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Have you got your hands on issue 66 of Thick Magazine yet? The 'Producer Issue' has a text book's worth of beat making knowledge. One of the most interesting characters featured is Unagi. This Bay Area cratedigger has our ears' attention over here. In the interview he mentioned a few projects he's been working on, one of which is You and Eye, his new collaboration EP with Chitown's Infinito 2017. All seven tracks here have that feel good early '90's sound that Unagi has mastered. With beats like this you expect some smoothly delivered raps. Not here. The lyrically gifted Infinito's janky flow seems heavily influenced by Kool Keith. Not the Ultra Magnetic flow, the new millennium, awkward, exploring new ground type flow. I guess with the name 2017 you can't expect some regular shit. Songs like Game Winning Moment and On Air Takeover had my head nodding. I could be wrong but it felt like Infinito was freestyling this whole album. It has these moments of dopeness that are similar to when a rapper hits his stride during an off the dome freestyle. My favourite joint on here is A Day That Don't End. This beat really suits Infinito's style and it ends this album on a positive note.
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