Heavy Links are a crew from the Midlands. MCs are El Tel The Dopeness and Habitat, El Tel The Dopeness provides the beats and DJ Donnie Propa brings the cuts on decks. Behind a host of other quality releases, “Heavyweight” is the latest boom bap installment from Heavy Links.
The release weighs in at 8 tracks of all killer no filler Hip Hop. Featuring artists are Grand Imperial Cappo, Verb T and The Book Thieves. All the guest verses merge nicely with the feel of the release. That is, they provide a touch of variety but don’t overshadow the Heavy Links heads.
The album opens with “Closing Down The Show” and sets the stage for things to come.
“Just To Let You Know” sports Verb T, and the beat instantly sucks you in – laidback but heavy at the same time, allowing Verbs to open with typically effortless flow.
Interrupted only by a sumptuous hook, each MC paints pictures with his words. This beat has to be my favourite of the whole release.
“Follow This” features a violin melody over the boom bap backing.
“Nuclear” features Cappo, and this is the first track to receive the video treatment. Check this one out below.
Leaving you a couple of surprises, we’ll finish by saying that if you like your boom bap with intelligent lyrics, you won’t be disappointed by this one.
We’ll leave you to listen for yourself below. As always, if you’re feeling what you hear, go grab the album. Heavy Links have a Vinyl version and a digital version (which comes with whichever option you choose). You can grab a T-shirt, fridge magnets and Donnie Propa’s mixtape too. See what’s available here.
This hip hop was great 10 years ago.
And I’m fed up with MCs rapping about how good or bad they are. Please rap about something else for a change. If you want to love with the times then look at the hip hop industry, Kayne Wests beats, trap, all that shit is moving the industry on. And then you hear heavy links and you’re back to the old school. But not even good old school
hahahahahaha kanye west and trap are moving hip hop forward hey? brilliant!