Review: "Mushroom Cloud Radio" EP by Rsonal TheBeatChef and Ezza of Choom Gang
Rsonal TheBeatChef & Ezza of Choom Gang pack their verses with tons of references. Picking them all out runs the gamut from pop culture to ancient classics. A personal journey takes shape with each piece. Over the course of their album, “Mushroom Cloud Radio”, they seemingly conjure up imagery of vast, open spaces.
Samples add to this for Rsonal TheBeatChef & Ezza of Choom Gang make sure that there is a timelessness about it. Besides the various obvious fondness for hip-hop, they bring in elements of vaporwave, chillwave, jazz, trap, and a whole slew of other approaches. The style that they manage to sculpt is one that feels highly unique.
This is not to say that Rsonal TheBeatChef & Ezza of Choom Gang are without precedent. For their rapping abilities, they take a funnier, more languid approach touching upon the stoner rap antics of Das Racist, complete with surprisingly poignant insights. On the rather well-listened ear they employ for the sampling there are traces of MF Doom’s endless crate-digging ways. Quite an eclectic amount of stuff is filtered in their own, faded way. Speaking of faded, the vaporwave laden sound has a heaviness reminiscent of some of Yung Lean’s blissed out stance.
“Sun God” holds nothing back for there is a gargantuan size to the sound. On the periphery of the atmosphere, they bring some much-missed record scratching into the fray. All of it has a churning, yearning aspect to it. Bass frequencies weave their way through the noir-like quality of “New Dreams” featuring some ghostly choruses thrown in for good measure. A good sound system is recommended on the heavy rumbles that adorn “So Surreal”.
Rhythms have an elasticity to them with “Sour Candy” for the song has a bit of glee to it. By far the highlight comes the joking apocalypse of “Mshrmcld”. Here the word choice matters for there is a ridiculousness to the whole thing. Languid pacing rolls through on “Treasure Chest”. With “Sol Invictus” Rsonal TheBeatChef & Ezza of Choom Gang pay respect to the sun god and bring the album to a chilled-out close.
“Mushroom Cloud Radio” shows off the undeniable stylistic tour de force that Rsonal TheBeatChef & Ezza of Choom Gang create with ease.