Tha God Fahim releases his 2nd full length LP of the month and 22nd overall in his insanely long discography. Starting off as a subsidiary of Griselda Records, as well as being 1/3 of Dump Gawds alongside Mach-Hommy & Your Old Droog, we also can't ignore the massive discography he's managed to build for himself, some of which single out Breaking Through Th Van Allen Belts & Dump Assassins. But man had a CRAZY run in 2023, with the standout being the production Camoflauge Monk Dark Shogun Assassinpowered by Nature Sounds Iron Bull & the Nicholas Craven-prod Dump Gawd: Shot Clock King 4the Oh No-produced BerserkerFahim's latest EP Dump Gawd: Rhyme Pays Produced by Mike Shabb The Supreme Treasurer of All Virgin Wealth & More recently Supreme Dump Legend: Soul Cook Saga produced by Cookin' Soul a few weeks ago. But as promised, Fahim finally gets off the hook Dump Goat II on Bandcamp.
“Fireball Jitsu” is a jazzy boom bap opener cooked up by DJ Tako rapping ball like Damian Lillard, while “Don't Come Home” works on this incredible sample thanks to Nicholas Craven talking about being out here humming by himself all day. “Legend Has It” laces those sumptuous piano chords with kicks and snares courtesy of Camoflauge Monk who admits he's fine with criticism as he's confidently thick-skinned just before the groovy “Constitution Saving Throw” talks about how after you barely follow the trends and that everything is not. it is not what it seems.
Moving on from there, “Tha Reflection ofSpawn” finds Craven going the inspired boom-bap route instrumentally boasting that he's about to blow up his kin with a hydrogen bomb leading into “S Prime One Million” leaping over these haunting instrumental tunes talking about his legacy that survived many upheavals in the process. The vocal parts throughout “Belly of tha Beast” are quite catchy and Fahim is on top of it and passionately wanting to get back on his feet, but “Lonely Girl” is this decently dusty romantic ballad.
“Penalty” mixes some kicks and snares with a cathedral-like sample from Sadhogold who reveals he learned the game by taking Ls, while the same production's “Logan's Pain” has that cinematically over-the-top vibe to the beat-bending that is lit up and asks why people talk nonsense. “Stuck in My Dumpin' Ways” brings a flashier flare making it clear he's still Dumpin' while the cloudy/boom bap crossover “Grassroots” puts it all into his rhyme book refusing to let anything come in between.
Penultimate track “Tales of tha Forsaken” kicks off the album's final moments with Camouflage Monk mixing a woodwind sample with kicks and snares, reminding us that it's just another day, another buck he makes before “Visions of Madness” ships . Dump Goat II coming armed and dangerous with rhymes over a whistling boom bam organ co-produced by both Sadhugold and Camoflauge Monk.
It should also be noted that there are 9 previously released tracks on here, but the 10 new songs that Dump Goat gives us here are pretty solid, although I'm still high from Supreme Dump Legend: Soul Cook Sagafrom the beginning of the month. The production goes from boom bap to drumless, cloud rap and jazz rap as Dump Gawd makes it clear that he's still stuck in his ways. Even more interested in the 3 upcoming projects he has with Monk, 3 with Craven, another with Cookin' Soul possibly titled Supreme Dump Legend: Soul Cook Saga 2 & self-production.
Rating: 7/10
