Artist: Callon B
Album: Junk MuZik
Articulation: King Acklin
Junk MuZik, the 16-track project dropped in May by Callon B. It starts off with the title track Junk MuZik. This hypnotizing lead joint serves its purposes because you can find yourself nodding away to it despite the fact that you’re not sure if you really like it or not. The thing is, let yourself go, cause its catchy and that’s a good thing these days. After the lead track though I found myself hoping Junk MuZik wasn’t actually Junk Music. I could skip the next 4 songs if I’m being honest. This is until artist Bobby Lee made Callon step his shit up on Zen Lords. After Zen Lords, Callon B and his project picks up. Again, if this track aint your cup of tea, you can’t deny that they start spitting on this one. Stay Learned up and Zenned out.
“The beat vibrates like a bee when it pollinates.” These lyrics from the next joint,
Re-Respiration, breathes life into the project and might be my favorite track if it wasn’t for the very next one. Soliloquies, my favorite track, is a classic B-Boy rap shit from Callon B as he wastes no time getting to the meaningful bars. We got racism, culture vulture and other topics all in this song. Callon masterfully touches on the fact that all music genres were stolen from BLACK people and these closet racists speak the N-Word but then turn around want to sing and dance to hip hop. Whatchu Need sounds like some Trap/3-6 mafia produced mobbing music.
Callon B appears to be a talented artist. He’s the founder of GYB Entertainment and like many local KY artists, he mixes his own work. Junk MuZik is not Junk Music after all, but I would have loved if it was trimmed down a few songs. Callon touches on a lot of life experiences like being fake to the culture due to his skin tone, being a celibate vegan along with many other topics. We appear to get the best music when a featured artist makes Callon B step his game up.
Bottom line and question of the day; is It Dope Tho? The answer is it’s a solid sounding body of work. Listen now and thank me later... #DopeTho #YouWelcome
Dope Tho Rating: 6
Key Dope:
Zen Lords
Re-Respiration
Soliloquies
Whatchu Need
Troup 270
Dope Tho Rating Scale:
1-3 = Nope Tho
4-6 = Solid
7-9 = Heat
10 = Dope Tho Official