Maffew Ragazino-------Brownsville Jesus

Maffew Ragazino-Brownsville Jesus-----(2014)

Artist: Maffew Ragazino  

Mixtape: Brownsville Jesus

Label: Independent

Producer: DJ Vanderslice, Harry Fraud, Jimmy Dukes, !llmind, ATG, others

Hip Hop in the east coast in New York City has been scarce. The fans are wondering what happened to that hard east coast sound resonated first in the big apple. Look no further as artist Maffew Ragazino straight outta Brownsville emerges with some heat. Stepping in with lyrical prowess that can send the average emcee packing, there is a unique talent within Maffew that spits hip hop. Unfortunately, Maffew Ragazino is the most slept on artist with a strong bite to body any track that comes his way. The Brownsville pedigree will change all that with his latest mixtape aka street album for the heads. Can the Brownsville Jesus breathe life to a volatile hip hop game?

            Already you can hear the gutter sounds that is considered hip hop to its purest form. The DJ Vanderslice hard patterns to the title track starts off heavy as Maffew Ragazino commentates a narrative of his upbringing in Brownsville which is nothing sweet. Jimmy Dukes also catered to Maffew Ragazino’s lyrical cadence to a tee with tracks like the eerie Beef Lo Mein and the braggadocios La Cosa Nostra where he reps Brownsville to the fullest with clever wordplay: my own shit better than your latest sh*t/ni**a my new sh*t is Formaldehyde/I’m a Rockaway ni**a peace to the other side/Mother Gaston, Dumont, Livonia set aside/my momma’s apartment use to be subsidized/that’s what inspired my mutha fu**ing drive. The album continues with hard beats and lyrics with tracks like Money Right and Hectic while the nicely kicks provided by Alex Lustig on the original Eddie’s Couch.

            The album continues with that hip hop sound that have heads nodding their heads. The dark piano infused Hiluminati paints a picture of the hood through Maffew’s lens and the awe inspired Amen featuring Spazz One takes heat to another dimension. The guest appearances fit the album on tracks like Necessities, Jane Fonda, the Pete Cannon produced Avatar where he trade blows with Action Bronson and Torae and BK Accent where Maffew teams up with Skyzoo to describe the differences within the borough of Brooklyn that females from other boroughs love but hate traveling because it’s too much traffic. The chorus is catchy and that brings the listener to their description of Brooklyn. Hip Hop greatest puts it to rest and ends perfectly like the cinematic track Box Office where Maffew and fellow Brooklynite Troy Ave create a storyline of their Brooklyn swag and the courage inspired Never Ran, Never Will narrates the life of Maffew Ragazino spits the chilling venomous rhymes with a hard head nodding drum pattern provided by the Optiks.

            Brownsville Jesus breathes fresh life into the hip hop scene based on lyrical stamina, delivery and hard head nodding production. Maffew Ragazino knows how to pick the right beats compatible to his lyrical cadence and picks the right guest appearances. This album has a story book mixed with cinematic flair of Brownsville in a nutshell. With this street album hitting hard body, Maffew Ragazino finally wake people up to the essence of street music. Twenty tracks of music that the average bubble gum music listener can’t comprehend. This is definitely a plus for the Brownsville artist that creates lyrical wizardry mixed with street cinematic flair which many hip hop fans wanted to hear. In a nutshell, Brownsville Jesus is a savior under the Old and New Testaments.

            Strong Tracks: “Brownsville Jesus”, “Beef Lo Mein.”,” Eddie’s Couch”, “Avatar”, “Hiluminati”, “Amen”, “BK Accent”, “Jane Fonda”, “Box Office”, “Never Ran, Never Will”

            Rating:out of