One offers a searing reflection of our country while the other is a subtle sentient of collaboration and love.punchlines, efficient use of metaphors and non-impotent impulses by following up on his previous album, Honey and Pain , withKnown for usually rapping about upper echelons, this time Stogie T’s doing more than flaunting expensive fabrics and the finer things in life. He uses an educated approach to go off on the stunted progression of our society since the end of apartheid.
The charged commentary enshrined within lavish beats makes this record a conversation piece, something to pause on and discuss over dinner. His rhymes follow a pattern, but also have substance. On PTSD the poet likens African life to war times as a sample of protesters rhythmically chanting “Heita!” is chillingly faded in and out of the track.“We was shackled, we wask*****s, nothing we couldn’t handle.
“Poppa fought the battles from the holy tabernacle,” he says on The Last OG, easily the most Atlanta-sounding song on the tape. Stogie T’s one of those rappers who’ve been around for a few eras and changes in the landscape of local rap. The Empire of Sheep is thought-provoking and while you may not agree with his politics, his notions will certainly spark conversation and draw a reaction from you, which is, after all, one of the main focuses of art.
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