking lot at citi field. “You Won’t Be Around Next Year” is that hard hitting track that will put competitors out of commission when he spits with precision and the awesome Craig Mack’s “Flavor In Your Ear” remix. The guest appearances are picked well on this album. Cory Gunz tag teams with Aye Wun on the Tony Heathcliff produced “The God’s Day Off” which has a cool contemporary beat to it with awesome kicks provided while QB’s Capone assisted with the Filipino emcee on “The Blastoff”. You gotta love this cat rhymes that cut heads off like a machete with dope chorus and immaculate 16’s: here goes the blastoff, wax on wax off/when I enter the building, you takes your hats off/high caliber, hard body metallica/real champions take on all challengers….eastern pacific, it’s like I’m teaching statistics/whenever I preaching sadistic, I’m just being specific/I’m gifted, special like a 38 biscuit/greasy like a pot frying 38 fish sticks.

            The 1^st Letter EP is a prime example of how music is done. Aye Wun as an artist got lyrics that will put other emcees doing their joints again. The borough of Queens is going on the right direction with this project and this is a warm up for future Aye Wun projects. His lyrical cadence puts him in the great spotlight. The illapino will come with a vengeance with one dope sixteen after another. If you want to hear clever lyrics and hard hitting production, this is the blueprint from the Broken Home’s lyricist.

            Strong Tracks: “You Won’t Be Around Next Year.”, “Drop That Loot”, “The Blastoff”, “Rigamortis”

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