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New York-bred royalty Jim Jones and Maino have teamed up as the iconic duo of Lobby Boyz. Their self-titled album was released via ONErpm, showing the dynamic sounds of New York City bringing together all the heavy hitters currently in the rap game. 

The features on the Lobby Boyz album include Fivio Foreign, Fabolous, Benny The Butcher, Young M.A. & many others. The unification of Maino and Jim Jones is the epitome of what it means to be a New Yorker. The perfect blend of Harlem and Brooklyn; fearless, unstoppable, and definitely a force to be reckoned with! The origin of the name comes from their gatherings in project lobbies during their youth and defines that even within their stardom, they’ll never forget where they came from. The anticipation for this album has been rising extraordinarily with the releases of their first two singles, “Lobby Boyz Anthem” and “No Bobby V”. The Lobby Boyz define what true street life in the Big Apple really is - countless hours of hustling, maneuvering through the dangers of the hood and having communal gatherings inside project lobbies.

09 NO BOBBY V (feat. Fabolous)

“Escape From The Dark” is a powerful Hip Hop anthem from Jaysun Ayrees — a raw story of pain, struggle, and triumph. With gritty lyricism, hard-hitting 808s, and an unshakable energy, the track transforms scars into strength and struggle into fire. It’s more than music — it’s a survival statement, an anthem for anyone fighting their way out of the shadows.

Escape From The Dark

“Requiem for a Flawed Capitalism 2.0” is a ciphered indictment — a funeral verse for a system that promised freedom but delivered exhaustion. It’s not just a critique of capitalism’s excesses; it’s a requiem because the damage is already done, and the mourning is overdue.
Here’s the architecture behind the lyric:
Conceptual Spine is based on W.E Du Bois’s warning — “The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun…” — becomes the opening wound.
That “moment” is reframed as a false dawn, where emancipation mutated into wage servitude, and the plantation became the platform.
Central Metaphor: The Spin Cycle
Old stains: slavery, colonialism, racial capitalism
New detergents: democracy, meritocracy, “equal opportunity”
Fresh cycles: gig economy, debt peonage, algorithmic bias
Fabric softener: diversity optics, corporate inclusion, sanitized history The metaphor exposes how exploitation is rebranded, not removed — the drum keeps spinning, and we tumble again.
Visual and Emotional Tone
Urban decay, discarded tech, fog-drenched skylines — the imagery reflects a world where capital has outlived its conscience.
The lyric doesn’t beg for reform — it architects rupture, naming the mechanisms and refusing the soft lies.
Cipher Rap × Funeral Cadence
The delivery is Nas-style: poetic, militant, reflective.
It’s not just a rap — it’s a requiem, a eulogy for a system that never mourned its victims.
The chant:
Why It Resonates
Because it doesn’t just name the problem — it exposes the architecture, flips the optics, and demands clarity. It’s not nostalgia. It’s not reform. It’s a ciphered reckoning.

Requiem for a Flawed Capitalism 2.0 #Hip-hop Cipher Rap × Funeral Cadence

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