Artist: Alexander Spit
Album: Dillinger
Released: November 12, 2013
Tom Waits. Jesus Saves. Alexander Spits.
I figured this is the best way to start this review because these are definitely all facts. I won’t get too into the first two statements in this article, but what I will do is get into the third. Alexander Spit is an appropriate name for an artist who does just that, spit, ill ass rhymes over some of the illest instrumentals that I’ve heard over my many avid years of listening to Hip-Hop and any other genre of music.
Spit released his latest album Dillinger on 11/12/13, and the wait was well worth it. After A Breathtaking Trip to That Otherside, and Mansions 2 (which was all instrumentals), I was hungry to hear more of what spit had to offer. So, when he started campaigning Dillinger on Instagram with a quick preview of “Down,” then posting a picture of his verse for “Maverick,” I knew that the time was soon to come for either a video or song leak, and it did. When the “Eleanor 60” video came out, it caught my attention because it was different, and it told a story with simply using pictures from a lot of Spit’s epic nights and escapades. From “Eleanor 60” to “5 Ringin’” the album has an incredibly consistent flow, and everything you’d like to hear in an album, from the tracks that you can listen to while riding around with the homies, to the tracks you just want to hear out your headphones and zone out to.
“Eleanor 60” sets the tone of the album; it has this chill, yet unheard sound that makes you yearn to listen to the rest of the album. As you move forward, “Maverick” (which was produced by my good friend KT the Terrible) sets this anthem tone to the album, almost Dipset like, in spit’s words “That Spitset shit.” Next, “Cabana (We Live Infinite)” has this I want more feel to it, Spit did a great job at painting the picture, but it was technically an interlude, and it did it’s job, it made me want more. “Down” and “Shoebox $$$” which are also produced by KT the Terrible, helped make this album feel complete. Don’t get me wrong, the album is great regardless, but it seems as though El Terible and Spit joining forces is reminiscent of Jordan and Pippen. They understand one another and seem to compliment each other’s sound exceptionally well.
Now the title track, “Dillinger,” My God, what can I say? The beat is smoother than a soft skinned Betty. Spit delivered like USPS does, and Jams F. Kennedy… All I can say is BARS. “94 Logo Blur” feat. Chuck Inglish was all steez. From the beat to the lyrics, it’s one of those top down in my convertible, with a gold chain, gold ring, and your girl in my passenger seat joints. “Millions” feat. Jay Ughh is automatically in my “personal stash.” If you ain’t fucking with Spit, I’m sure you’ll “Duck the Fuck Shit,” and hop on the bandwagon once you hear this joint. It’s simply that track that’ll get you in the zone, and motivate you to “put that hoe shit to side, and get them Millions.” Stacy did his shit when it came to his opportunity on this album, “June July August September” feat. Bago makes me feel some inexplicable kind of way. It’s the kind of track that makes you throw both hands in the air and bounce or jump as it plays. The beat was incredible, Spit outdid himself on the lyrics, and even though it’s a joint that makes you want to zone out in your headphone’s, you could easily picture it getting radio play *cough cough* Not that every other track couldn’t get this kind of attention, but this one stands out two tons. Auto-tune, we all feel a certain way about it, except when it’s done right, and “The Room/Bellucci Jawn” was done right. Not to mention that this can put a listener in a trance within their headphones, imagine it being performed.
“OH NOO,” it’s time for “Escape Plan.” This song was all Spit and Jeanleon without a doubt, it has layers upon layers, and I consider every space and aspect of this song to be perfectly filled. It’s that glass of water filled to the rim when you find yourself parched after running a lap or two. Last, but definitely not least, “5 Ringin’” is a smooth, perfectly chopped sample track. It’s the perfect closeout song, listening to it made me envision a ship sailing to a destination of prominence. And this is where I can see Spit, and everyone else involved with this album ending up, prominence.
I want to highlight a few of my favorite lines before I let y’all go:
“In the back with a Betty that’s grubbing Humus, writing out raps to fuck up ya summer’s” –Escape Plan
“And I like my fiction the way that I like my orange juice, with pulp, with my girl in the backseat, moving her feet like they was Uma’s toes” -Millions
“Down for the cause, down for my dawgs, down to break a few laws, ain’t down for the flaws, ain’t down for the broads that are down to pay for new noses” -Down
“I’m Dillinger in that driver’s seat, Dilla in that producer chair, Salinger in that writer’s room, Killa Cam with that evil spirit” -Maverick
P.S.
I personally tried to do a top three list of my favorite tracks on the album, but I couldn’t decide on just three. I kept choosing, and would look down the list only to find that I had forgotten another of my favorites. This is an album that I know I’ll have on repeat for a while, and I would really love to share the experience I have when listening to this album, so the only way for me to be able to do this is by promoting the album, and telling you to stream the album below, that way you, yourself, can also become a believer of this Strange & Unusual Movement. Make sure y’all cop the album and support great music from great people. I also want to personally thank everyone involved in the making of Dillinger for putting forth your best effort in helping Alexander Spit create a timeless album.
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