The Bronx, New York emcee/producer Diamond D getting ready the ultimate installment of The Diam Piece trilogy by splitting it into 3 EPs & giving us the primary Initium forward of Duo in November in addition to Tria in February 2025. A mentor of Jazzy Jay, he would then type the D.I.T.C. collective alongside Lord Finesse & Showbiz in ‘92 solely to place out his traditional full-length debut Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop shortly after. D went on to drop 6 extra albums & a pair mixtapes of his personal, the newest being Gotham’s acclaimed self-titled effort & The Rear View. The Diam Piece & its sequel left a lot of the rhyming to the company, so I get why he’d return to that method coming off The Rear View.

“Hearth & Water” by RJ Payne & Skyzoo begins off ruggedly bringing hardcore lyricism over increase bap manufacturing whereas “The King” by KRS-One was an ideal lead single & one other top-of-the-line Blastmaster songs I’ve heard in current reminiscence taking the crown as rightfully his. “Merk” by Bishop Lamont & Torae retains it within the basement instrumentally getting bloodthirsty, however then “Bosses” by Lord Tariq & Sauce Cash finds the two getting on the mafioso tip for 4 minutes.

Fatman Scoop & Static the Prodigy hop on the playful sounding “Dying B4 Dishonor” promising that you just don’t wanna check both of them main into “Codes” by Agallah, David Bars & Royal Flush rawly reminding to not belief anybody within the streets. “Lay Me Down” by Inspectah Deck & Shyheim aggressively particulars the lifetime of crime whereas “Blue Sunshine” by E-A-Ski & 38 Spesh brings the respective west coast & east coast producer/MCs dustily getting on the battle rap tip. “My Individuals” by Bonecrusher ends with a jazzy tribute to his kinfolk.

Within the digital period the place lots of people’s consideration spans are extremely quick, it’s greater than comprehensible that the D.I.T.C. co-founder didn’t need to launch a 29-song album & determined to separate The Diam Piece 3 right into a trilogy of EPs. Initium itself with its versatile listing of performers over Diamond D’s signature sound is greater than sufficient to carry everybody over till Duo on the finish of 2024 & lastly Tria early subsequent yr.

Rating: 8/10