Well time passed, with each releasing their own solo album and me still gleefully anticipating the duo. That was until today while i was checking my phone that i saw an email, since i'm subscribed to the DoomTree website, with the title, "FOUR FISTS 6666 P.O.S x ASTRONAUTALIS". Skimming through the email, anticipation began surging when i realized that they had released a track that i couldn't listen to.
So once i got home i watched the first 1 minute teaser video with a song that sounded vaguely familiar. In fact, anyone who has seen the live performances, be it live or YouTube video, which for whatever reason i can't find now, could recognize this song, at least the chorus. This reminded me that this album has been in development for years, and that all that waiting would finally be appreciated soon in what i think will be an incredible project, and this new track, in the sense that it's finally recorded and mastered, helps back my thoughts.
The track "MMMMMHMMMMM" is a heavy hitter, incorporating the Electro-Punk sound that P.O.S' used in We Don't Even Live Here. Although the production reminds me of WDELH, there is this fresh feel coming from it, and while some people may be reminded of modern pop artists, to me this has enough of a experimental feel to not come across as merely using a gimmick.
Along with the production the Lyrics also lack that gimmick feel. Both artists are playing well to their strong parts with Astronautalis delivering a great sung/rapped verse and P.O.S pulling from his Punk Rock skills to deliver the chorus and verse breaks then returning to his Hip-Hop style to deliver a dope verse.
While the chorus itself is rather simple to understand and repeat, you can tell that a lot of thought went into the words. (No Calm/ No Hesitations/ No Alarms/ No Self Preservations/ Just Nerves and Ashtrays and on and on/ No Sleep/ Without Assistance/Got to Bash the Weight into Submission?/ Just Close the Windows and Lock the Doors) The concept once again feels reminiscent of We Don't Even Live Here, yet the delivery is so fresh and feels different.
Astronautalis' verse comes as expected, well thought out, brain teasing and lyrical impressive. Although the lines don't totally blow me away like other tracks have, lines like "Good Fences make Good Neighbors/ Go ahead friend, Call my Bluff" still help expand the concepts being displayed.
It's at this point that P.O.S jumps in and dopely delivers his perspective. Even off the first listen you pull great quotable's that only get better. "Workin the Nerves of a little birdy/ Told you what? Lies Right?" and "This head seeks yours/ and you should not explore the depths of it/ Just re-collect your common sense and run/ Period". Which is funny cause while Lupe also had a punctuation line in "Bitch Bad" ("First he's relating the word bitch with his Momma - Comma"), but the delivery in comparison comes across so much better when P.O.S did it, at least in my opinion.
The biggest thing here is that neither artists feels like they are pulling the project. It feels rather symmetrical in my mind on how things were split, especially when it was co-produced by the duo. P.O.S dominated the chorus and had a sweet sixteen while Astronautalis backed the chorus and had a great verse as well. While it may look unbalanced there, listen and see what i'm talking about...or maybe i'm crazy.
All in All i'm coming to love this track the more i listen. Everything feels like it took time to get it as perfect as possible, and although there are some lines that are kinda hard to hear, it still sounds really good the way it's said. Oh and for those looking for the Mhm's, they're towards the end of Astronautalis' verse.
If you couldn't tell...I'm excited for this album.
Rating: Listen Soon
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