Brooklyn, New York emcee NEMS celebrating Valentine’s Day by placing collectively his fifth studio LP. Arising within the battle rap circuit, he would go on to have a short stint with Psycho+Logical-Data within the late 2000’s earlier than dropping the debut Prezident’s Day underneath Inventive Juices Music again in 2010. This was adopted up nearly 9 years later when he & JAZZSOON teamed up for the rattling close to flawless Gorilla Monsoon, however the follow-up Congo obtained extra blended outcomes regardless of it’s highlights like “Wow” & “Cousins”. Paul Rosenberg signed the Mayor of Coney Island to Goliath Data & Virgin Music in the summertime of 2023 for his Scram Jones-produced Goliath debut Rise of the Silverback which I appreciated greater than Congo, constructing additional anticipation forward of America’s Sweetheart.
Following the “America’s Intro”, the primary music “Go Fats Boy” produced by Cartune Beatz was a enjoyable hardcore hip hop & increase bap lead single warning that your face will get minimize shortly when you speak shit to him whereas “CTE” retains it within the basement courtesy of Vinny Idol to get on his battle rap shit lyrically. “My Aspect” that includes Millyz finds the two dabbling with lure a bit stealing your bitch whereas “2 Stay & Die in NY” that includes Leeky Bandz maintains a lure vibe because of Statik Selektah speaking about his dwelling state.
“Gunther” returns to the increase bap airs out his grievances in direction of a lady who holds real hatred in direction of him simply earlier than the 2-parter “Coney Island” represents the a part of Brooklyn that made him who he’s at present. “Mild the Room” hooks up some organs sustaining a dusty edge as soon as once more belittling everybody who desires to step as much as him, however then “God’s Arms” reveals an inspirational aspect to the Fuck Ya Lyfe normal speaking about all the pieces being God’s plans & not yours.
Tony Contact joins NEMS on the horn-infused “Afuera” aggressively making it clear that completely nobody desires smoke with both of them whereas “Amouna” talks about attempting to get proper & all the pieces in him died. “Large Shot” brings a lure flare again to the desk flexing his newfound recognition in recent times & “Viral” that includes Dios Moreno ends America’s Sweetheart promising to maintain successful whether or not others prefer it or not.
A 12 months & a half after signing to a serious label, the Mayor of Coney Island reinforces his standing by cooking up an album that showcases his gritty lyricism & charismatic storytelling paired together with his signature humor & wit even when I believe the manufacturing on the predecessor was extra constant. The identical may be mentioned concerning the friends though I can recognize him bringing on a lesser quantity than he did final time.
Rating: 7/10
