J Flash - No Handouts

Album review by WVCC Radio

THE ARRIVAL is an 8 Track, fully armored, and heavily armed Bullet Train. Produced by a who's who of underground greats like NOTTZ on the album opener and lead single, D.O.A. which just happens to feature RJ PAYNE, who wastes no time flaunting why he is one of the most sought features in Hip Hop today. Then you got the legendary BEATMINERZ, providing a neck breaking banger on the MICKY FACTZ feature "ROCKSTEADY". Multi Coaster, DJ SKIZZ lays down a disgustingly dark piano and violin driven knocker that J FLASH & the Good Dad Gangster TERMANOLOGY glide over like Gold Medal hockey players. We even got the great STU BANGAS holding down three joints on the LP, one of which features both "Roc AmeriKKKa" Brothers, ETO & FLEE LORD. 

Like I said, the album is stacked with fire power, but it’s the Conductor, J FLASH who keeps the whole project in line and on time. Never does he fall off track when faced with the challenge of matching verses with the Samurais whose swords he employed for this very mission. He doesn't just phone it in with one verse on each song, depending on his guest of honor to carry the song. Nah, he hits you with 2 fire verses when possible, marking his territory, and reminding us whose album this is.  With bars like "You know its body bag season, and best believe that I'm eating/ Fucking up the whole scene when I'm releasing these demons/ I capsize the chastised, that's Leam Neason/ You'll get snatched up quicker than a cut-throat evening/", J FLASH hods down the set and commands respect.  Even though it was my first time personally hearing the Los Angeles native, He has a familiar voice that you enjoy hearing slick shit come out of. You can hear hints of West Coast Underground greats in his style, and it makes his album sound like organic Indie Hip Hop.  Dope Emcees getting together with Dope Producers and an insanely good DJ, delivering the excitement of the movie Bullet Train, in the vehicle of a Boom Bap EP. 

The Irony, that J FLASH would name his debut album "THE ARRIVAL" while all the while sounding like he's been here for years.

J Flash - No Handouts

Joshua Calhoun 👑🔥🐐🐼🐔👽