{"id":72445,"date":"2020-02-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=72445"},"modified":"2020-02-22T21:42:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T03:42:22","slug":"fat-tony-taydex-wake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2020\/02\/26\/fat-tony-taydex-wake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Tony & Taydex: Wake Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This collaboration is completely saturated in the confidence and dynamics of these two vastly different artists. Nigerian-American rapper Fat Tony provides lyrics that he delivers with a sting in Wake Up<\/em>, complemented by producer Taydex\u2019s colorful and turbulent mixing. The record is a message to Fat Tony\u2019s fans that he isn\u2019t going anywhere but up and to his critics and the fake influences in his life that why would he \u201cneed friends like these when you got enemies?\u201d<\/p>\n

This is Fat Tony\u2019s fifth full album and Taydex\u2019s debut appearance as a producer, but this isn\u2019t their first time working together. The pair shared their brainchildren in Fat Tony\u2019s LP MacGregor Park<\/em>, an album that expanded the rapper\u2019s sound, with tracks \u201cSwervin\u201d and \u201cRide Home.\u201d After that collaboration, the rapper immediately invited Taydex to create an EP together. However, as the sessions continued, and the sounds kept coming they created an album that demonstrated Fat Tony\u2019s evolving lyricism and Taydex\u2019s masterful assembly: Wake Up<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Fat Tony is not definitely not ashamed to praise himself and his hard work, marveling over the fact that he has reached enough success to release a grand total of five albums. For example, in the third track \u201cBig Ego\u201d he says, \u201cYou know you\u2019ve never met a man like me in your whole life.\u201d In multiple songs, he reminds listeners that he is nowhere near finished with making music and elevating his own style. The record\u2019s lead single \u201cGodly,\u201d featuring Negashi Armada, says \u201cNot worried about s**t, especially them\/ I got bigger plans to dive in.\u201d The track is also a prime example of the intense conceptual and instrumental range that the album offers. Fat Tony is also very self-reflective in the record and patterns his storytelling=type delivery in tracks \u201cBig Ego,\u201d featuring Sophia Pfister and Dai Burger, and \u201cMagnifique.\u201d The most hard-hitting track on the record is the self-titled song, \u201cWake Up.\u201d Accompanied by a sample from an extremely passionate pastor\u2019s church sermon, the track is compelling with its legit ear-splitting bass and the rapper\u2019s rapid-fire bars. Listeners are demanded that they \u201cwake up out yo sleep\u201d on a repetitive note; that success is never going to reach them if they sleep their life away.<\/p>\n

Wake Up is self-glorifying for both Fat Tony and Taydex. Their respective styles of lyricism and mixing have surpassed all of their previous work in this record. The pair pushed themselves past their comfort zones and are extremely unapologetic about it.

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Recommended Tracks: 3 (Big Ego) 5 (Run It Up) 6 (Omaha) 8 (Cut That)
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Written by Caroline McCone on 02\/19\/2020 <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n

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